Reader-friendly yet in-depth, this exploration of Microsoft's DirectX API shows you step-by-step how to build a fully-featured game or multimedia application for all Windows or NT platforms. You get full coverage of this linchpin technology that offers direct access to hardware capabilities, such as sound and video, without the need for dealing with differences among chip sets and device drivers.
Inside DirectX Complete, you'll find everything you need to add glitch-free graphics, animation, sound, and network links to applications for Windows or NT; master DirectX development through step-by-step examples; and apply DirectX DirectDraw, DirectSound, DirectPlay, DirectInput, DirectMusic, and put them together for a complete application package. Plus, the CD-ROM gives you numerous class libraries, a custom DirectX App Wizard, and all the functions of the interactive 3-D game developed by example throughout the book.
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DirectX is the linchpin technology that makes computer games and multimedia applications run seamlessly on Windows and NT platforms. Allowing direct access to hardware capabilities, such as sound and video, it empowers programmers to spend time building jazzier applications - not fretting over differences among chip sets and device drivers. This guide delivers all the know-how you need to put the Direct X API to work.
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