[portej05]

You need to add user32.lib to the list of dependencies! (make sure the active configuration is set to all configurations in the box in the top left hand corner)
I don't have a d3dx8.h either (me needs not be so tired when I read these posts!)
If you have a look on MSDN (msdn.microsoft.com), you'll notice that the D3DX functions don't seem to have a version attached to them (i.e. not obviously D3DX**8 or D3DX**9), so try changing d3dx8.h to d3dx9.h. If that doesn't work, I'm out of ideas! (I'm not really a graphics person - I'm trying to learn as well!)

Hope this helps!

[TrashMan]

Blast...I really wanted DX8 to work

Oh well...life likes to throw curveballs at you..nothing unexpected. Happens to me ALL the time.

[Aardwolf]

Good luck, TrashMan. We're all counting on you!

Well, sort of.

*wishes you luck anyway*

[CmdKewin]

If you had actually read the "Release Notes" for the latest SDK you would have found the following:

The DirectX SDK No Longer Contains...

The DirectX SDK no longer contains the following components:

    * Direct3D8 and all of the earlier versions
    * Direct3D RM
    * DirectAnimation
    * DirectMusic
    * DirectInput7 and all of the earlier versions
    * DirectPlay
    * DirectPlayVoice
    * DirectX8-era HRESULT conversion routines
    * Managed DirectX samples and documentation

Developers wanting to use these components will need to download the August 2007 DirectX SDK, available from MSDN.

Reference:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/directx/aa937789.aspx

Glad to have been of help.

[TrashMan]

No problem... I swithced to DirectX9 anyway...

Got a nice little "engine".... 2D background and 2D forground (with transparency, so it looks like a menu..or I can make a fake depth illusion), 2 .X fighters flying around the screen).
I got one flying in circles and making a looping or roll if you press X or Y..

the other one should be just going back and forth, but I'm having trouble with it, since I have to check it's position to turn him around once he left the screen (basicly, it should be moving back and forth on the X axis), and I cna't find which function cna return the current models position in the world.