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Wizard1988 · Mar 8th, 2007, 7:21 PM

DirectX defineteley takes more code to setup. You have to setup the device and all the other stuff. In OpenGL you pretty much just setup a window with GLUT and you are ready to go.

Game_Ender · Mar 9th, 2007, 12:06 AM

Is the XNA framework any where close to the same level as Ogre or Irrlicht? I didn't think it provided any high level interface just a managed DirectX interface.

Arevos · Mar 9th, 2007, 1:52 PM

Some people seem to be under the impression that the SDL is a 2D graphics engine of some description. I'd like to point out that it's not. To quote the site:

Quote:

Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer.

It's essentially a cross-platform compatibility layer for I/O.

Eric the Red · Mar 10th, 2007, 1:05 PM

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Originally Posted by King

I will probably check out XNA because I do have an Xbox360 and it would be cool to play my own games on it and upload it for other people to check out.

If you want to test out your games you will need a triple core CPU, just like the Xbox 360 has.

Seif · Mar 10th, 2007, 2:51 PM

no you dont at all

Duck · Mar 10th, 2007, 5:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Seif

no you dont at all

ohhh yesss you doooooo...

AICkieran · Mar 10th, 2007, 8:44 PM

No you don't, once you have signed up for XNA creators club (you need it to play your games on the x360) you can cross compile and use your game on both your x360 and windows machine, you can create XNA games and play them on windows without XNA membership.

Hope I haven't misunderstood.

Thanks.

Mar 8th, 2007, 7:21 PM	#21
Wizard1988 Professional Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chitown Posts: 417 Rep Power: 4	DirectX defineteley takes more code to setup. You have to setup the device and all the other stuff. In OpenGL you pretty much just setup a window with GLUT and you are ready to go. __________________ JG-Webdesign

Mar 9th, 2007, 12:06 AM	#22
Game_Ender Professional Programmer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 306 Rep Power: 3	Is the XNA framework any where close to the same level as Ogre or Irrlicht? I didn't think it provided any high level interface just a managed DirectX interface. __________________ Robotics @ Maryland AUV Team - Software Lead

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Seif Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 215 Rep Power: 3	no you dont at all

Mar 10th, 2007, 8:44 PM	#27
AICkieran Programmer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 55 Rep Power: 3	No you don't, once you have signed up for XNA creators club (you need it to play your games on the x360) you can cross compile and use your game on both your x360 and windows machine, you can create XNA games and play them on windows without XNA membership. Hope I haven't misunderstood. Thanks.

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