DirectX 9 in visual basic 2005

DirectX 9 in visual basic 2005

• Kirmani

  I have the book myself, and I find it usefull. The sad thing is that people expect that after one book, they are able to write whole multiplayer 3d games. If you want to learn game programming you should start learning to write tetris clones and that kind of games.
  
  There are not many books about managed dx in vb.net, this because Managed DX isn't around that long like unmanaged directx, and still many game developers still think it isn't as powerfull as unmanaged c++ code. But there is a lot of information on the internet, check the links in this topic.

  
  
  

• W Wong

  You could always try one of the code converters, I have a small list of the ones availible (http://www.ircomm.net/forums/562/ShowPost.aspx).
  
  

• Niall

  I am looking for a book that will teach game programming and vb all in one. Is there something like that I have seen some on amazon but most of them are out-dated
  
  
  

• Peterpan24803

  There's not much
  Couple of converted SDK samples http://www.thezbuffer.com/articles/187.aspx
  Tutorials & sample code
  http://www.thezbuffer.com/articles/100.aspx
  http://www.thezbuffer.com/articles/120.aspx
  http://www.thezbuffer.com/articles/136.aspx
  http://www.thezbuffer.com/articles/138.aspx
  http://www.thezbuffer.com/articles/125.aspx
  
  Books:
  (http://www.thezbuffer.com/categories/books.aspx)
  
  The Managed DirectX Kickstart book has VB samples - but there are a few tweaks to make the code work with current SDKs. Code is not available without the book
  
  David Weller's book has a VB variant and the code is available online http://www.apress.com/book/supplementDownload.html bID=357&sID=2184 (buy the book if it's useful to you!)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Jonathon Bell

  So does directx work with full functionality in express edition I asked this in another post but the person who answered didn't know.
  

• bkork

  This link my be valuable as well. It is translated via Google.
  
  <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=1C8DC451-2DBE-4ECC-8C57-C52EEA50C20A&displaylang=en>
  
  

• bajansen

  The only book I know is "Beginning .NET Game Programming in VB.NET", most other books only cover c#.net or c++.
  
  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590594010/002-3094679-8989609
  
  

• tex222

  Being realistic there is not much difference between C# and VB.Net, if you followed one of the c# books and used the converters you should be able to get the basics done. As you are just starting out this method should help, all you really need to work on at the moment is the basics.
  
  By the basics I mean creating a device and drawing something on the screen. Once you have gotten to this stage you should have the knowledge to move forward no matter what language that you decide to code in, then the basic principles is all you would be learning and adapting to the code base you have chosen.
  
  One of the things that I did was to look around and find some open source projects and have a look what they have done to complete the task. Another option is to yet again find one of the open projects, look at the tasks and bugs that are with it and try to fix or implement them.
  
  

• marcoxxx

  Thanks guys for all the links, it helped me a lot.
  
  
  

• isorac

  David Weller wrote:

  Korab wrote: YUeah i know, I saw that one but all the reviews on it weren't very good Ouch. ok, yes, there were some mistakes in the book.  We fixed those in the second printing (which is what you'll find in bookstores now).  Ironically, Chris Williams (the "Spotlighted Reviewer" who gave my book one star), actually told me a few months ago that he's found the book far more valuable than he first thought. If you're REALLY cautious, you can get used copies on Amazon for around $18.

  
  
  oh. ok, sorry about that. So what really is the book centered around because I am not a beginner VB programmer so I don't want someting designed for beginners. I would be wasting time learning stuff I already know. But if it gave really good tutorials on game programming I would be interested. Just what is the difficulty of the vb code
  
  
  

• Pete Wrins

  I'm a vb.net developer also, but I have no real trouble converting those c#.net examples too vb.net. All managed dx functions are the same for both languages.
  
  

• Hedgie

  Have a look at www.thezbuffer.com, as zman has some of the sdk samples converted to VB, and also has links to various resources that Might help. Also have a look at www.ircomm.net, as I also have links and samples for Managed DirectX programming in VB.NET.
  
  
  
  

• d kretz

  YUeah i know, I saw that one but all the reviews on it weren't very good
  
  
  

• zahid.masood

  Korab wrote:

  YUeah i know, I saw that one but all the reviews on it weren't very good

  
  
  Ouch.
  
  ok, yes, there were some mistakes in the book.  We fixed those in the second printing (which is what you'll find in bookstores now). 
  
  Ironically, Chris Williams (the "Spotlighted Reviewer" who gave my book one star), actually told me a few months ago that he's found the book far more valuable than he first thought.
  
  If you're REALLY cautious, you can get used copies on Amazon for around $18.
  
  
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