Directx 11.3 versus 12?

Cromulent · 31 Mar 2020 at 02:04

I want to build a simple game on Windows 10 and was wondering if I should start with Directx 11.3 or 12?

Ive never made a game before so I want the simpler options. I'm prepared to build the game in C++ using Visual Studio.

Any tips on books for this challenge?

b00merang69 · 31 Mar 2020 at 02:46

AFAIK DX11.3 is a Feature Set of DX12 announced at same time but they decided to just go DX12 instead of DX11.3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX

Cromulent · 31 Mar 2020 at 07:37

b00merang69 said:
AFAIK DX11.3 is a Feature Set of DX12 announced at same time but they decided to just go DX12 instead of DX11.3

Thanks for your reply. Ah I see now. Well that simplifies things I'll just have to buy a book on DirectX 11 then.i don't think I am ready for DirectX 12 yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX

b00merang69 · 31 Mar 2020 at 07:45

I am not 100% on matter as not had the need to.

Cold_And_Miserable · 31 Mar 2020 at 10:24

Windows 7 only supports 11.1. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/wi...form-update-for-windows-7?redirectedfrom=MSDN
The only differences seem to be Stereo 3D and freesync.

alec · 31 Mar 2020 at 10:28

With no experience, I would look for available game engines like Unity to take care the DirectXy stuff.
And also consider Vulkan API

mid_gen · 31 Mar 2020 at 17:33

Do you want to learnt to build a game, or learn DirectX?

If you want to learn to build a game, then start with Unreal, Godot, or some other freely available engine, and make a game.

I'm a professional game programmer, and I have absolutely no clue about DirectX or other rendering APIs (apart from some vastly outdated stuff from uni 15 years ago). It's simply not worth learning it unless you want to be a graphics or engine programmer.