Re: DirectX vs OpenGL Programming Game Development by jwenting …graphical presentation (and animation, to an extent), the scope of DirectX is far far wider, including networking, sound, and a … matter what platform you're going to work on. DirectX knowledge is Windows specific. OpenGL also seems to change …its specs less often than does DirectX, making it maybe a better thing to learn for… Re: directX or openGL or c++ or ??????? Programming Game Development by CoolGamer48 DirectX and OpenGL are not programming languages. They are APIs… is C++, and I'm currently learning to use DirectX with it. If you're a fan of things…hater), then you might want to go with OpenGL. DirectX is strictly Microsoft. As far as how good the …actual APIs are, I don't think that DirectX is really that much better or worse than OpenGL … Re: DirectX vs OpenGL Programming Game Development by jbennet DirectX works well with XNA and visual studio DirectX Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by kiamzattu Hi every1 I installed DirectX 9.0C on my computer recently but when i go …to Run->dxdiag, i'm shown tat only DirectX 9.0b is installed...... I'm not able to play… because most of the games need the latest version of DirectX and i get a error msg sayin "Unable to… Re: DirectX Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by jbennet Reinstall directx 9.0c? DirectX Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by J☼E i was wondering how to tell what version of directx my system has, and if i should get directx9.1 or whatever the newwest version is DirectX Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by J☼E i ran a video card test that came with the software to my video card and it said it passed the test for directx9 but it says i dont have directx 8.1 should i install or doesnt it matter? Directx Programming Game Development by gangsta gama I am just wondering, where would be the easiest place to learn directx in tutorials on the computer? Thank you. Re: Directx Programming Game Development by faraz saleem i have lots of ebooks about directx i can send u DirectX 10 / DirectX 11 Windows 7 Programming Software Development by C++ Obliviator …2008\Projects\Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 10\Intro_3DGameProg_D10_Part2\Chapter 4\Init Direct3D\Debug\…2008\Projects\Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 10\Intro_3DGameProg_D10_Part2\Chapter 4\Init Direct3D\Debug\…] I believe the problem is that I have DirectX 11 installed, and I should have DirectX10. But… DirectX 10 slow? alternatives? Programming Game Development by athlon32 …a little, etc.), but i want to learn DirectX 10. I decided to take the tutorial that… is provided in the DirectX SDK, so i did. Almost immediately i … and it took much longer to load than DirectX 9. The second example (drawing a simple triangle…is this: What can i do to make DirectX 10 work more smoothly on my rather weak … DirectX 9 Questions Programming Software Development by Dinomike1000 …, I have recently started learning how to write games in DirectX 9 and I have a few questions. The first is… assume that if someone has DirectX 10 installed that they can play DirectX 9 stuff without downloading DirectX 9? Also, I was …if anyone could tell me about loading PNG files with DirectX 9, as opposed to bitmaps. Thanks, Mike DirectX 10 not backwards compatible? Community Center by Catweazle …To be included in the upcoming Windows Vista, DirectX 10 will be the programming interface previously called Windows…developments in PC graphics hardware will quickly realise that DirectX 10 is designed for the future. Accomodation for…Conference in Europe Microsoft has informed developers that DirectX 10 will 'cut' backwards compatibility with titles … Re: DirectX 6 install Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by mikeandike22 Im pretty sure you cant get directx 6 anymore it is up to like 9 or something … it on the internet just uninstall whatever directx you have now and then install directx 6, but that wont support most new… with win 98. [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx"]http://www.microsoft.com/windows… DirectX 6 install Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Dougie … Diamond 3-D settings page - please upgrade to Microsoft's DirectX 6 ". I haven't used the 3-D tests… there. What is the proper way to download and install DirectX 6 ? Do I need to download and install the… DirectX end user runtime shown on the Microsoft DirectX website first ? I just wanted someones… directx 9c problem? HELP! Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by mu5tang … intalled a game(The mark)Says game wont play without directx 9.0c, and it wont play because its not reading… my directx. I ran dxdiag and it says version 9.0c. Reports… get the same results. Why doesnt these games read my directx 9.0c. Have not tried but maybe all games reqireing… Directx or GDI+ Programming Software Development by soheilshoolookh … to find a circle in a given image; Of course directx rendering is faster than gdi... but how can I access… couldn't find such a method like GetPixel() in the directx library.. In fact I don't know is it possible… to access pixels in directx or not... and Is really directx faster than GDI+ for image processing?? I… DirectX camera question Programming Software Development by sasho648 … to the vertex buffer LPDIRECT3DINDEXBUFFER9 i_buffer = NULL; HANDLE DirectX(0); // function prototypes void initD3D(HWND hWnd); //… } if(msg.message == WM_QUIT) { TerminateThread(DirectX, 0); break; } } // clean up DirectX and COM cleanD3D(); return msg.wParam; } //… Re: DirectX 6 install Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Dougie [QUOTE=mikeandike22]if you do have directx installed you should be able to goto start>run … dxdiag as you suggested and it seem that I have DirectX version 9 after all. Maybe v9 isn't compatable with… my Diamond Viper video card as it would probably contain DirectX 6 on it. I'm also wondering about the old… Re: DirectX 10 slow? alternatives? Programming Game Development by K0ns3rv Well if you don't have a Directx 10 compatible GPU, your only option is to run in reference mode which is indeed painfully slow, I am not sure about this but it could be that program notices this and switches to reference mode. Myself i have around 7000 fps when rendering a cube. //K0ns3rv Re: DirectX 10 not backwards compatible? Community Center by benna … heard that Vista might only support OpenGL through emulation with DirectX 10. That would be stupid. I know microsoft loves to… DirectX 10 with GCC? Programming Software Development by mattloto I am interested in using DirectX to make games. I'm using MinGW, which is a windows command line port of GCC. How would I get it so that DirectX 10 is included in the files? It probably is in the headers, but I don't know which to include because most tutorials online are using an IDE where you configure DirectX in that. Thanks in advance. DirectX Filter for Capturing TV Tuner RF raw samples Programming Software Development by Masood_786 …FM and no availability of I/Q samples**. In Directx GraphEdit i was able to run the device but …to my computer for offline processing (SDR implementation)****![ using Directx GraphEdit but i am unable to sniff raw samples between…-right")**. I have learned from some websites that DirectX own Sample Grabber cannot capture raw samples. Please look… Re: DirectX 6 install Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Dougie Where do I look to see what version of DirectX I have now? What is the best way to un-install the old one? Dougie Re: DirectX 6 install Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by mikeandike22 if you do have directx installed you should be able to goto start>run and type dxdiag in the text area and that will run and tell you. You dont need to uninstall the old one just install over it with the newer version. Re: directx 9c problem? HELP! Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Nick Evan … card. [/quote]` It could be that it's not the DirectX that's the problem, but your videocard. My 'old' GeForce… Re: directx 9c problem? HELP! Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by mu5tang Thanks for the info [I]Nick! I think you are right. Because I just down loaded swat 4 from newsbin pro, witch is a pretty new game that requires directx 9.0c and has detected it. And you are right! OLD! need to spend the big bucks and really get a new system.[/I] Re: Directx with Eclipse C/C++ IDE Programming Software Development by Salem Because one thing (directx) has nothing to do with the other (eclipse). If you're having problems with directx, then you should be reading directx manuals and tutorials, and trying the example code. Finding a new IDE won't fix that at all. Directx 9.0c Need Help! Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by TheCapn22 I downloaded Directx 9.0c, started to install. The files got Extracted. When … Administrator. I clicked Ok, then an error came up saying Directx could not copy a required file. Now I believe that… Re: DirectX and MS Visual C++ 6.0 Programming Game Development by John A More specifically, to compile DirectX applications, or pretty well any program that relies on external … the .libs or else you'll get linker errors. For DirectX (depending on which frameworks you're using) there's a… provided covers this in greator detail (see the section on DirectX and Visual Studio).