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Hi,

I would like to preload textures from files. I just want them to load in
system memory so that it does not need of direct3device.
But the D3DXCreateTextureFromFileEx use the device althought I specify to
use D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM.

I wan't to load texture in a different thread and in system memory to avoid
those high cost file access, and then to have texture ready to be propulsed
in memory in case of, by using UpdateSurface.

So, have you some advise, if my way of doing thing are wrong, or some
library than can do such thing ?

Tx by advance,

Nicolas,


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