direct x

[mesman00]

well, today i decided i had enough of those c++ dos windows, so i started programminng in direct x today for the first time. workin on my first window, and bijesus, the code that goes into a freakin window, oh well, just thought i would vent some anger before going back to my stupid mother f*cking god forsaken kick me in the a*s window!

 

[Eddy]

vb young one, vb

 

[Reznor007]

VB sucks, just stick with C++ until you get it fairly good. Then pick up the Windows API(MFC if you want). Then DirectDraw, Directsound, Directinput, then if you feel up to it, Direct3d or OpenGL.

 

[2fast4u]

VB sucks

whaaaattt?? :angry: it can do the same things as c++ - no troubles.

 

[Zero]

VB is quite good IMO.
I suggest you then try on :
DirectDraw,
Directsound,
Directinput,

And later try :
OpenGL or something like that.

 

[Slougi]

whaaaattt?? :angry: it can do the same things as c++ - no troubles.

Hmm. VB is slower than C++, but also much easier. It may be a good place to start so that you get the idea of modern windows programming though. VB is fine for smaller applications, like some utilities, but for bigger projects it is too slow.

 

[mesman00]

i already know a decent amt of vb and c++, i was just starting to laern direct x i was stating

 

[dave_luther]

VB is ok

 

[Jaz]

VB is ok

It suxxxx! I think Pascal may be more enjoyable to use.. lain:

 

[Jaz]

That was a joke, btw..

 

[sytaylor]

VB is ok

if you want to connect to databases etc then yeah its fine... pretty good for a clean interface and playing with strings as well as fiddling with certain areas of the API... but its pretty much all pre written functions etc... im a fan of C... much more freedom

 

[2fast4u]

Hmm. VB is slower than C++

agreed. especially dx for vb is very slow.

 

[mesman00]

VB is quite good IMO.
I suggest you then try on :
DirectDraw,
Directsound,
Directinput,

And later try :
OpenGL or something like that.

Yes, i have realized that this is a much better idea then starting with direct x.

 

[Eddy]

visual basic is good for apps like romcenter, but not for apps like mame :-D

 

[Reznor007]

visual basic is good for apps like romcenter, but not for apps like mame :-D

Another reason for me to use CLRMAMEPro and not Romcenter