Re: Please recomend directx book?

From: Sam Jones (SamJones_at_NoSpam.yahoo.com)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:46:23 -0400

Thanks for the info Andrew. I will check this book out.

BTW, If I did play Pete, I don't think I would be a programmer :)
"Andrew Vardeman" <andrewv@iastate.edu> wrote in message
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> A decent one is _Managed DirectX 9: Graphics and Game Programming_ by
> Tom Miller (the main author of the managed wrappers for DirectX). It's
> a great overview, but once you get into details in any one area you'll
> need more. Unfortunately, in the managed world, I'm not sure there
> always *is* more. The MS documentation itself is incredibly sparse.
>
> Andrew
>
> p.s. do you play Pete on Smallville?
>
> Sam Jones wrote:
> > I am looking for a new book on directx using C#. I was looking at the
> > Apress book but one Amazon reviewer said it does not work with the
latest
> > directx bits releasted this summer by Microsoft.
> >
> > Thanks!!
> >
> >

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