so i was looking for what you had suggested, (they're called direct draw overlays) but the problem is most new games run in an exclusive mode, meaning that you can just use a direct draw overlay on them, you indeed, have to hook the directx api and render your window.... has anyone have any idea where i can find something like this?
heres what i found and didnt work:
http://www.codeplex.com/DirectDrawOv...ngTitle=Ho me