20-04-2009, 10:43 AM
The only disadvantage of DX8 is that it doesn't support Direct Draw.
DX9 has all the advantages of DX8 that everyone enjoys, as well as support for Direct Draw, which is pretty much needed.
A DD and D3D hybrid engine is what's best, and it's something I quickly pulled up using DX7 in VB6 recently. I say you should keep it as DX7 for now, and get it all working, but you should be able to upgrade to DX9 confidentally with the added D3D overlay.
Good work so far
DX9 has all the advantages of DX8 that everyone enjoys, as well as support for Direct Draw, which is pretty much needed.
A DD and D3D hybrid engine is what's best, and it's something I quickly pulled up using DX7 in VB6 recently. I say you should keep it as DX7 for now, and get it all working, but you should be able to upgrade to DX9 confidentally with the added D3D overlay.
Good work so far
Quote:Robin:
Why aren't maps and shit loaded up in a dynamic array?
Jacob:
the 4 people that know how are lazy
Robin:
Who are those 4 people?
Jacob:
um
you, me, and 2 others?