direct3d for DOS in this program
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hi,
im writing a rubiks cube program in opengl actually. I came across this freeware.
http://www.atmansoftware.com/webfiles/coda.htm
it seems to use per-pixel lighting. this in a dos game. Im wondering if this was written using d3d or ogl under DOS.
if not how are they doing it? any pointers would be helpful.
thank you
--harmeht
no direct3d for DOS, sorry. while in DOS you DO have direct access to the screen, you would have to manually program the video hardware. while this is possiblem the program from it's looks uses a software renderer (like D3D HEL layer). this would work fast enough for what is basically a 320x240x256 spinning cube w/ specular lighting if done reasonably in C/C++.
The whole reason DirectX was created was to give graphics applications direct access to the hardware without windows getting in the way and slowing things down. That's why before DirectX all games ran in dos.
So definitely no DX for dos. If you're writing a windows program though, you can look up DirectX per pixel lighting or OGL with [google].
So definitely no DX for dos. If you're writing a windows program though, you can look up DirectX per pixel lighting or OGL with [google].
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