• ▼MSDN Library - April 2000
  • ▶Welcome to the MSDN Library
  • ▶Visual Studio 6.0 Documentation
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  • ▼Platform SDK
    • ▶Getting Started
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      • ▶Broadcast Architecture
      • ▶Image Color Management
      • ▼DirectX
        • ▶DirectX Start Page
        • ▶Introducing DirectX Foundation
        • ▼Direct3D
          • ▼Direct3D Immediate Mode
            • About Direct3D Immediate Mode
            • Why Use Direct3D Immediate Mode?
            • ▶Getting Started with Immediate Mode
            • ▶Direct3D Immediate Mode Architecture
            • ▼Direct3D Immediate Mode Essentials
              • Immediate Mode Changes for DirectX 7.0
              • ▶Direct3D and DirectDraw
              • ▶Direct3D Devices
              • ▶Geometry Pipeline
              • ▶Lighting and Materials
              • ▶Vertex Formats
              • ▶Textures
              • ▶Depth Buffers
              • ▶Stencil Buffers
              • ▶Vertex Buffers
              • ▼Common Techniques and Special Effects
                • ▶Fog
                • ▶Geometry Blending
                • ▼User-defined Clip Planes
                  • What Are User-defined Clip Planes?
                  • ▼Using User-defined Clip Planes
                    • Setting and Retrieving Clip Planes
                    • Enabling and Disabling Clip Planes
                • ▶Environment Mapping
                • ▶Bump Mapping
                • Billboarding
                • Clouds, Smoke, and Vapor Trails
                • Fire, Flares, Explosions, and More
                • Motion Blur
                • ▶Stencil Buffer Techniques
                • Colored Lights
                • ▶Antialiasing
              • GUIDs
              • ▶Performance Optimization
              • ▶Troubleshooting
            • ▶Direct3D Immediate Mode Tutorials
            • ▶Direct3D Immediate Mode Reference
            • ▶Direct3D Immediate Mode Tools and Samples
          • ▶Direct3DX Utility Library [C++]
          • Direct3D Retained Mode Documentation
        • ▶DirectDraw
        • ▶DirectInput
        • ▶DirectMusic
        • ▶DirectPlay
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        • ▶DirectSound
        • ▶Glossary
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        • ▶DirectX Media SDK
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