Alpha Update #8

Zaoshi Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:47 pm

Yet another slow week...

We are still working on GUI, but hopefully next week we could do some testing (don't expect too much however). It's kinda long story to make it work, and even after that it won't be finished.

Also Shaun got a job, together with his university he won't have any free time from now on.

Furthermore, after little discussion, we decided we'll use DirectX 11, not DirectX 9.
It doesn't mean you won't be able to run game if you don't have DirectX 11. It has special feature which allows it to run even if you have only DirectX 10 or even 9, as long as DirectX 11/10 features aren't used. What's the difference? Well DirectX 11 runs faster than previous versions, also it'll allow us to use DirectX 10/11 features more easily if we ever decide to build client for that version. On other hand, it'll increase development time, as Windows XP doesn't support DirectX 11, and we'll have to develop DirectX 9 game separately (that kinda sucks).

Hopefully Shaun will reply with little more information...