From: madarasz AT erols DOT com (Alex P. Madarasz, Jr.) Subject: Re: DirectX (was Re: server X) 26 Sep 1998 17:54:31 -0700 Message-ID: <199809261255.IAA15862.cygnus.gnu-win32@smtp1.erols.com> References: <199809251921 DOT MAA06367 AT clifford DOT pdx DOT informix DOT com> Reply-To: Alex Madarasz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Guy Gascoigne - Piggford wrote on 25 Sep 98, 12:20 : > > The problem comes with 3D, NT has no support > for Direct 3D and won't until NT 5.0 is released. Actually, if you read MS's docs you'll find that NT4 SP3 _does_ support the Direct3D API, _but_ there is no support for _hardware_ acceleration: > DirectX 3.0: > > Service Pack 3 contains a complete software implementation of DirectX 3.0 as > well as ongoing hardware support for the DirectDraw component of DirectX 3.0. > This translates into the following major feature changes since the release of > DirectX 2.0 as supported in Windows NT 4.0: > > > DirectDraw > Access to all 256 entries in the palette when in exclusive mode. > > DirectSound > Software-based 3-D localization of audio (Direct3DSound APIs.) > > DirectInput > COM interface supporting mouse and keyboard data with documentation and sample > programs. > > DirectPlay > IDirectPlayLobby, an interface that allows an external application to launch a > DirectPlay 3.0 application and provide it with all information necessary to > connect to a session. Internet TCP/IP service provider for multi-player > applications over the Internet. > > Direct3D > Software emulation for the Direct3D 3.0 API. (In Windows NT 4.0, we provide a > beta version of the software drivers for Direct3D 2.0.) There are rumors that NT4 SP4 does / will have support for a higher version of DirectX, but again you'll have to check carefully to see if they consider "support" to mean merely the API or full acceleration. -- Alex P. Madarasz, Jr. -- madarasz AT erols DOT com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".