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Phyre
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1288 Posts
February 24 2009 21:01 GMT
#1
Does anyone have experience making games in DirectX? I've been fishing around for tutorials and reading a few books that were recommended to me but I'm curious if there are any particular online tutorials you guys would recommend. Google turned up a few things but perhaps I missed something.

"Oh no, I got you with your pants... on your face... That's not how you wear pants." - Nintu, catching 1 hatch lurks.
Polyphasic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States841 Posts
February 24 2009 21:24 GMT
#2
fucking awesome site

http://nehe.gamedev.net/

while going through the tutorials, i suggest keeping a file of code that you'd likely use so later on, it's easier to copy and paste key parts rather than to type from scratch every time.

also, good for reference.
can't making a relationship last longer than 2 weeks, since 1984 :thumbs:
Phyre
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1288 Posts
February 24 2009 21:27 GMT
#3
Looks pretty awesome but it looks like it's aimed mainly at OpenGL development. I'm sure I can still find useful general C++ stuff there though, thanks!
"Oh no, I got you with your pants... on your face... That's not how you wear pants." - Nintu, catching 1 hatch lurks.
Polyphasic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States841 Posts
February 24 2009 21:42 GMT
#4
oh ya, just based on my own experience of learning opengl.

there's going to be a lot of sample code out there for doing things like rendering landscapes and clouds and stuff.

i'd suggest against using sample code. it's better to stick with a tutorial and code the basic things on your own. the problem with sample code is that you wont understand everything that it does, and even if you do, you wont be able to manipulate it to use it in a slightly different way because it doesn't come with a description most of the time.
can't making a relationship last longer than 2 weeks, since 1984 :thumbs:
b3h47pte
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States1317 Posts
February 24 2009 21:55 GMT
#5
http://www.directxtutorial.com/
I recommend this site. It has a pretty nice DirectX9 tutorial and i'm sure you'll be able to learn a lot. This is DirectX used in conjunction with C++ on VS. GL HF
liger13
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1060 Posts
February 24 2009 22:19 GMT
#6
doesnt the SDK come with alot of tutorials in the package?

although you would prob need some Win32 stuff if your not that into the win api...
the nehe does a pretty good job of setting it up though.
I feel like pwning noobs
klizzer
Profile Joined March 2008
517 Posts
February 25 2009 01:19 GMT
#7
the directx sdk is about 400 megs afaik. [haven't looked on the site]

oh, found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=86cf7fa2-e953-475c-abde-f016e4f7b61a&displaylang=en

I got a book on DirectX with Visual Basic for programming games lol, that was a badass book.

I prefer OpenGL though, I have perhaps put more effort into learning it.
liger13
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1060 Posts
February 25 2009 01:22 GMT
#8
hmm.. now youve got me back looking at an old game i dropped ...
man.. i don remember anything....
though... looking back in my old favorites, the site:
http://www.directxtutorial.com/Tutorial9/tutorials.aspx
is one i remember using...
I feel like pwning noobs
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