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alternative libraries for dx11 contexts

Started by Adam West Oct 19, 2012 at 11:55 AM 1 replies 2.9k views

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Oct 19, 2012 at 11:55 AM

Hey there,

I was wondering if there are any other window libraries that are usable with directx 11. I know sdl is a viable option for DX9 but its a bit of hard work. I dont like the layout of the Win32 API that much.
Thanks.

Ripiz

Oct 19, 2012 at 3:24 PM

WinAPI is probably the only one supported, since you have to give HWND when creating Swap Chain.

What's wrong with WinAPI? To use DirectX all you need is to create a window, that's like... 15 lines which you can copy/paste from countless sources.

MJP

Oct 19, 2012 at 6:08 PM

Any window library that gives you the handle of the window should be usable for D3D11. You just obtain the handle, make a swap chain, and render to that swap chain's backbuffer. SDL should be usable, as should something more complex like qt.

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