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Phaelax
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Posted: 10th Feb 2005 21:28 Edited at: 10th Feb 2005 21:29
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The only big change really is they changed the D3D library from static to dynamic. There's only 1 flaw, NO FRIGGIN SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS2000!!!!!!!!

http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx

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PowerSoft
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Posted: 10th Feb 2005 22:00
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hehehe
might have to check it out

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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 03:03
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Quote: "NO FRIGGIN SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS2000!!!!!!!!"
then it might be the time to get xp or somethin...

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bitJericho
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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 03:09
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why get xp when 2000 runs better


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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 03:12
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he could also wait for windows longhorn.. but thats only for the patient ones

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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 03:27
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Quote: "There's only 1 flaw"


Right, sure

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I am sorry, but windows 2000 was not made for games or DirectX applications. You should say thank you that it supports DirectX and OpenGL. If you don't like it, switch to XP.
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Teh Go0rfmeister
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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 05:27
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so what does the direct x sdk do?

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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 05:31
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Allows you to program for direct x...


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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 06:21 Edited at: 11th Feb 2005 06:22
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The executables all want d3dx9_24.dll for some reason - I presume that is install when you install the debug version of DirectX (which I dont want to install as its a real pain to get rid of).

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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 06:30
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Anyway - no idea why I installed it anyway - wont be programming using the SDK...

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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 18:09
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Quote: "Microsoft DirectPlay is deprecated, and Microsoft strongly recommends against using it to develop new applications. Game developers should instead use enhanced core Microsoft Windows networking technologies."


http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/directx9_c/directx/directxsdk/directxsdk.asp

So far DBPro is pretty future proofed by using DX 9 for the time being. It will be a long time before DX 9 is phased out. But with this new development will the networking component of DBPro have to move over from DirectPlay to something else to prolong future compatibility? How long before they phase DirectPlay out?
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blanky
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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 18:31
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DirectPlay deprecated? Now, that is interesting...

Official DBPro support for Winsock would be very nice.

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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 20:54
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Quote: "The executables all want d3dx9_24.dll for some reason - I presume that is install when you install the debug version of DirectX "


No. It will be installed as a part of the standard installation too. Part of the change was to switch from static to dynamic loading. Probably the next release will require a d3dx9_25.dll or something instead.

Quote: "will the networking component of DBPro have to move over from DirectPlay to something else to prolong future compatibility?"


No. MS cannot remove DirectPlay interfaces from the existing versions of DirectX - that would break all existing games that use it. The most that they can do is to remove the DirectPlay interface from future versions of DirectX. Even if they do that, it will still be possible to use DirectPlay9 while using Direct3D10 upwards.

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Posted: 11th Feb 2005 22:41
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Quote: "No. It will be installed as a part of the standard installation too."

Obviously it wasn't on mine, for some reason.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 12th Feb 2005 18:45
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OGL always looked better anyway.

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Posted: 12th Feb 2005 22:52
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True, actually, but it shows in the CPU burning, and the fan WHIRRRRRRRRRRRR (nng-hey)

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