So now, the next step is to get the animation in, which I expect to be easy--I already had it working in GDI, and what needs to be done isn't really related to GDI, it's the performance counter stuff. After that, I guess I'll try to use the non-FVF pipeline.

Plus I got my Win7 laptop back after 3 weeks in HP's not-so-gentle care repairing it (they replaced the system board, but scratched the bottom back of the case, which annoys me) so I can also start using DX11.