Hi there, I''m programming with D3D 8.0 more than a year. I''m not proffesional programmer in this field. I retrived an oponion about it ... In one word, D3D has structured model. Good supporting and features, and many many other reasons ... But i think other 3d engines like OpenGL must has great thing, too. One of my big problems (and i''m sure other programmers) in D3D is animating characters ! There is not good documentation in MS SDK about it ... Microsoft SDK examples are REALLY KIDDING !!! Ofcourse, right now, i solved some problems about that ... Anyway, one of my friends told me that: "OpenGL is really easier to use and you''ll not problem in animating and etc". Please tell me your idea. I heard there is some free engines for it, is it right ? Could you introduce to me some nice Tutorials and Refrences and Free engines about it ? Do you accept my friend''s idea ? Thanks.

You''ve got to be really careful with a thread like this, as it may start another OpenGL DirectX war.

There is plenty of information about engines using OGL and information about programming in it on the web.... try using Google :D.

Your friend is not necessarily right with the statement "OpenGL is really easier to use and you''ll not problem in animating and etc". It depends on your personal preference. I personally prefer OpenGL, but I am in no way saying that it is better than DirectX. There should be plenty of information about animating characters in OpenGL on the web as well. Use google. It should be just as easy to animate characters in DirectX as in OpenGL, as long as you know your API thoroughly.

Hope this may help in some way.

- Weasalmongler

Of course you can do animation in Direct3D. Pretty much anything you can implement in one of the API''s you can implement with the other. For an example, look at the DolphinVS example in the DXSDK.