http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/tags/DirectX/default.aspxTags: DirectXenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/08/30/731974.aspxWed, 30 Aug 2006 19:18:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:731974tschultz0http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/731974.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=731974<P><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21e979e3-b8ae-4ea6-8e65-393ea7684d6c&amp;displaylang=en"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21e979e3-b8ae-4ea6-8e65-393ea7684d6c&amp;displaylang=en</FONT></A></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=731974" width="1" height="1">DirectXhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/08/21/711029.aspxMon, 21 Aug 2006 21:07:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:711029tschultz0http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/711029.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=711029<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>"The XNA Game Studio Express beta will be available Aug. 30, 2006, as a free download on Windows XP, for development on the Windows XP platform."</FONT></P> <P><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/aug06/08-13xnagamestudiopr.mspx"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/aug06/08-13xnagamestudiopr.mspx</FONT></A></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=711029" width="1" height="1">DirectXhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/08/07/691032.aspxMon, 07 Aug 2006 18:51:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:691032tschultz0http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/691032.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=691032<A href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C72D9F1E-53F3-4747-8490-6801D8E8B4EF&amp;displaylang=en"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C72D9F1E-53F3-4747-8490-6801D8E8B4EF&amp;displaylang=en</FONT></A><img 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02 Jun 2006 02:37:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:613525tschultz0http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/613525.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=613525<P><A href="http://develop.com/us/training/course.aspx?id=374"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Introduction to Computer Graphics Programming with Managed DirectX 9 and C#</FONT></A></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>6/26 is first available class in Torrance, CA.</FONT></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=613525" width="1" height="1">DirectXhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/05/20/602913.aspxSun, 21 May 2006 03:45:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:602913tschultz0http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/602913.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=602913<A href="http://bungie.net/Games/Halo3/content.aspx?link=Halo3AnnounceFAQ"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://bungie.net/Games/Halo3/content.aspx?link=Halo3AnnounceFAQ</FONT></A><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=602913" width="1" height="1">DirectXhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/04/14/576377.aspxFri, 14 Apr 2006 16:32:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:576377tschultz0http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/576377.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=576377<A href="http://news.com.com/Microsoft+to+sponsor+World+Cyber+Games/2100-1043_3-6061227.html?tag=html.alert"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://news.com.com/Microsoft+to+sponsor+World+Cyber+Games/2100-1043_3-6061227.html?tag=html.alert</FONT></A><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=576377" width="1" height="1">DirectXhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/04/11/573354.aspxTue, 11 Apr 2006 17:06:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:573354tschultz0http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/573354.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=573354<P><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7AB978B5-5F1A-4F6A-88EB-FC646138BECA&amp;displaylang=en"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7AB978B5-5F1A-4F6A-88EB-FC646138BECA&amp;displaylang=en</FONT></A></P> <UL> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>HLSL Compiler Updated</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Improved Flow Control Management w/ Shader Model 3.0</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>New Samples</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vista Game Explorer Documentation Updated</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>XInput API updated</FONT></LI></UL><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=573354" width="1" height="1">DirectXhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/03/20/555735.aspxMon, 20 Mar 2006 20:55:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:555735tschultz0http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/555735.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=555735<P><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/xna/"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.microsoft.com/xna/</FONT></A></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>XNA Framework Simplifies Cross-Platform Game Development</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;- <EM>"The XNA Framework contains a custom implementation of the Microsoft® .NET Framework and new game-development-specific libraries designed to help game developers more easily create cross-platform games on Windows® and Xbox 360 using the highly productive C# programming language. Using the XNA Framework, game developers will benefit from the ability to re-use code and game assets in developing multiplatform titles, without sacrificing performance or flexibility."</EM></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, you can download the <STRONG>XNA Build March 2006 CTP</STRONG> </FONT><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=868FE562-5DED-4BB1-8648-708D3481BDA3&amp;displaylang=en"><FONT face=Arial size=2>here</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=555735" width="1" height="1">DirectXhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/03/01/541489.aspxWed, 01 Mar 2006 22:52:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:541489tschultz1http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/541489.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=541489<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>An interesting article of applying neural network artificial intelligence to provide collision avoidance as it applies to 3D/2D development.</FONT></P> <P><A href="http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/vehiclenn/"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/vehiclenn/</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=541489" width="1" height="1">DirectXhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/02/28/540689.aspxTue, 28 Feb 2006 21:02:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:540689tschultz0http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/540689.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=540689<DIV class=black3><FONT face=Arial size=2>Microsoft and Nokia are among those supporting an open architecture to speed development of games.</FONT></DIV> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> <P><A href="http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,124689,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,124689,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp</FONT></A>&nbsp;</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=540689" width="1" height="1">DirectXhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/02/13/531089.aspxMon, 13 Feb 2006 21:19:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:531089tschultz0http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/531089.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=531089<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>3/21/2006, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.</FONT></P> <UL> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>XNA Studio: Advanced Features of XNA's Build System</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Next Generation Graphics Programming on Xbox 360</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Xbox Live on Xbox 360 — Best Practices</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>DirectX Futures</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>D3D10</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vista</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Coding for Multiple Cores</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cross Platform Development Best Practices for Xbox 360 / Windows</FONT></LI></UL> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Full event description is <A href="http://www.cmpevents.com/GD06/a.asp?option=C&amp;V=11&amp;SessID=2400">here</A>.</FONT></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=531089" width="1" height="1">DirectXhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/02/13/531079.aspxMon, 13 Feb 2006 21:00:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:531079tschultz2http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/531079.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=531079<IMG src="http://www.gamasutra.com/db_area/images/news2001/7657/pac.jpg"> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>A very chapter excerpt from GPU Gems2 on how to create realistic water rendering using DX Shader Model 3.0</FONT></P> <P><A href="http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060103/kryachko_01.shtml"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060103/kryachko_01.shtml</FONT></A></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks to Xavier Moore for the link!</FONT></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=531079" width="1" height="1">DirectXhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/02/09/528809.aspxThu, 09 Feb 2006 22:13:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:528809tschultz0http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/528809.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=528809<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EDB98FFA-A59C-4C23-9B92-BA304F188314&amp;displaylang=en"><font face=Arial size=2>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EDB98FFA-A59C-4C23-9B92-BA304F188314&amp;displaylang=en</font></a></p> <ul> <li><font face=Arial size=2>Direct3D 10 Technology Preview </font></li> <li><font face=Arial size=2>D3DX9 </font></li> <li><font face=Arial size=2>Microsoft Cross-Platform Audio Creation Tool (XACT) </font></li> <li><font face=Arial size=2>Windows Vista Game Explorer (Beta) </font></li> <li><font face=Arial size=2>Tools</font></li></ul><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=528809" width="1" height="1">DirectXhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/archive/2006/02/02/523785.aspxFri, 03 Feb 2006 06:47:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:523785tschultz0http://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/comments/523785.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tschultz/commentrss.aspx?PostID=523785<p><font face=Arial size=2>In response to my <a href="/tschultz/archive/2006/02/02/523475.aspx">post on Suva Interactive</a>, ZMan from the ZBuffer sent me a link to his comprehensive list of MDX engines.&nbsp; Thanks Z!</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.thezbuffer.com/categories/engines.aspx"><font face=Arial size=2>http://www.thezbuffer.com/categories/engines.aspx</font></a></p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=523785" width="1" height="1">DirectX