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Started by untalkative_monkey Jan 2, 2002 at 11:21 AM 3 replies 600+ views

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Jan 2, 2002 at 11:21 AM

Ok, so i FINALLY finished Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus... i know i should practise my stuff a lot before i move on into harder things, but i''m gonna ask anyway... what book should i get next? I obviously want to stick with directx (for now) and i don''t think i should mess with directx 8 yet because i''ve heard its way more difficult... (correct me if i''m wrong). So yeah... any suggestions on my next reading material? ...go on and live with no regrets, you only have one life...

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Jan 2, 2002 at 11:29 AM

2D ops in DX8 = Harder but a whole lot faster
3D = easier and faster

I can recommend good books for D3D8: The Zen of Direct3D Programming, Prima Tech publishing, written by Peter Walsh edited by LaMothe

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Jan 2, 2002 at 11:47 AM

Yeah, i already bought Game Architecture and Design... I'm not going to read it until later though. I just looked at that Zen of Direct3D book and it says it has a big intro to windows programming, gdi, and other basic stuff... is there any books that jump right into the Direct3D?

...go on and live with no regrets, you only have one life...

Edited by - untalkative_monkey on January 2, 2002 12:49:06 PM

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Jan 2, 2002 at 1:25 PM

If you don''t mind reading it online, Drunken Hyena has a good DirectX 8 tutorial.

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