Dx or OpenGL

Nice_But_Dim

(Posted 2004) [#1]

Hi all
Could you help and tell me if Blitz 3D is based on DirectX
or OpenGL for its 3d rendering.

ErikT

(Posted 2004) [#2]

DirectX. Blitzmax will use OpenGL.

Nice_But_Dim

(Posted 2004) [#3]

Thanks Erik.

Perturbatio

(Posted 2004) [#4]

There are OpenGL libs that people have created so that you can use it in B3D.

*EDIT*

http://www.blitzcoder.com/cgi-bin/articles/show_article.pl?f=drago07082003073711.html

Nice_But_Dim

(Posted 2004) [#5]

3rd party libs are slow so i`ve heared.

Damien Sturdy

(Posted 2004) [#6]

they can be if the 3rd party doesnt do them efficiently :P