Re: Graphics, Sound, Keyboard, Mouse, etc.

[Kevin Fields <drunkendruid@hotmail.com>]

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If you're looking for all of these things in one book, I would recommend
Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus by Andre LaMothe.
I know some people would say that this book isn't the best to learn from,
but I've found that it's quite well done for my needs.
It has all of what you're looking for, and it's explained as best in English
as C/C++ programming can be explained. *grin*
I would recommend other books if I had any others, but I mostly have Windows
Programming books, and the only DOS programming book I have wasn't, shall we
say, put together that well. I spent half the time re-writing the programs
because they weren't checked before publication of the book. But that's not
relevant to this subject.

Hope that can be of some help.

Regards,
Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Burleson" <tburleso@vtc.vsc.edu>
To: <gameprogrammer@topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:45 AM
Subject: Graphics, Sound, Keyboard, Mouse, etc.


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> I'm not exactly sure who'll read or receive this message, so i'll attempt
> to be clear and brief.  I know alot about C and C++ programming, at least
> as fas as the syntax is concerned.  What I do not know is how to write a
> program that shows pictures on the screen, plays a short sound clip, or
> reads characters from the keyboard without the user having to press the
> enter key.  I do not want to use someone else's pre written library of
> functions - I would much rather learn and understand the language, so I
> would be able to write one of those libraries myself.  I would prefer to
> start with something simple such as VGA or mode X (I know what they are
but
> have never successfully used them).  I do not expect to learn this
material
> in a week, I have enough experience with programming to know that it takes
> time, and I am willing to go to the store and buy books if I have to.  If
> anyone receiving or reading this message knows how to do this, or knows
> where I can go to get that kind of information, it would be an incredible
> help.  Thank you.
> Tim Burleson
>
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