Do I need VisualStudio.NET?

[Guest]

hmm, this forum needs a section for c# to make it easier to sort topics if the creater of Irrlicht is serious about porting to c#. i have noticed alot of things seem to be missing, or i am just retarded and cant find them. I was trying to find some kind of equivalent to the perpixelshading demo to see how i would go about doing the same effects in c# but i also couldnt find anything

[jf03cg]

I Think that the Express Version if C# 2005 is available for free (Have to sign up for a .NET passport), Its worth a look, I am not personally interested in MS Compilers.

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vcsharp/

I used Visual C++ 2005 Express a couple of months ago. It was identical to VC but it had some restrictions (Like the debugger had less features such as missing class browser, missing debug value thingy (like hover over the variable to get the value)) Here are some other links:

Visual C Express: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/v ... fault.aspx
Visual Basic Express: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/v ... fault.aspx

These do not come with the Windows SDK or the DirectX SDK, only the IDE and Compiler and a basic debugger.

Again, I only used the VC++ Express version to compile a new DLL when I used to use Genesis. I personally prefer the GCC, GDB and DevCPP combo. Then again, I am a native C/C++ programmer.