Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus
122
April 13, 2002 07:33 PM
but does it contain "DX teaching" portions similiar to the "Dummies" book?
234
April 14, 2002 12:57 AM
Oh yes. It covers basic DX from the ground up. You could be nearly illiterat and still figure out the ground rules of DX technology with that book. It does NOT, however, go into DirectPlay or 3D theory at all.
Landsknecht
Landsknecht
My sig used to be, "God was my co-pilot but we crashed in the mountains and I had to eat him..."
But folks whinned and I had to change it.
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April 14, 2002 01:13 AM
No.. Tricks (vol 1) uses DX 6.1, just to let you all in on it. (this is what is used in my tricks book..(
234
April 14, 2002 04:40 AM
Ok, my bad. The book uses the 6.1 interface, but the SDK on the CD is DX7. I swapped over to 7 so fast, I forgot about that. DX7 has better built in initialization routines than 6.1 and it was eaiser to get something on the screen. But other than that - I didn''t find all that much difference.
I stand corrected... I hate it when that happens
Landsknecht
I stand corrected... I hate it when that happens
Landsknecht
My sig used to be, "God was my co-pilot but we crashed in the mountains and I had to eat him..."
But folks whinned and I had to change it.
But folks whinned and I had to change it.
122
April 14, 2002 04:56 AM
that book is GOD!!!! It''s how I learned everything I know about windows programming in C++ and also direct X
"When you see a roller coaster, get on it, put your hands in the air, and ride it to the very end. Life doesn't remember you unless you kick, scream, and claw your way to the top. There is nothing in the world that is imposible . If you believe that you can do it, you will." Andre LaMothe
122
April 14, 2002 05:59 AM
hmm.. ok
many of u said the tricks book is damn good,
but y is it good when it teaches u dx6 instead of dx7?
many of u said the tricks book is damn good,
but y is it good when it teaches u dx6 instead of dx7?
234
April 14, 2002 07:07 AM
It is good because the basics of DX are the same no matter WHAT version you use. It is also goo because it goes far beyond the graphic API into other areas that relate to game creation.
Here is a bit of info that may surprise you... There is a HELL of a lot more to a game than just how to put a graphic on the screen. So many people seem to forget that and get tied up in thinkin soley about the graphics system. 3 quarters of the books on my reference shelf have NOTHING to do with graphics at all.
And I am 100 percent positive that anybody here that has done this work profesionally will agree with that statement!
Landsknecht
Here is a bit of info that may surprise you... There is a HELL of a lot more to a game than just how to put a graphic on the screen. So many people seem to forget that and get tied up in thinkin soley about the graphics system. 3 quarters of the books on my reference shelf have NOTHING to do with graphics at all.
And I am 100 percent positive that anybody here that has done this work profesionally will agree with that statement!
Landsknecht
My sig used to be, "God was my co-pilot but we crashed in the mountains and I had to eat him..."
But folks whinned and I had to change it.
But folks whinned and I had to change it.
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