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Summary: An excellent book for aspiring games programmers everywhere.
Review: Andre LaMothe has an excellent writing style which I have yet to see in ANY other programming book by anyone else. I did have trouble getting some of the code to work witch MSVC++ version 6, but the debugging was good practice. I want more books like this!
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Summary: GreatBook!but could go though some more game writing technic
Review: This was an Excellent book mr. LaMoth this book could have coverd some more simple parts of programing though! It was a little to advanced for me at the time, so learn C++ really good, Then buy this book.
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Summary: Thank you Andre LaMothe!
Review: This book is absolutley wonderful. I normally stay away from all DUMMIES books but this one was written by a very talented programmer. Im as much of a beginner as they come and I was able to pick up on this right away. He knows how to put ideas and explinations into words and have you actually understand them. The one problem with the book is if you are using Visual C++ 6.0+ the code in the book will cause an error genrated by this line:winclass.hbrBackground=GetStockObject(BLACKBRUSH); BUT I posted this problem in a forum and the very next day the guru himself Andre LaMothe responded and told me to just change that line to: winclass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH); Suddenly everything works! The error is caused because the new Visual C++ detects errors which it previously did not. Have a programming question? Frustrated? Ask your question on the message board at Andre LaMothes web page xgames3d.com! THANK YOU ANDRE LAMOTHE! Were all looking forward to your new books. Thank you!
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Summary: If your into game programming this book and cd is it!!!!
Review: Having had studied C/C++ for over a year I must say that Andre Lamothe has done it again...a fabulous must have book....clearly written and with fantastic examples...however you should have experience with a good compiler and programming in C...other than that..you can make your first game in a matter of weeks!!!!!and if ya need help with stuff from the book feel free to contact me.
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Summary: This book is just OKAY for the beginner
Review: Okay...I am serious when i say that was the hardest book for me to follow. Never hearing of C/C++ i opened the book and was shot down on the 1st pg!! I had to gat another book on C, learn it, buy a compiler, then read. But once i did...it was good.
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Summary: Perfect.
Review: This book provides a very simple, yet concise introduction to both the Windows SDK and DirectX API. If all books were written this well, getting a PhD would take a few years instead of decades <G>.
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Summary: A great start!
Review: Andre is a great author, I really like his style. This book will get you up and running with Direct X in short order. If you know nothing of windows programming or Direct X this is the book for you. If you want the real whys and what nots of DX go for another book.
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Summary: A great book for those with 18 mths to 4yrs of experience
Review: This is a great book for those with 18 mths to 4 yrs experience or more in C/C++. Part 2 of this book will be out called tricks of 3d game programming gurus, the next generation. I would also recommend the book inside directx. Just a point to add, this book does not cover opengl because opengl is more difficult, but it is also superior. Lets hope the java 3d api will take off . :)
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Summary: A must buy to learn programming games
Review: Those people who cried and whined about how they didnt know C. You cant just program games in a certain language without knowing the basics of it!! Unless you are really smart, you have to know C. And if you dont, buy a book and learn it. Thats what i did!Sheeesh. As a matter of fact, C for dummies is a great book to learn C. Read it, Do it, and THEN learn how to program games! Anyways the book is a great one. Andre lamothe can right a game programming book like know one else. This book easily lays down techniques slow and easy. And in the CD, he has sound, artwork, engines, Directx 5, and the source code so you can make games without doing a heck of a lot of work.
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Summary: Hey smart people!
Review: What is the problem with these people giving it less than 5 stars? Give me a break! Game Programming is 10x harder then any other programming. You cant expect to not know anything at all about programming and then read a book on game programming. You can do that for any other type of programming except game programming. Why does everyone think that game programming is so easy? Now taking Microsoft Certification tests that was easy!
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