I think so damon. At 07:44 p.m. 5/09/2006, you wrote: >ah. yes i suppose you're right, i don't have much experience in proper >programming. i suppose that's why i struggle a lot. then again i should know >more as time goes on as i learn new technique and things. >do any of you guys think i'll make it? > >regards, > >damien > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 12:20 AM >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game development was intro > > > > Hi Damien, > > That is true. DirectX is better and easier to program with for games and > > multimedia. I think you are getting things confused do to your personal > > lack of programming experience. So let me clarify things. > > Let us say you are writing a game. You are going to want to use DirectX > > for your graphics, sound, input handling, etc... However, DirectX may > > not be all that is needed. Let us say you need some settings dialogs for > > setting game settings etc... Then, you will likely need stuff from the > > win32 API to build the dialog boxes and to save and restore games etc... > > So in all what I am saying use DirectX in your C++ applications, but > > there is still some Win32 stuff you may need in the game as well. > > > > > > > > x-sight interactive wrote: > > > hmm? interesting. when i brought that comment up a few months ago i got > > > replies back saying that direct x was a lot better and easier to program > > > with. > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > damien > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can >visit > > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > > any subscription changes via the web. > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] >To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >any subscription changes via the web. > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/437 - Release Date: 4/09/2006
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