Programming III
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Programming III So this week I have been reading up on DirectX, how it works, and the usage of 3D. I have found out how you should do a 3D game when it comes to render it. DirectX use a Front buffer and a back buffer, swapping between them, because of monitors not being able to refresh as fast as needed for real-time rendering. “If another model were rendered to the GPU while the monitor was refreshing, the image displayed would be cut in two, the top portion containing the old image and the bottom portion containing the new. So to avoid this happening DirectX use a feature called swapping. It has two buffers, one that is showing the images on the monitor right know and the other one drawing the images that will be needed. This is something I didn’t know about 3D games. It was also fun creating a window, there was nothing in it, but it felt good to get the basics of how it works. Get to know all the basics is important, to be able to move on to the mysterious land of 3D programming. I will continue to explore the land of the 3D programming, and I recommend looking up http://www.directxtutorial.com/LessonList.aspx?listid=11 Anton L-A |
