I am looking to create content over a game much like xfire or fraps
I understand what they are doing full and well, and I hate asking for help, I like to be independent.
I have tried EVERYTHING to get some code working to where I can draw on top of a fullscreen game. I have tried it with C++, C#, with EasyHook...you name it.
all the source code examples I have used give me errors or break in Visual Studio 2010. ideally I want to program it in C# but I have also tried examples in C++, the biggest problem I have had with C++ programs is getting detours.h, and other required header files, I tried installing it, but that didn't work, couldn't find the detours.h file on my system to include it in my solution, and I couldn't find it online with the matching .lib...
needless to say this has been the most frustrating 10 hours of my life. I am at my breaking point and what I need is someone to step me through some code that works in Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7 x64. Once I get some code that allows me to draw on top of a fullscreen directX program, I can rip it apart and figure out how it ticks...thanks.
I would be eternally grateful to anyone who can step me through some code to get it to work, you have no idea.