Hi William, If it makes you feel any better I am not a happy camper either. If I had my way I would pitch .NET, DirectX, and Windows in the trash tomorrow and go Mac or Linux. However, through my research so far Windows still has the best libraries, sdks, and resources for accessible game developers. DirectX is a highly proven gaming technology, Sapi 5 is a core part of the Windows os, and C# .NET is slowly growing support for XBox and Windows game developers. Alternatives like Java are good languages, have lots of features, but since it is not tied to any single os there is features you are going to lose a long the way. As I do a one to one comparison Genesis 3D would really benifit from core Windows technologies like Sapi, DirectX DirectInput controller support, and DirectX DirectSound is still better for audio environments from what I have tested.
william lomas wrote: > hi ah, shame, so mac users like myself may still need a whole > operating system called windows, smile, which we went away from, > smile, just for gaming? > if that's the case fair neough but i ahve a whole operating system of > xp on here just for gaming which is ashame really since i got a mac > for stability and to get away from windows entirely > > On 12 Mar 2008, at 15:56, Thomas Ward wrote: > > >> Hi Shaun and all, >> The USA Games engine, Genesis 3D, is a 3D FPS game engine written in >> C# >> .NET, uses .NET Framework 3.5, DirectX 9.0C, supports sapi 5.1/5.3, >> and >> is designed in such a way to create games through a level editor and >> game editor. At the moment I have been looking into the possibility of >> porting it to Java 6, but I am not certain that is going to be >> possible. >> I've been experiencing some technical difficulties finding Java >> equivalents for the technologies I am using in C#. So as a result i am >> afraid I will likely have to stick with .NET for future games if I >> can't >> resolve all my issues satisfactually. >> >> shaun everiss wrote: >> >>> I wander about the usagames engine then. >>> Even those of us current and previous testers that are close with >>> tom don't even know what that is. >>> >>> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> . >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of >> the list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
