Hi Charles, For the widest possible number of machines an app in C++ using the Win32 API and DirectX 8 or 9 would do it. The reason is the Win32 API is the very core of the Windows os. Dll files like user32.dll, kernal32.dll, etc have been around for ages and have simply been upgraded as each new version of Windows came out. That doesn't change much from version to version, even when it is upgraded for say Vista it is largely backward compatible with Windows 2000 XP and to some degree even the older 9x versions. So if I wrote a game using the Windows Platform SDK for Windows XP I could easily reach Win 2000 and Vista without allot of differences in those libs. Not that I am immediately aware of at any rate.
Charles Rivard wrote: > Go for what works on most machines with the least amount of installation, as > long as it is reliable and will be reliable in the future, as long as good > game performance is achieved. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
