XBMC Screensaver Competition

ah, nevermind, it makes sense now. i was overthinking the problem, not realising that you simply have two include/link paths, one for dx8 on the pc, the other for the xdk.

i tried the wrapper, using pyro to test. when i went to run it, i got "this application has failed to start because xbox_dx8.dll was not found. re-installing the application may fix this problem."

what obvious thing am i missing? (new to xbox, not new to coding)

i'm having difficulty getting anything working on the xbox. i have a simple example, basically just a slightly modified version of one of the codesampler.com dx8 samples, and it works fine in the test harness but gives a blank screen on the xbox (and usually hangs).

the (17kb) code is here: http://www.coolpowers.com/lab/data/cube.zip

any clues as to what i'm doing wrong?

@siw, you're better off posting your questions either in this thread (link) if related to screensaver-api or create a new topic thread in the development forum

(siw @ jan. 31 2005,22:20 Wrote:i'm having difficulty getting anything working on the xbox.  i have a simple example, basically just a slightly modified version of one of the codesampler.com dx8 samples, and it works fine in the test harness but gives a blank screen on the xbox (and usually hangs).

the (17kb) code is here: http://www.coolpowers.com/lab/data/cube.zip

any clues as to what i'm doing wrong?

siw,

i haven't had a chance to look over your code in too much detail but did notice at least one mistake that may be causing problems.  try adding this code:

#ifdef _test
inline void d3dsetrenderstate(dword dwy, dword dwz)
{ m_pd3ddevice->setrenderstate((d3drenderstatetype)dwy,dwz); }
inline void d3dgetrenderstate(dword dwy, dword* dwz)
{ m_pd3ddevice->getrenderstate((d3drenderstatetype)dwy,dwz); }

#else
extern "c" void d3dgetrenderstate(dword dwy, dword* dwz);
extern "c" void d3dsetrenderstate(dword dwy, dword dwz);

#endif

and then change all of your setrenderstate calls to d3dsetrenderstate.

thank you!

this was half of the problem, but it clued me into realising what the other half was. i was linking to the d3dx utility lib, because i didn't realise that all those functions were also emulated by xbmc - i thought it was just for the core d3d lib.

now everything works, and i can get back to making something pretty

xbmc screensaver competition reminder...

we just like remind all xbox developers that the submission dead-line for xbmc screensaver competition is this upcoming monday, (the 28th of february 2005, 24:00 g:mt). if you have not handed in your code/entry yet then please try to do so before the end of the weekend, (remember to include your contact details), don't miss your chance to win a x2vga-adapter.

ps! only have one entry for this contest has been submitted so far.

best wishes / team-xbmc

since the site is down is there a possibly for the xbs wrapper to be setup on a mirror?

http://www.seansoria.com/testxbs.zip

i'm no dev so i don't know what you mean exactly, but you don't specify very well (either)

(pike @ feb. 26 2005,09:39 Wrote:

(demitrix @ feb. 26 2005,04:19 Wrote:since the site is down is there a possibly for the xbs wrapper to be setup on a mirror?

http://www.seansoria.com/testxbs.zip i'm no dev so i don't know what you mean exactly, but you don't specify very well (either)

@demitrix, or do you mean templatexbs.rar? (i don't know of any screensaver developers files being hosted on .com/.de before it want down)

well i got the testxbs but it need xbox_dx8.dll and visulization.dll