Window Ontop of an DirectX/OpenGL Api

[DeathlyAssassin 0]

Hi folks!

I started to program a chat and i want to add an "ingame" function with which the user is able to chat while he is playing a game (similar to Xfire).

I first thought of the topmost, but that won't work for games which are made with DirectX or OpenGL (so it won't work for nearly every 3D game ).

I used google for hours but the only thing i found out is that this could be done by dll hooking (on which i didn't find any tutorials/a library for c++/DLLs/examples/UDFs)

Does anybody of you know an UDF/tutorials/a library for c++/DLLs/examples for making an windo ontop of a DirectX/OpenGL api?

(I'm not English, so there might be some grammar and spelling mistakes )

Edited June 1, 2009 by DeathlyAssassin

[Valik 476]

You will be banned if I hear of you having PMed another user about this. Do not PM users asking for help. Consider yourself lucky, the last person who pulled this stupid stunt was banned.

Edit: And especially don't PM developers. Is it not enough that we make the language? Must we write your scripts for you, too?

Edited June 1, 2009 by Valik

[DeathlyAssassin 0]

@Valik: I'm very sorry, I didn't know that I'm not allowed to do this..

has no one an idea how to solve this problem?

[KaFu 283]

Didn't try, but maybe one of these work? Let me know ...

OpenGL

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...60&start=60

DirectX

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...t=0&start=0

[DeathlyAssassin 0]

I gave both of them a try and this is very close to what I expect, but the first UDF is for making OpenGL programms and not putting a window on top of it and with the second one it's the same but with DirectX... anyway, these are very nice UDFs

Does anyone have some other suggestions?

Edited June 2, 2009 by DeathlyAssassin

[ProgAndy 86]

Wrte a plugIn for gamepe

Edited June 2, 2009 by ProgAndy

[Valik 476]

@Valik: I'm very sorry, I didn't know that I'm not allowed to do this..

It's called common sense. I suggest you start using it. You will not last long here if you do not use common sense.

[DeathlyAssassin 0]

Let me have some time to give this a try

I thing this might work(even if i have no source code and there are no command lines) , but nevertheless has anyone else a good idea for solving my problem?

Edited June 2, 2009 by DeathlyAssassin

[DeathlyAssassin 0]

Ok, i tried to make a plugin for hours, but i think it won't work... That's because I have no sourcecode or command lines and the data is copyrighted ..

Do you have any other ideas?

[DeathlyAssassin 0]

Does no one of you have another idea ?

[Seagul 0]

its around here somewhere man

[DeathlyAssassin 0]

This is the best post I've ever seen! ;D

[DeathlyAssassin 0]

The Problem still exist's

[wraithdu 82]

You're the problem. Try here.

[sniper120 0]

Hi folks!

I started to program a chat and i want to add an "ingame" function with which the user is able to chat while he is playing a game (similar to Xfire).

I first thought of the topmost, but that won't work for games which are made with DirectX or OpenGL (so it won't work for nearly every 3D game ).

I used google for hours but the only thing i found out is that this could be done by dll hooking (on which i didn't find any tutorials/a library for c++/DLLs/examples/UDFs)

Does anybody of you know an UDF/tutorials/a library for c++/DLLs/examples for making an windo ontop of a DirectX/OpenGL api?

(I'm not English, so there might be some grammar and spelling mistakes )

Hey this is what I am tying to do! This currently seems not to be possible in autoit (And AutoitX, if I can get it working). There are lots of sites (If I get the go a head from a mod I will add links) that do a lot of gaming hacking that draw menus and text in C++. However, autoit (Not X for some stupid reason!) does support Win API draw text, images, and more (msgboxes). However I would like this in a format that I can use in a dll...

Hope It helps! >_<

Edited August 10, 2009 by sniper120

[Richard Robertson 187]

Clearly you aren't that smart. If you're using AutoItX you already know how to call dll functions. That's all the WinApi is.

[sniper120 0]

Clearly you aren't that smart. If you're using AutoItX you already know how to call dll functions. That's all the WinApi is.

The thing is that I have tried many many times to get advanced code to run with DEV-C++ and Vis C++. I have the DirectX SDK, and I have searched up on the internet about calling a dll. Calling a dll in C++ is like trying to read assembler. It doesn't make sence! If you could post some code that calls the dll needed for winapi to work and show some text, I would appreciate that! For now I'm trying to get autoit x to work...

Thanks!

[Richard Robertson 187]

Calling dlls in C++ is EASIER than in AutoIt.

Which function are you trying to call? There are plenty of things that will show text.

[sniper120 0]

Calling dlls in C++ is EASIER than in AutoIt.

Which function are you trying to call? There are plenty of things that will show text.

The one in autoit "_WinAPI_DrawText" I noticed in the UDF that I need to call "User32.dll".

EDIT: Is there a one to draw over a full screened game? That is what I am mainly interested in.

Here is the autoit code:

Func _WinAPI_DrawText($hDC, $sText, ByRef $tRect, $iFlags)
    Local $aResult

    $aResult = DllCall("User32.dll", "int", "DrawText", "hwnd", $hDC, "str", $sText, "int", -1, "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($tRect), "int", $iFlags)
    If @error Then Return SetError(@error, 0, 0)
    Return $aResult[0]
EndFunc   ;==>_WinAPI_DrawText

Thanks! >_<

Edited August 10, 2009 by sniper120

[Richard Robertson 187]

Quick C++.

#include "windows.h"

void main()
{
    HDC hDC = NULL; // set this
    LPCTSTR lpchText = "Something"; // set this
    int nCount = -1;
    RECT rect;
    // set up rectangle
    UINT uFormat = 0; // set this
    DrawText(hDC, lpchText, nCount, &rect, uFormat);
}

Edited August 10, 2009 by Richard Robertson