Wh-a-t?????
Direct X tutorials inappropriate and ridiculous?? Whats he meant to do?? Open up VC++ start typing display code randomly hoping that it''ll magically compile into a Direct X application?
Anyways, the only tutorials I know of are http://msdn.microsoft.com ... although the code is hard to understand, not explained line by line like Nehe''s.

quote: Original post by Anonymous Poster

Wh-a-t?????
Direct X tutorials inappropriate and ridiculous?? Whats he meant to do??

I think he means a tutorial on how to do the whole program is inappropriate.

Drew-
There are tutorials out there on how to use the various features of DirectX (which should probably be directed to the DirectX forum), but not for general game development. It would probably be a little much to just put one together. Try looking over design documents. And, break your desired game problem into a lot of smaller, simpler problems.

Don''t think of DirectX as an end to your game programming. Treat it as a collection of tools, instead. Use each tool (hopefully more than once) to handle your smaller problems.

I hate to say it, but try to make your game without any splashy graphics. Once you figure out the gameplay, you can always write things using some graphics tools (DirectX, OpenGL, Glide, or whatever). Be sure you can trace the flow of your program without touching a computer (algorithms, flow-charts, or some other documentation). You don''t want to keep re-booting your PC because the program keeps on sending Windows off to never-never land from doing something simple like locking the mouse and keyboard.

-MartinJ

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