Why you should use OpenGL and not DirectX

since its like several gigabytes big.

You're thinking of the Windows mouse driver

Wow, they don't even bundle the newest version of the older versions of DX? It's like they're trying to bug people on purpose. Which they have admitted to doing in the past.

Yeah, that whole 'can't be bothered to upgrade DX9' issue is what bothers me the most about it. I'm trying to make a commercial casual game, and I fear that'll stop a lot of people from trying/buying.

Wow, microsoft can't even be bothered to bundle the newest version of the older versions of DX?

They're not exactly know for legacy support.

So... what exactly is good about DirectX? Is there anything worth using it for over OpenGL? Why don't all companies and software use OpenGL? I'm just curious to what you programmers have to say about it, It's interesting.

it has those cool hardware accelerated thingies that seem to come sooner than the opengl counterparts

like hardware tessellation and stuffs

Here's hoping that the next version you are able to iron out the bugs and hit 1.0 ... so that you can nearly abandon it and get OpenGL started.

I cannot say enough how much of a hassle updating DirectX is for more than half the people that want to try your game (and usually don't thanks to this reason.)

Btw does anyone know if Construct works on Windows 7?

Davo, I have Windows 7, and it works fine

Ah, but did you have to upgrade DX9 first?

I'm on windows 7 and I had to update.

so...OGL it is then? It's been a while since I've been here, but I was just popping my head in to see what was up.

We'll make Construct 2 with OpenGL, but we're not going to change Construct 0.x yet.

We'll make Construct 2 with OpenGL, but we're not going to change Construct 0.x yet.

whoa really?

no dx at all? or just an alternative renderer?

We'd need a DirectX renderer if we made an XBox runtime, but apart from that, the D3DX9_39.DLL issue has been a massive pain in the butt and DirectX precludes the possibility of porting to other platforms, so yeah, I reckon OpenGL only at first. The gist of my earlier rant is it's better anyway.

Anyway, coding in OpenGL, is easier.

OpenGL doesn't provide any sound or controller support though... You'll have to use something for that.

Controller:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/wgois/

Sound:

http://connect.creativelabs.com/developer/Wiki/OpenAL%20SDK%20for%20Windows.aspx