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Plum · 8th January 2007, 04:05

Hiya.

The HUGE bonus to using OpenGL is portability. That's why Hex is on Windows & on Mac...and why it could, theoretically, be ported to Linux (crosses fingers in a vain hope...

). DirectX is good...but, from what I hear from my programmer friends, is that the 'interface' of working with DirectX is a pain in the ass.

Anyway...I'd *MUCH* rather it stay OpenGL than get screwed up by DirectX. ...and don't even get me started on DX10 for Vista... (http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...ista_cost.txt)...

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Plum NURBS Booleans are your friend Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 133	Hiya. The HUGE bonus to using OpenGL is portability. That's why Hex is on Windows & on Mac...and why it could, theoretically, be ported to Linux (crosses fingers in a vain hope... ). DirectX is good...but, from what I hear from my programmer friends, is that the 'interface' of working with DirectX is a pain in the ass. Anyway...I'd MUCH rather it stay OpenGL than get screwed up by DirectX. ...and don't even get me started on DX10 for Vista... (http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...ista_cost.txt)... __________________ ^_^ "We've got a blind date with destiny...and it looks like she's ordered the lobster." --The Shoveler Paul L. Ming (Dual Opteron 246's, 2GB GDDR3, BFG 7800 GS OC 256MB, Windows 2000 & XP Pro 64-Bit, 21" CTR)