[gameprogrammer] Re: best software

  • From: Scott Harper <lareon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 10:27:58 -0700

On 05 Mar, 2005, at 6:46 AM, floyd_fr wrote:

> hi,
> is opengl easier than directx ?

yes.  definitely yes.

> is opengl has more power than directx ?

in some cases, it may be; but opengl 2 having been finalized recently 
means that you have the power of shaders built into opengl now, without 
requiring extensions.  Hopefully we'll be seeing some gl2 api docs 
soon.

> if you want to make a game, which one do you choose ? opengl or 
> directx ?

either one, keeping in mind that directX will ONLY work on Windows, and 
more and more people are learning to use other OSes.

--Scott



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