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by someone · in Technical Issues · 09/28/2001 (5:20 pm) · 4 replies

im new to programming and i need to ask a question, is direct x meant to make the graphics for a games source code to work with? sorry im new and i dont know how to add the graphics and code together.
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Torque Owner David Dougher
Pariah Games
#1
09/28/2001 (11:23 pm)
Either DirectX or OpenGL can be used to display the graphics. However, I believe that DirectX is used elsewhere on PC machines for other functions as well, such as input routines. So if you have a PC you will need DirectX.

If you are building under Linux or one of those who are working on the Mac port then you do not need DirectX at all.

In the next update the engine is using OpenAL for sound, which I believe also has support for DirectX sound - but is not dependant on it.

Torque Owner Josh Albrecht
#2
09/29/2001 (1:41 am)
Please dont post such generic post titles. Thanks!

Andrew
#3
11/17/2001 (9:42 pm)
If you know what an engine is, DirectX is an engine. It makes it simpler for coders to write code that draws things, on the screen and yes your question is quite general.

Mike Brough
#4
12/06/2001 (1:42 am)
DirectX really supported everything. Graphics, sound, input, network, internet etc etc etc.
You can write anything without it, but the best comes from it.