RE: I'll start the ball rolling then

["Adrian Brown" <adrian@catfish-interactive.com>]

I know Direct X Seems impossible to learn from the start, but believe me,
its easier now than it ever was with versions 1 thourgh 3 :-).  Start with
simple things,  If you are used to dos programming, then just use it to
create a simple screen and then just lock the background, use the bufffer as
a normal screen would be in dos and start from there a bit.  Else take it
one step at a time.  Look on sites like www.flipcode.com, there is quite a
bit of info there.  If you are looking into 2d stuff to start with, look at
hte IDirectDraw7 interface classes, directx 8 doesnt have 2d, without the
dx7 interface.  DX 8 is mainly 3d.

Adrian

-----Original Message-----
From: gameprogrammer-owner@gameprogrammer.com
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Sent: 30 November 2000 01:57
To: gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com
Subject: I'll start the ball rolling then


On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Matt Harmon wrote:

> im not bothered, just trying to understand why people are on this list
> because i have been subscribed for a couple weeks and all it has gotten
> is a couple trivial questions and that is it -- very dead list with not
> much happening.

>snip<

Ok then, I'll start. I am a complete beginner with no knowledge of game
architecture or construction. There must be a few of us around? Can anyone
give some good advice as to how it all works? A particularly burning
question I have is to do with Directx. How the hell do you start with it?


cheers

Mike Fridlington
IT Manager
Futura Interactive Ltd
1-5 Clerkenwell Road
London EC1M 5PA

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