Hi, I had a question there is a "drift mod" wich displays your drift angle in the screen of lfs.

How can you do stuff like this? I have absolutely no idea what to google after.. If anyone knows the technique or can help me on my way with some links etc. ?

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Thats the thing read the second line, I don't know how to make something like that and I don't know how the technique to overlay stuff in games is named so I wouldn't know what to search after....

Quote from windstyle :

Hi, I had a question there is a "drift mod" wich displays your drift angle in the screen of lfs.

How can you do stuff like this?

As i undestood you ...

... Search any drift mod and hope that it fits your needs ...

Way #1, which is 1337er but harder: make a Direct3D hook
Way #2: Use InSim.

Quote from hazaky :

As i undestood you ...

... Search any drift mod and hope that it fits your needs ...

The drift mod was just a example of the Sort of application I want to make.

Quote from Shadowww :

Way #1, which is 1337er but harder: make a Direct3D hook
Way #2: Use InSim.

Already done the InSim stuff so was looking for the Direct3D thing Gona hit google and start trying out some stuff, thanks!

Glenn I have seen one and it´s only for yourself I think but I am not sure

Quote from windstyle :

Already done the InSim stuff so was looking for the Direct3D thing Gona hit google and start trying out some stuff, thanks!

Btw it will be much harder to find that stuff for LFS, cause it uses DX8.

its allready done a G-meter for racing and other stuff maybe we find something on the world wide web

Have a nice day guys!

Quote from windstyle :

Hi, I had a question there is a "drift mod" wich displays your drift angle in the screen of lfs.

How can you do stuff like this? I have absolutely no idea what to google after.. If anyone knows the technique or can help me on my way with some links etc. ?

You can do so via LFSLapper, an insim application by Gui-Luron (look: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=25756).

I've got a drift scoreboard (what I call DriftMaster) on my server (Sin'rs), which uses the LFSLapper config, although the score and angle aren't dynamic (they don't change in real time, they only change once you've done your drift.

I've attached my old DriftMaster scoreboard to show what I mean.

I guess I miss explained my request...

What I want to do is make a application wich will "overlay" in lfs... But with own graphics like PNG files etc... The drift mod was just an example.. But xFire is another one and the custom gauges also one they all have their own "forms" inside lfs...

Thats what I'm after how to get my own made images, inside lfs..

Quote from windstyle :

I guess I miss explained my request...

What I want to do is make a application wich will "overlay" in lfs... But with own graphics like PNG files etc... The drift mod was just an example.. But xFire is another one and the custom gauges also one they all have their own "forms" inside lfs...

Thats what I'm after how to get my own made images, inside lfs..

Then the DIRECTX 3D hook will do the trick, like Shadowww said.

But I'm not quite sure if you can get it done server-side?

I think he means a thing like the Analog gauge with png and so on

like in "NFS" a drift gauge

or?

If you're willing to use windowed-mode, you can make transparent .NET forms so that only the controls (in this case, overlays) stay on top. If you need full screen in LFS though, DirectX is the only way to do it that I know of

Yeah it's the directx I was looking after.. Thanks

I have this same problem because I wonna show CPU's temp and something else in Fullscreen. What libary I must use? Links?

Quote from misiek08 :

I have this same problem because I wonna show CPU's temp and something else in Fullscreen. What libary I must use? Links?

Get DirectX8 SDK.

Here's a thread on this from a while ago.. DirectX Graphics Injection Good luck!

misiek08 asked me to share source code of Digital Speedo (it uses d3d8 proxy dll to display data)
ill post it when i get home, check this thread tonight: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=44054