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I am fairly new to Direct3D, and I am going to be using it for 2D manipulation. There is a question on my mind. Do all the textures have to be separate bitmaps, or can you be able to store them all in one bitmap, load it, and select which ones to use at what time, kinda like how DirectDraw does it? Please respond.... DiscoStew PS: If it is possible, could someone create a simple program with source that demonstrates this? thx