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A Glimpse Into 3D future: DirectX Next Preview

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the virtual-sandwich dept.

Dave Baumann writes "Beyond3D has put up an article based on Microsoft's games developers presentations given at Meltdown, looking at the future directions of MS's next generation DirectX - currently titled "DirectX Next" (DX10). With Pixel Shaders 2.0 and 3.0 already a part of DirectX9 this article gives a feel of what to expect from PS/VS4.0 and other DirectX features hardware developers will be expected to deliver with the likes of R500 and NV50."

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  1. It would be nice by Pingular · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If they could somehow program Dx10 so it was backwards compatiable with cards now (such as radeon 9800 etc), if I'd bought such a card I'd be quite annoyed if there wasn't decent support for it in the future.

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  2. Re:Who cares? by Glock27 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    cross platform is the best way to go with game development? hah! maybe on consoles, but with the staggering price of game development now-days its almost too risky to do cross-platform development.

    IMO, yes cross-platform is the way to go. If you use the right engine (Torque for instance), you get it for free, less the occasional support call. ;-)

    Look at some of the top games that have been cross-platform:

    • All id games
    • Baldur's Gate Series
    • Warcraft Series
    • Diablo Series
    • Sims Series
    • You Don't Know Jack Series
    • Age of Empires
    • Starcraft
    • Everquest
    • 3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride
    • Microsoft Close Combat 2.0: A Bridge Too Far
    • Monopoly
    • Terminus
    • and many more...

    See any successful games there? ;-) And even Microsoft is smart enough to do it, while trying to lock everyone else into Windows/DirectX. Pretty funny, actually...

    so how are they going to feel developing for an os unproven in game development with users who are used to getting everything for free? (dont worry, i love linux, but i just dont think we should lie to ourselves)

    If they get the port essentially for free, and provide it as an "unsupported" extra, they will get a ton of good press on Usenet, the web and so on, from alpha geeks. Look at the reception Baldur's Gate games get here on Slashdot. That's worth it right there! :-)

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