Xbox Developer Kits ???

Don''t mean to be rude. And I could be quite wrong. But if this is the new micrsoft machine we are talking about. I belive the operating system is based on windows. So direct-x is your best bet. Of cause you would need to understand the machines architecture first.

-David

I don't think MS and their co-developers on the X-box project has come that far yet, they haven't as far as I know even decided what x86 processor to use. But it will be using a light OS based on the Win2000 kernel and DirectX.

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Daniel Netz, Sentinel Design
"I'm not stupid, I'm from Sweden" - Unknown

Edited by - Spiff on 3/13/00 2:26:15 AM

Here''s a blurb from the X-box press release:

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Familiar tools such as the Microsoft® DirectX® API will inspire movie-quality rendering, enhanced Internet gaming, and superior audio in future-generation games. X-Box will catapult gameplay quality to new heights....

Combining the power of PC technology with the accessibility of its cutting-edge DirectX development tools, Microsoft is providing game developers with a maximum-performance creative medium to deliver better games.

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As far as I am aware the OS platform is Win2000 as has already been stated, using the DirectX 8 API.

From what I was told at the GDC, the X-Box will use an Intel processor, video card co-produced by Microsoft and nVidia, will use an OS built on the Win2K core (so it won''t be Win2K exactly, but a stripped down version), and use DirectX. So, as far as developer kits go, I''m not sure that you''re going to need one.

If you''re really serious about developing for the Xbox then it was suggested (on the Dxdev mailing list) that you join the Dx8 beta (if you haven''t already), and mail xbox@microsoft.com for details about a development kit.

One thing that should be noted is that MS probably won''t be allowing much (if any) amature development for this machine. They''re going to be charging licensing fees for just about everything.

Josh

>MS probably won''t be allowing much (if any) amateur development for this machine. They''re going to be charging licensing fees for just about everything.

That sounds bad. If this is true, then it is same as "closed" platform of Playstation and Nintendo. i.e., Japanese discriminatory style.

I believe anybody should be allowed for development, and publication should be decided based only on its product.
Not based on developers'' past.

James

What would stop a DirectX programmer from writing DirectX programs for the X-Box without a dev kit? Doesn''t seem like it would be too hard...