good books?

The author of ShaderX2: Introductions and Tutorials with DirectX 9.0 is Wolfgang Engel. I liked Wolfgang''s first book; but based on past posts I can tell you that a lot of people don''t seem to like his writting style (especially beginners). That said; Wolfgang''s second book, Direct3D ShaderX: Vertex and Pixel Shader Tips and Tricks with CDROM, was fairly highly reviewed on Amazon.

You may want to take a look a Strategy Game Programming With Directx 9.0 2003 as well.




Understanding is a three edged sword...

Strategy Game Programming with DirectX9 is NOT a good DX beginner book.
I''d recommend Programming Role-Playing Games With DirectX8.
It covers more DX and all the basic 3D things.

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...NOT a good DX beginner book.
I''d recommend Programming Role-Playing Games With DirectX8.

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Agreed, Role-Playing Games With DirectX8 is a good book. However, it may not be a good choice for DirectX 9 sense it uses Jim Adams game core for DirectX 8.1 starting in chapter 10?


Understanding is a three edged sword...

I still think that''s(the core) better than the DirectX Framework that comes with the SDK.

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