On 3/11/07, Stefan Dösinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Am Sonntag 11 März 2007 19:40 schrieb Jesse Allen:
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> The concept is nice, and I'd like to learn 3D graphic APIs better. But
> when I consider DX10, I don't have any DX10 apps, nor do I have Vista.
> I'd also be concerned if it is even properly documented if I were to
> start that way. So I'm not thinking I want to do DX10. However, this
> idea can be considered with any API that is currently not implemented.
> So I think I'll want to try this with a smaller more widely used API.
Regarding applications, I have a few of them:
/opt/windows/dxsdk/dx9/Samples/C++/Direct3D10 $ ls
BasicHLSL10 GPUSpectrogram PipesGS
Bin HDRFormats10 ShadowVolume10
CubeMapGS HLSLWithoutFX10 SimpleSample10
DisplacementMapping10 Instancing10 Skinning10
DrawPredicated MotionBlur10 SoftParticles
EmptyProject10 MultiStreamRendering SparseMorphTargets
FixedFuncEMU ParticlesGS Tutorials
21 applications, so it is a widely used API. Oh ooops, those are just the sdk
demos. And only 19 of them, bin/ and EmptyProject10/ do not really count...
Jokes aside, there aren't any dx10 apps yet, except some demo apps. The first
one to be expected is Halo 2 on April 24th afaik. The only thing is that MS
has created some hype around dx10 recently. It would give us some nice
publicity if the Halo 2 box states "Runs on Windows Vista and higher" and
winehq.org says "Runs Halo 2 on Linux, MacOS, Windows XP and earlier"
I do not think d3d10 hardware is required yet, the reference rasterizer should
work for the start. It is a long way to get any actual rendering going.
Regaring Vista, the nice thing is that Students get Educational licenses
cheap. But the license should be checked carefully. I for example may use it
only for educational purposes. As I am working for CodeWeavers my hacking on
wine isn't purely for educational purposes. No idea of SoC can be considered
an educational thing.
Okay, the test apps you have are a decent start. On buying vista, it
would have to depend on getting accepted for the project, because I
can't do that right now. I have that kind of typical student budget.
Now I'll hunt around for the ed version here. Maybe we got it at my
bookstore. But I don't mind buying any upgrade version for my XP
laptop. Even ultimate.
Jesse
