Introduction

Introduction

The DirectX 2D command set is an advanced 2D library included with the Emergence BASIC development environment. Simple to use commands and functions allow creating just about any 2D game or graphics program imaginable.

Main Features:

- Optimized 2D graphics for fast frame rates.

- Supports 8, 16, 24 and 32 bits per pixel screens with triple buffering.

- Supports windowed DirectX mode.

- Built in support for DirectInput devices such as joysticks and game pads.

- Sprite support with pixel perfect collision system.

- Scrolling tile maps for creation of unlimited levels and mazes.

- Fast primitive graphics for drawing lines, pixels, rectangles and text.

- Low level commands for accessing buffer memory directly.

- Interfaces seamlessly with Emergence BASIC's messaging and window features.

Minimum requirements

- Emergence BASIC 1.0 or greater

- DirectX 7.0 or greater

- Video card with at least 8MB of ram.

- Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP or Vista

The 2D command set will not work with Windows NT 4.0 since the last version of DirectX for that OS was version 3.0