d3d or opengl

omar shaaban · Post by **omar shaaban** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:33 pm

Tell me what do u like or prefer in:
quality
developing
laying games with
popular
...etc

gfxstyler · Post by **gfxstyler** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:13 am

useless poll, useless question, it will just end up in endless discussions or flamewars. please don't do that

Anteater · Post by **Anteater** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:35 pm

Hmmm... When designing games with Irrlicht, I use DX, but when playing games, I like OpenGL a bit better (Doom 3/Quake 4 was OGL, wasn't it?), so it's a toss up.

Midnight · Post by **Midnight** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:26 pm

I know that opengl was used for americas army.

and openAL for sound effects.

I personally do not know all the differences but one major difference I know of personally is that directx will not work on anything but windows.

as far as I understand please correct me if I'm wrong.

also I was not able to make bump mapping of the models with irrlicht work it seemed to have a bug that turned my material into a rainbow of color interpolated around the mesh. is this openGL's fault? is it mine? or is it a bug in irrlicht or possibly a missing feature? I don't have the answers all I know is that directx seems to be the best choice for me until I understand linux a bit better and it seems to me that directx is better and that the only ones supporting openGL are either pro linux (non-windows) or simply like the speed of openGL.

openGL appears to get lower frame rates if I remember correctly but thats because it's capped (maybe I'm thinking of software renderer?) but in turn seems to have a simular visual quality to directx (possibly minus advanced features like bump mapping?)

in the end the choice is not about preference it would seem but rather a need considering that both have certain pro's and con's.

One thing about openGL is that I heard (or witnessed discussion about) was that the newest improvments in devolopment would surpass directx but we won't know this untill it happens i suppose.

hopefully this will aid people in understanding the differences take it easy peoples.

omar shaaban · Post by **omar shaaban** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:23 pm

thanx midnight and others
well i support dx9 bec it is by microsoft

and...

Anteater · Post by **Anteater** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:54 pm

Bump mapping works with opengl, but it's a bit more ugly (I'm using an N*Vidia GF-FX5200, if that makes any difference.)

gfxstyler · Post by **gfxstyler** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:57 pm

well i support dx9 bec it is by microsoft

wow, good argument ...

Lee Zhi Eng · Post by **Lee Zhi Eng** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:31 am

directx can only work on windows platform.
while opengl... multi-platform!

omar shaaban · Post by **omar shaaban** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:49 pm

but most computers doesnt have opengl

Anteater · Post by **Anteater** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:54 pm

but most computers doesnt have opengl

I'm pretty sure most computers have OGL support. I could be wrong, though.

omar shaaban · Post by **omar shaaban** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:18 pm

.\well in my country "Egypt" all computers has dx9 few has opengl even mine but when i format my computer i installed with it the opengl.

JPulham · Post by **JPulham** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:48 pm

I have to use OpenGL/Mesa for crossplatofrm stuff (Linux) and I prefere using OpenGL for programming but in windows with Irrlicht I dont mind DirectX... because I dont have to look at its horrible interface.

Generally I find OpenGL better though. Right down to its shader interface.
But thats just becuase it suits my coding style.

omar shaaban · Post by **omar shaaban** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:25 pm

well seems that open gl has it all !!

Irrlicht Engine

d3d or opengl

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d3d or opengl