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Nov 30th, 2002, 07:58 PM
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Is this book any good...
Hi
A few months ago I bought 3D Game Programming with C++ by John De Goes, but I didn't understand much of the D3D due to DD experience....Now I have created my first 2D game using C++ and DirectDraw and I want to move into Direct3D. I have a heard some bad things about the book, so I hope you can help casting some lights on it....
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Nov 30th, 2002, 08:03 PM
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For that book...look at this page:
Amazon.com
...lol
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Nov 30th, 2002, 10:54 PM
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Sounds like people that slammed it because it wouldn't write a 3D game for them. 
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Dec 1st, 2002, 12:36 AM
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Originally posted by Machaira
Sounds like people that slammed it because it wouldn't write a 3D game for them.
What, no MakeGoodGame() function?
Z.
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Dec 1st, 2002, 05:28 AM
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Originally posted by Machaira
Sounds like people that slammed it because it wouldn't write a 3D game for them.
Machaira: So it sounds like your book is not gone contain that function... So what is it about...I'm curious...?
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Dec 1st, 2002, 06:59 AM
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Sounds like I have been wasing my money after reading the reviews on Amazon
But is is hard to find a good book in Direct3D....any suggestions??
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Dec 1st, 2002, 07:03 AM
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I have heard about something called something like "The Zen of 3D programming". If you do a search at Amazon.com, you probably will find what I'm talking about....
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Dec 1st, 2002, 07:05 AM
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This one:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books '
I'havn't read it, but people say it's rather good...
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Dec 1st, 2002, 09:34 AM
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Special Effects with Direct 3D & The Zen
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Dec 1st, 2002, 09:42 AM
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Yeah, I have looked at the Zen before and I think thats gonna be my new book!
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Dec 1st, 2002, 01:35 PM
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Originally posted by NoteMe
Machaira: So it sounds like your book is not gone contain that function... So what is it about...I'm curious...?
Well, it won't contain a function, but it should contain a full (albeit small) game. It's going to be on RPG game development with VB.
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Dec 1st, 2002, 01:57 PM
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That's something that should be standing in my shelf. Maybe I should order it right away 
BTW: Any DX in that book, or only plain VB an API???
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Dec 1st, 2002, 04:22 PM
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The Zen and Special Effects are for C++
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Dec 2nd, 2002, 08:42 AM
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Originally posted by NoteMe
That's something that should be standing in my shelf. Maybe I should order it right away
BTW: Any DX in that book, or only plain VB an API???
If you're referring to my post, it's using DirectX7/8 - 7 for DirectDraw and 8 for everything else - sound, network, input. I'm thinking about going to 8 for graphics, but I'm not sure if I want to spend the time to do that. It's taking enough time as it is.
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Dec 2nd, 2002, 11:16 AM
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Originally posted by Machaira
If you're referring to my post, it's using DirectX7/8 - 7 for DirectDraw and 8 for everything else - sound, network, input. I'm thinking about going to 8 for graphics, but I'm not sure if I want to spend the time to do that. It's taking enough time as it is.
Yes I was refering to your post...
I can't belive why MS took out DDraw out of DX. It's so much fun. You can make so many cool arcade games fast and easy in DD. But I suppose I can do the same in D3D, but it takes a bit more effort to start making a game in D3D...
BTW: I'm looking forward to see that book of yours...
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Dec 2nd, 2002, 01:36 PM
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Dec 2nd, 2002, 01:53 PM
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...lol....yes delitet it.....BTW post if you need some help with the rest of the chapters....lol again...
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