Direct 3D: I'm Totally Clueless

[Kinvadren]

I have been trying to learn how to make a 3D engine. Basically, I've been playing games like Daggerfall, Dungeon Master, etc. and I would love to learn how to do something similar to that.

I don't need anything complicated. Just the very very basics. I've looked all over for a good tutorial but I'm still mostly in the dark about what I'm doing. If someone could please point me to a great tutorial or bit of source code I would be extremely happy.

[Zaei]

http://www.directx4vb.com

However, if you are looking for easy, game programming isnt your bag.

Z.

[Kinvadren]

Thank you for the link. That is certainly the best tutorial I've seen so far on using DirectX. For now my brain is overloaded, so a lot of it is going over my head. I might try coming back to it later when I've my head time to sort it out a bit more.

Thanks again.

[Kinvadren]

I now understand a lot of it quite well, but it looks like my computer can't handle working with 3D. Shouldn't surprise me because it's only a 233 MMX. My frame rate is horrible, so I can throw doing any 3D games out the window. hehe.

That site was a huge help. Thanks again.