Dave Baumann
25-Jul-2002, 13:23
Interested in dabbling with DirectX coding but don't know where to start? Andypike.com (http://www.andypike.com/home.asp) may just have what you are looking for to get you started with a series of DirectX8 tutorials (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/). So far in the series we have: Getting started (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/001.asp)
Drawing a Polygon (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/002.asp)
Rotating 3D Cube (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/003.asp)
Full Screen & Depth Buffers (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/004.asp)
Matrix Transformations (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/005.asp)
Textures (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/006.asp)
Lighting & Materials (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/007.asp)
Index Buffers (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/008.asp)
Textured Spheres, Cylinders and Cones (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/009.asp)
Loading Complex Models (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/010.asp)
2D in 3D (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/011.asp)
Keyboard and Mouse Input (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/012.asp)
Sounds and Music (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/013.asp)The last part , which isn't finished yet, is a look at making a 3D Pong Tennis game, which can be previewed here (http://www.andypike.com/games/3dpongtennis/).
Drawing a Polygon (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/002.asp)
Rotating 3D Cube (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/003.asp)
Full Screen & Depth Buffers (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/004.asp)
Matrix Transformations (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/005.asp)
Textures (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/006.asp)
Lighting & Materials (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/007.asp)
Index Buffers (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/008.asp)
Textured Spheres, Cylinders and Cones (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/009.asp)
Loading Complex Models (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/010.asp)
2D in 3D (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/011.asp)
Keyboard and Mouse Input (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/012.asp)
Sounds and Music (http://www.andypike.com/tutorials/directx8/013.asp)The last part , which isn't finished yet, is a look at making a 3D Pong Tennis game, which can be previewed here (http://www.andypike.com/games/3dpongtennis/).