In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Hadron
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wrote
on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:30:31 +0200
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> The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb.
>> <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:20:23 -0400
>> <5sci7mv1yuwt.1rav3i0nchmz0$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:01:54 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> Gaming on Linux ¡V What are your options?
>>>
>>> Buy a WII or xBox360.
>>>
>>
>> There you are, problem solved. Nice solution Moshe!
>>
>> </sarcasm>
>>
>> Granted, I'm still waiting for a good comparison on OpenGL
>> versus DirectX; to me it's six of one, half a dozen of
>> another,
>
> Yes, well ....
>
>> with a note that OpenGL looks more complicated to
>> program correctly, and DirectX requires more data to set
>> itself up -- basically, DirectX requires one to load a map
>> and/or object descriptions, whereas OpenGL just requires
>> an event/timer loop with API calls that change display
>> state, but that induces certain risks if one doesn't use
>> the calls in the right sequence.
>
> You don't say? Are you doing a Jeb here because that sounds like a load
> of nonsense. You are suggesting that SW using Dx does not have "API
> Calls" and event/timer loops? Because if you are ....
Dunno if it does or not. I'm not that familiar with DirectX.
>
>>
>> Most games will of course want to eventually define some sort
>> of object set -- e.g., "it rotates slowly, fires at the user
>> with {object} bullets, and can be defeated if one jumps on
>> the button on the top" or some such.
>
> All of which is nothing to do with Direct X or Open GL of course.
AFAIK, DirectX has objects; OpenGL does not.
However, see
http://www.codersource.net/published/view/328/directx_programming_in.aspx
This apparently draws a pure white window in DirectX/C#, if that.
There is an event loop:
UsingDirectX form = new UsingDirectX();
if(!form.InitializeDirect3D()) { ... }
form.Show();
while(form.Created)
{
form.Render();
Application.DoEvents();
}
>
>>
>> Of course OpenGL also runs on non-Microsoft operating systems,
>> which is a plus.
>
> Most games developers don't think so.
For most games developers, it makes little difference. They develop on
a piece of hardware, most likely Windows Vista with DirectX 10 and a
whalloping good graphics card, and have done with it.
Most games are map data anyway. Look at Unreal, Quake, and
the venerable DOOM; the code is a tiny piece of the puzzle.
>
> I was hoping that PS3 would see people pick up on OpenGL some more. It
> does not seem to have happened so far. Time will tell.
>
OpenGL is nice to work with but it's not what the majority will use, sad
to say.
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