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Contents 1 C++ 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Direct3D 1.3 DirectInput 1.4 Source Code 1.5 External Links 2 VB 2.1 DirectX 7.x Tutorials 2.2 DirectX 8.x Tutorials 3 VB.NET 3.1 General 3.2 Direct3D 3.3 DirectSound 3.4 DirectInput 3.5 DirectDraw 3.6 Source Code 3.7 External Links 4 HLSL 4.1 General 4.2 External links

C++

Introduction

• Empty DirectX 9 Project

Direct3D

• DirectX Video Tutorial
• Introduction to shaders
• An introduction to vertex and pixel shaders
• Vertex Blending using Shaders (skeletal animation)
• Implementing a simple renderstate manager

DirectInput

• Using the Keyboard with DirectInput

Source Code

• Asteroid Miner, complete source code - courtesy of Positech Games.

External Links

• • Official Direct3D tutorial
  • DirectX 9 tutorial at DirectXTutorial.com
  • Drunken Hyena Direct3D Tutorials for DX8 and 9
  • Wazoo's Direct3D Tutorials for DX8 and 9
  • Microsoft's DirectX9 SDK
  • Microsoft's DirectX Page
  • Andy Pike's DirectX 8 Tutorials
  • Alex Russell's Game Programming Tutorial Using DirectX

VB

DirectX 7.x Tutorials

DirectDraw

• Animation
• Gamma Ramp Special Effects and Screen Fading
• Efficient Line Drawing and Text Display
• Loading and Displaying Bitmaps
• Loading Surfaces from Custom Resource Files
• Smooth Scrolling Tiles
• Special Effects
• Transparency
• Direct Draw Colour Transparency Made Easy
• Zooming

DirectInput

• Keyboard Handling
• Mouse Handling

DirectPlay

• Introduction
• Initialization
• Enumeration of Service Providers
• Initializing a Connection
• Starting/Joining a Game
• Creating a Player
• Commencing Gameplay
• In-Game Messaging
• Termination

DirectSound

• Introduction
• Loading Sound Buffers from Custom Resource Files

Direct3D

• Hybrid Engine

Source Code

• 'Galaxy' Space-based Action/Adventure Game
• Role Playing Game Demo
• Another RPG demo
• Side Scroller Demo
• Invader Type Game

DirectX 8.x Tutorials

Direct3D

• Device Restoration

DirectShow

• DirectShow Tutorial

Source Code

• 'Ping' - Pong Arcade Clone with Decent AI

External Links

• DirectX4VB
• Lucky's VB Gaming Site
• Voodoo VB

VB.NET

General

• Introduction

Direct3D

• Initialization
• Handling Device Loss
• Better Game Loop
• Basic HLSL Shaders (video)
• Introduction to ATI's Render Monkey HLSL shader development program (video)

DirectSound

• Playing Music
• Playing Sounds
• Playing Sounds From ResX Files
• 3D Sound

DirectInput

• Keyboard Handling
• Keyboard Handling (Immediate)
• Mouse Handling

DirectDraw

• Basics

Source Code

• Skeletal Animation Demo
• Ray Picking Example for Direct3d

External Links

• Created by: X - DirectX Example Code
• The ZBuffer: News and resources for Managed DirectX

HLSL

General

• Introduction

External links

• Wikipedia: HLSL
• Riemer's HLSL Introduction & Tutorial (includes sample code)
• Netaware: HLSL Introduction
• MSDN: HLSL