DirectX Programming

Download the DirectX sdk here. It contains a considerable amount of info as well as tutorials, samples and useful tool programs.
I also recommend Drunken Hyena's tutorials for any DX beginners.

Kind rgds,
-Nik

EDIT: However, I don't recommend mixing OpenGL with Direct3D in a same project - and since DH's tuts are primarily graphics oriented, I'm not sure if they are applicable if you do use OGL

[edited by - Nik02 on January 29, 2004 8:20:33 AM]

Since I''m sure you''d like to at least poke around with the interface before spending money on a book, here''s a couple tutorials online to get you started.

http://nexe.gamedev.net/News/News.asp
http://drunkenhyena.com/docs/directx.phtml

Also check the Articles & Resources section of gamedev.net, someone''s bound to have put a couple tutorials up.

Also, MS did a pretty good job of documentation with the DX SDK - Download the SDK and use the help files that come with it. There''s a couple bare bones tutorials, and comprehensive information on every function.

A really great site for begginers is the following:

http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/

If you already know how to program in OpenGL you might find it a bit easy though. The other slight problem is that its for dx8 and not dx9 :/. But DX8 is mostly the same as DX9, so you can follow most of the tutorials and just replace all the 8''s with 9''s (e.g. #include <d3d8.h> becomes #include <d3d9.h>).

the other site i would recommend is:

http://www.gametutorials.com/Tutorials/DirectX/DirectX_Pg1.htm

These are for DX9 thankfully. And they are being updated regularly, they have all the basics you''ll need to get started.

Okay Thanx a lot guys, I''ll be sure to check those sites out.

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