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[killers_maiden]

can anyone here plz tell me which books to refer for directX programming??

[Decibit]

Good book:

Advanced 3D Game Programming with DirectX 9.0 by Peter Walsh.

Covers Direct3D, DirectInput, DirectSound, networking.

[bladder]

And dont forget that you have the internet as well. There's loads of tutorials and information on there. My site which is actually hosted by this site has a bunch of tutorials on using directx. And if you go to the resource section on my site you'll find a lot of links to more tutorial sites

[axon]

The DirectX SDK has examples for every feature. There are also some good articles in the SDK Help doc about more general game programming stuff (like 3D math, lighting, & networking). I would recommend using the SDK and the internet as your DirectX reference and purchase books on more timeless programming topics to serve as your long-term reference collection.

[Khaosifix]

It would be best to just use MSDN for reference.

[anubis]

Khaosifix : msdn is great as a reference for the windows api or .net but it can't replace books like the game programming gem series or other books about algorithms like the o'reilley classic : mastering algorithms in c.

[tomcant]

How do we know the user didn't want Managed DirectX? If he/she did, then Managed DirectX 9, by Tom Millers is a good one. :)

[dohtem]

tomcant said:

How do we know the user didn't want Managed DirectX? If he/she did, then Managed DirectX 9, by Tom Millers is a good one. :)

This is assuming the user knows the difference between Managed DirectX and 'regular' DirectX.

[haxorphreak]

dohtem said:

tomcant said:

How do we know the user didn't want Managed DirectX? If he/she did, then Managed DirectX 9, by Tom Millers is a good one. :)

This is assuming the user knows the difference between Managed DirectX and 'regular' DirectX.

and that difference would be...?

[anubis]

the api ??? let alone the difference between managed and unmanaged code (that wouldn't make a big difference for learning directx though)

[haxorphreak]

but what is managed code?

[anubis]

before i go into length... why not let somebody explain it who ought to know :)

http://blogs.msdn.co...1/09/48925.aspx

[haxorphreak]

ah

[Alvaron]

killers_maiden said:

can anyone here plz tell me which books to refer for directX programming??

Sorry to bump this old topic but...

I've found a great book that deals with a lot of problems/needs of a 3D engine.

"Intro to 3D Game Engine Design Using DirectX 9 -- C#"
It says C# as language, but I gues with the propper knowledge of C++ or any other language, it can be converted...

[anubis]

not if you want to use the unmanaged version of directx