DirectX Programming & Techniques Index

This is the main games programming area of the site. It contains many notes on getting started and creating a game with C++ and DirectX. To navigate you can use the drop down menu system above, the Google search or alternatively the click-able site map.

Latest Notes Addition: Updated April 2010

• XAnimator - a small free library you can use to load and play back x file animations. (Updated to version 0.85 29th April.)
• XACT Content Driven - updated the XACT content driven programming notes for XACT 3.0
• Raw Input - notes on using raw input to get keyboard and mouse messages

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