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    Directx questions

    Are the directx libraries written in c or c++? Also, what systems does directx work on? I know they work on windows but not sure about xbox or other game consoles.Does it come standard for windows?. Lastly, does anyone know some official or good books to learn directx from?

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    Programming DirectX 9.0 for games is the best reference for learning i have found.

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    Moved to game programming forum.

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    DX is available for Windows and Xbox 360 I believe.
    DX is built into Windows by default, yes. If a newer version comes out, you upgrade. Most games bundle DX with them.
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    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    @Elysia: true, but that's just the runtime library. If you want to develop with DirectX, you must download the SDK from Microsoft's website.

    BTW, one DirectX (8.1 and 9) tutorial that I can think of is the one from http://www.codesampler.com. They also have OpenGL and HLSL tutorial IIRC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by g4j31a5 View Post
    @Elysia: true, but that's just the runtime library. If you want to develop with DirectX, you must download the SDK from Microsoft's website.
    Well you know you must have the SDK for anything you want to develop for
    If you want to go OpenGL, you'd still need the SDK, so...
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    Hello, sorry for resurrecting such an old thread, but I have a question about directx if you please, and didn't think I should start a new thread for it.
    My question is, why do games use such outdated versions of directx? I see games coming out in 2010-2011 that still come with directx 2008-2009 packages on the cd... Why don't they just use the latest?
    Thank you.

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    You might have realized that DX10+ aren't supported on XP, and DX9 was released a long while ago.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    Closed. Please don't bump old threads.

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