Shadow Systems DX7

Hi all. I've tried some shadow system demos from these forums, and can't find any that work on my computer. They all want to run DX7 functions, or something, and I just get error messages. Can anyone recommend a shadow system that uses DX8 or DX9?

dx8 and 9 usually supports dx7. It seems you made something wrong. Did you try to run the code? If so then I guess you need to set up the decls files for the dx7 wrapper dll that may be part of the demo.

for example my shadow system (i guess you tried it)
please tell me what error message exactly appears and on which line.

Okay, let's try Devil Shadow. When I load any of the Sample files, say "Sample 1 - A few casters.bb", when I run it, it immediately brings up "DevilShadowSystem.bb" in a second editor window, and says function 'dx7_setsystemproperties' not found, and points to the first program line of below.

;Init DirectX7
If DX7_SetSystemProperties(SystemProperty("Direct3D7"), SystemProperty("Direct3DDevice7"), SystemProperty("DirectDraw7"), SystemProperty("AppHWND"), SystemProperty("AppHINSTANCE")) Then RuntimeError "Error initializing dx7."

I've tried using versions DSS_1.5U and DSS_1.OF and get the same error message with them.

You are prob. missing the userlib ? If so, copy the .dll and .decls file into the c:\program files\blitz3d\userlibs folder. This will make the missing commands available.
When exporting your project, copy the .dll along with your .exe.

B32 is right. In this demo the files are located in the demos folder "userlibs". copy the decls file to the (real) userlibs folder (see blitz3D installation path!) and the 2 DLL files to the folder where the demo sourcecodes are located.

Maybe a little confusing, DC :o)

i would have told you that if i was awake, too

Thanks guys :) Got it working! I didn't know about copying userlibs into BlitzBasic's directory. Explains a lot of things.