Using DirectX I m rendering textured polygons (orthographically) so they act as HUD sprites. Now I m not sure how would I go about implementing sprite masking in this sytem?
So basically say I have a sprite, how can I make it render only in a given portion of the screen which I define? And if a part of it moves outside this portion of the screen you don t see it?
You re looking for what is called a viewport. considering you did not specify which DirectX and which language you re using, I ll have to point to the DirectX9 spec
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