Opengl and D3D Introduction

Alpha Omega · Post by **Alpha Omega** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 3:50 pm

Hello Everyone,

Does anyone know any good books that teach Opengl and/or D3D. I have read a basic C++ book and gotten to Classes and I can code a good amount in Irrlicht but I want to understand more of what is going on inside some of the functions and such. Any help would be great. Thanks.

randomMesh · Post by **randomMesh** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:37 am

For OpenGL, the must have is:
Red Book – OpenGL Programming Guide, 6th edition. ISBN 0-321-48100-3

The first edition is available online here.

DirectX is proprietary, don't use it.

Alpha Omega · Post by **Alpha Omega** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:55 pm

randomMesh wrote:
DirectX is proprietary, don't use it.

Yes I agree but does DirectX have anything amazing that OpenGL does not have? Or are they basically equal give or take some special niche each has for itself?

Irrlicht Engine

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