Exotica Info Update
Hiyas, just wanted to stop by and let anyone that's still interested in
Exotica to know what's going on. I decided to start over and redesign
Exotica. It's a new Library call the ' Exotica Multimedia Library '. I
can say at least the DirectInput stuff is the same, but this new library
will be completely done in DirectX 8. The graphic related functions are
done with the DX8's DirectGraphics component which means Exotica is now
fully 3D orientated. But I will supply example code to show how to
simulate 2D in 3D. Also, this also means there will not be any 3D
software mode support. My tummy turns saying that. But Microsoft has
gone soft and decided to drop 3D software mode support with DX8. Exotica
will not support the "referance" mode until way way later. That mode is
only for demo purposes. I almost have the groundwork done to be able to
release the first beta of Exotica. The first beta will be private. If
you want to be included in my little private beta session, have a look
at my forum for further info. Why is is it a private beta? Exotica will
be supporting VB, Visual C/C++ and Euphoria at the beginnings and I will
be annoucing it on related forums about it. Ofcoarse, it's also so I can
get feedback from the interested people that I know that joined the
session. You can abtain more info at my website and forum about the new
Exotica if you are interested.
Also, another note: I figured out what I was doing wrong on trying to
make my old Exotica to work with this _stdcall situation. I completely
messed up the old Exotica source code trying to figure this out, so that
code is scrapped. The new Exotica is _stdcall driven. So hopefully you
won't have any problems using the Euphoria to C Translator gadget with
your "other" favorite programming language. :)
One more thing: About the old Exotica. It will still be available to
download ( version 1.6 ), but I am no longer supporting it because I
need to have complete attention to the new Exotica. Once the new Exotica
is finally out to the public, the old Exotica will disappear into the
ether. For those of you that liked and helped me with the old Exotica,
thank you soooo much! I wouldn't be this far with DirectX without yall.
I am truely grateful. Hopefully, you'll like the new Exotica a whole lot
better.
Take ta ye laters...
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Todd Riggins
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Exotica Multimedia Library
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Exotica Website:
http://exotica.iwarp.com
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Exotica Forum:
http://pub19.ezboard.com/bexoticadxgamelibrary
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