Help me please :) (starfighter game with Delphi 6 + DelphiX)

[grudzio]

I think I see it. Its the DXInput1.Update line. When DXTimer is disabled input is not updated and game does not respond to keyboard/mouse.

So my suggestion is don't disable DXTimer. I suppose that you wanted to disable it so the game over text is displayed. I think that better solution is to make separate procedure for different game stages like intro, maingame and game over. Here is an example code:

type
  TGameState = (gsIntro,gsMain,gsGameOver);

var
 gameState : TGameState = gsIntro;

procedure Intro;
begin
 //draws intro screen, main menu, etc
 //if play option chosen then gamestate := gsMain;
end;

procedure Main;
begin
 //updates input, updates player, enemies, draws everything
 // if player is dead then gameState := gsGameOver
end;

procedure GameOver
begin
 //displays gameover text
 //if key pressed then gameState := gsIntro
end;

procedure TForm1.DXTimer1Timer(Sender : TObject; lagcount : integer);
begin
 if not DXDraw1.CanDraw then exit;
 case GameState of
  gsIntro : intro;
  gsMain : main;
  gsGameOver : gameover;
 end;
 DXDraw1.Flip;
end;

And definately get rid of the second timer