DirectX with c#

[Akkadian123]

Hi guys,

I'm a student of c#, and I was wondering how one would take advantage of
multimedia in most c# apps/games. I assume one would use directx9, since there
doesn't seem to be any support for audio, video, etc in c# itself (correct me
if im wrong there).

What is the best way to learn directX, especially for c#? Can anyone recommend
any good books?

Thanks,

Russ

 

[Michael Mayer]

Yeah, directX is the way to go. I haven't gotten a book for it (cause
I just used a little bit of directX and hacked that together). These
are the 4 bookmarks that I have saved still:

DirectX SDK Download:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/directx.asp
(it's about 200MB, hope you have high speed connection. It comes with
about 20-30 sample programs, plus it creates a DirectX project wizard
for VS).

MSDN library:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/directx9_m/directx/dx9intro.asp

A good tutorial:
http://www.kuhnstall.de/tutorials/dx9sharp1.html

Some samples
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/#DirectX

that's all the bookmarks I have. I know there were some DirectX and
C# / VB.NET books coming out (already or soon). Not sure if any of
them are good or not. Try amazon.com i guess.

-mike

 

[Lynn Harrison]

Akkadian,

I have a book on managed DirectX 9 and C# coming out next week entitled
"Introduction to 3D Game Engine Design" through Apress. It is as the title
implied an introductory level book that should help get you started.

Lynn Harrison