OpenGL vs. DirectX Q#
November 24, 2001 02:00 PM
Hey there all! you have to bear with me because l know a lot of programming info but never programmed. Can you please answer me two questions:
Is OpenGl used to program games (Nintendo, Xbox...) and how many platforms is it implememnted on?
And if not what do they use to accelerate graphics!
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November 24, 2001 02:19 PM
Check da FAQ !
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November 25, 2001 05:33 PM
As far as im aware, the XBox software is written using DX, but that I guess is because its a Microsoft thing. I have no idea about the other consoles.
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November 26, 2001 04:14 AM
OpenGL is ONLY available under Windows, *nix and MacOS.
DirectX is ONLY available under Windows (and probably the XBox too, but I don''t have a XDK so i don''t really know
)
the Gamecube, PSX and PS2 have their own APIs, and they all have their own specific compilers aswell. (So you actually can forget building any games for these platforms since these SDKs cost a lot of cash, unless you got some friends in the industry
)
Hope this answers your question.
DirectX is ONLY available under Windows (and probably the XBox too, but I don''t have a XDK so i don''t really know
)the Gamecube, PSX and PS2 have their own APIs, and they all have their own specific compilers aswell. (So you actually can forget building any games for these platforms since these SDKs cost a lot of cash, unless you got some friends in the industry
)Hope this answers your question.
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November 26, 2001 04:38 AM
quote: Original post by mindcrash
OpenGL is ONLY available under Windows, *nix and MacOS.
And BeOS, PS2, and possibly soon on the XBox (Ive heard that it IS available on XBox currently, and also that the libraries arent available for it)
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November 26, 2001 05:22 PM
OpenGL is available on PS2 and XBOX, and any other platform it''s implemented on. non O/S specific 3D API.
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