Problem with Rendering ~

[GoDarkCherries]

My program is rendering each frame probably onto the screen until after i minimise or overlap the window, a white blank screen appear.

 

NOTE: I am calling my "Render" function inside the "MessageLoop" using it's idle time. (is this correct)?

 

Thanks.

[PlausiblyDamp]

There is a good chance that the deice is getting lost when you minimize and will need to be re-created.

 

http://staff.develop.com/candera/weblog2/articleview.aspx/DirectX/Direct3D/13%20Device%20Recovery.xml may be worth a look.

[GoDarkCherries]

Thanks, i will take a close look at the topic lost device, may be that is what i need.

[GoDarkCherries]

Thanks, but another question

 

Hey, i have tried it, it WORKS, thank you so much...

that's been brothering me for ages hahaha...

 

but i have got another question...

 

i think Checking for LOST DEVICE every time

inside the messageloop is a bit of a waste of clock cycle

is there anyway to overcome this?

[ThePentiumGuy]

http://www.xtremedotnettalk.com/showthread.php?t=86046

 

i posted some code there showing how you would check it, not every frame, but every 5 seconds

[Kavan]

I think there is nothing wrong with checking it each time.