Hi Dark, Smile. I figured that's what happened. When a developer specifically says Managed DirectX most gamers naturally assume they are talking about the DirectX libraries that ship with Windows. I.E. the core DirectX libraries that most games generally use. For whatever reason Microsoft never made it clear to the general public that they actually have or had two different DirectX APIs available. So when a developer such as myself lists you need Managed DirectX for STFC, Montezuma's Revenge, etc people automatically assume they have it installed since DirectX comes with Windows. When the game doesn't work USA Games gets asked why it isn't working and they say I have DirectX 8, 9.0C, etc, .Net Framework x, etc and most of them don't have a clue that DirectX and Managed DirectX are two totally different things. When I tell them they have to grab the web installer and have it install the MDX components I generally have to explain to them that Managed DirectX and DirectX aren't the same thing. As a developer it just gets to be a hastle repeatedly explaining the same thing over and over again to a customer base, because they just don't know that DirectX and Managed DirectX aren't the same thing.
Which brings me right back to why I'd like to get the original STFC off my website in the first place. The Managed DirectX API is deprecated, gone, ancient history, and to make matters worse there are still people who haven't a clue what it is or was. You mention DirectX or Managed DirectX they just assume you are talking about one and the same thing. As a developer who does his own tech support I'd like to be able to simply dispose of Managed DirectX, get it out of the picture, and adopt something most people can recognize as A, different from DirectX, or B, just use DirectX so people won't have to ffool with installing extra components. Cheers! On 3/28/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, fair enough tom. > > i admit I didn't know about the difference betwene managed direct x and > direct x. That probably explains why so many things need direct x generally. > > Beware the Grue! > > dark. --- 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].
