C# using DirectX 9 without MDX or XNA

Graphics and GPU Programming Programming

Started by Extrakun April 24, 2008 09:08 AM

2 comments, last by Extrakun 16 years ago

Extrakun

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April 24, 2008 09:08 AM

It's the requirement of the client's project...is that possible through unmanaged code and pointers?

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Promit

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April 24, 2008 09:10 AM

Yes, more or less. If you do it purely in C#, without using any C++/CLI, the experience will be hellish, and the results will be kind of slowish. If you can use C++/CLI, you may as well use SlimDX.

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NickGravelyn

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April 24, 2008 09:11 AM

Sure you could go that route. You'd have to use a whole lot of PInvokes and write a lot of extra code to do this on your own. You could also use SlimDX which already does all that hard work for you. I'd recommend using SlimDX as it's very well done and frequently updated (they already have it building against the March 08 SDK).