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Geek Culture / DBPro and Managed DX

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Kevin Picone
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Posted: 14th Nov 2003 18:41
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Raven:

Amiga has never used DX, OS4 uses picaso and warp for 3D. But I think there's also GL port also.


and Where's my email ?

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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 15th Nov 2003 03:52
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AmigaOS4.0 is capable of using all current 3D engines.

Picaso is just the native version because it's for the native cards, and Warp is thier Hard Disk and Memory thing.
4.0 is capable of Multi-Environment, so althoughy you can't use Dx in the native environment you can still use it in the WindowsNT environment.

Still doesn't use anything outside of C though.
and you'll get your email when i sort my system out.


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Sonic
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I see the theme of this thread has sorta spilled into another:
http://darkbasic.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=20247&b=2
Looks like alot of ppl here like VB.NET and the access to Managed DirectX that it brings. Also its recognized that only preference would now require you to program managed code in C++.

Until such time as you can guarantee your audience are either on Broadband or all have the latest .NET Framework installed, those of us who distribure over the net would be at a disadvantage to those who program native code. Even CD space might be an issue (until CDs die out as well).

Someone mentioned that they estimated 2008 as when native code would not be supported. That is 5 years away (just over 4 in fact) so who in the programming industry would be brave enough NOT to put learning Managed Coding on their "list-of-things-to-do" in the next couple of years?

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Kevin Picone
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Posted: 17th Nov 2003 18:22
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Quote: "AmigaOS4.0 is capable of using all current 3D engines.
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erm, what ?.


Quote: "Picaso is just the native version because it's for the native cards, and Warp is thier Hard Disk and Memory thing.
4.0 is capable of Multi-Environment, so althoughy you can't use Dx in the native environment you can still use it in the WindowsNT environment.
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Picasso 96 is the RTG layer.

Warp 3D is the 3D hardware driver/abstraction layer.

OS4.0 is not multi platform. It's PPC specific. AmigaDE is multi platform, as is based of Toa systems OS "TOAS".

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