DirectX Role-Playing Game Programming - (Second Edition) (Includes CD)

Author: (USA) Adams (Adams/J.) / Huang Jizhou / Liu Gang
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: Compared to other games, role-playing games attract players to the game world in a completely different way. Here, players break through the barrier between the virtual and real worlds, becoming members of the strange game world. Get ready, turn your creative ideas into action, and use your hands to create your own role-playing game! DirectX Role-Playing Game Editor (2nd Edition) will show you how to realize your dream, create cool graphics and combat engines, manipulate players in the game, use scripts and objects, and add multiplayer features. This book breaks down role-playing games into several main components, describes the details of each part, and shows you how to use them in your projects. You will learn how to use DirectX to draw graphics, use DirectX audio to play music, use DirectPlay for networking, and use DirectInput to handle input. When you finish learning, you will have all the skills needed to create a complete role-playing game.