UV and DirectX9 Public release version.

[Ross Moorhouse]

I have just d/l and installed the new DX9. Not the beta version but the relase to the public.

I have also run UV with it and had no problems at all.

Note that this version of DX is ONLY FOR XP USERS.

[Marc von Martial]

Sorry to correct you Ross, but DirectX 9 is for all MS OS except win3.1 and win95

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/direct ... /drx90.asp

[corbulo]

Forgive me, what what is DirectX9? Is it something I could use?

[XPav]

DirectX is the Microsoft API for fast sound, input, and 2d and 3d video.

As you can see, DirectX 9.0 is the 8th version of this. (Yes, I said 8th).

I don't know if UV uses DirectX. Maybe DirectDraw and DirectSound and Direct3d for the dynamic 3d combat scenes. :p

[Fallschirmjager]

Is it something I could use?

If you have windows PC and have installed any commercial game in the last 8 years then alredy have it.

At the core of DirectX are its application programming interfaces, or APIs. The APIs act as a kind of bridge for the hardware and the software to "talk" to each other. The DirectX APIs give multimedia applications access to the advanced features of high-performance hardware such as three-dimensional (3-D) graphics acceleration chips and sound cards. They control low-level functions, including two-dimensional (2-D) graphics acceleration; support for input devices such as joysticks, keyboards, and mice; and control of sound mixing and sound output. Because of DirectX, what you experience with your computer is better 3-D graphics and immersive music and audio effects.
(From microsofts web site)



Ive seen some of the new things 9.0 can do...when graphics cards begin to use this new technology...*drools*......