Finally Have DirectX 9 Working

So, after struggling with Visual Studio 2008 on a bug that is generated when doing a batch build of the engine and its subsidiary libraries, I have finally gotten a basic library built for encapsulating DirectX 9.0 in the engine. I am looking into fixing the build error (I may need to disable incremental builds and instead make it an all or nothing thing... That could be the source of the error, as it seems to malfunction with the libraries whenever it is recompiled after a previous failure).

I am now working on a proof of concept application, a simple game, that uses the current state of the library. It will do basic content loading and management. The entities in game will utilize state and action objects during play. The basic game will be a 2D vertical rail shooter. The following actors will be made:

"PlayerShip" - Using the generic actor, this will have the following states and actions.

• PlayerControllerState - This state acts as the controller for the player. This will be in charge of determining the actions the player's ship performs, based on input information, provided as an action from the system.
• HealthState - This state is the amount of health the player's ship has.
• WeaponState - This state is the currently equipped weapon of the player.
• FireAction - This is the action which the PlayerShip performs on its parent. This action calls the ship to fire, telling the game world to generate the current weapon effect on screen.
• CollisionAction - This is the action the PlayerShip performs on anything it collides with. It damages the target by a certain amount.

This is the basic idea. Enemy ships will have similar controllers, controlled through simple AI and the like. Likewise, they will have their own actions and effects.

I will update once the prototype game is out.