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Started by Shashwat Rohilla June 07, 2011 05:42 AM

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Shashwat Rohilla

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June 07, 2011 05:42 AM

I downloaded a DirectX SDK to learn it in C++.
But I saw that there was something called managed DirectX which can be written in C# using Microsoft.Direct.* namespaces.

So what is the difference between manager DirectX and XNA?

BierbyteZ

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June 07, 2011 05:49 AM

Managed Direct X is out of development and was just replaced by the XNA framework

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DvDmanDT

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June 07, 2011 05:52 AM

Wasn't MDX removed from the SDK years ago? What SDK did you download?

Hodgman

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June 07, 2011 05:56 AM

MDX is deprecated, if you want to use D3D directly in C# you should use SDX. XNA is a higher level abstraction layer built on top of D3D.
(wikipedia is your friend)

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ChurchSkiz

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June 07, 2011 06:42 PM

XNA removed the need to do most of the DirectX specific code. You no longer have to initalize devices and parameters and what not. It handles all messy code involved with loading images, input, sound, etc. If you're just starting out, I can't think of a good reason to use SlimDX over XNA. Likewise, using XNA will be much less complicated vs. straight DirectX. You will spend a lot of time just getting up a blank screen in C++. With XNA you can have stuff moving on the screen in a few minutes.

Shashwat Rohilla

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July 12, 2011 12:59 PM

XNA removed the need to do most of the DirectX specific code. You no longer have to initalize devices and parameters and what not. It handles all messy code involved with loading images, input, sound, etc. If you're just starting out, I can't think of a good reason to use SlimDX over XNA. Likewise, using XNA will be much less complicated vs. straight DirectX. You will spend a lot of time just getting up a blank screen in C++. With XNA you can have stuff moving on the screen in a few minutes.

You are right that I was unable to get even a blank screen in C++.

I know the basics of XNA. I have created a game in that.
If MDX is deprecated, then shall I start with SlimDX?
Can anyone give me the link to download it?

What is Direct3D? Is it DirectX or something different?