Can I download DirectX 8.1 SDK from somewhere?
Hi Manju, i dont know why you are looking for the old version, but you can get exras from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=965D6C6D-5CE9-44C4-B1A7-EC938CF1CEBF&displaylang=en I recommend to download the latest at microsoft: http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/directx/default(en-us).aspx It comes with the most advanced and up2date dx technologies,... Regards Kerem -- ----------------------- Beste Grüsse / Best regards / Votre bien devoue Kerem Gümrükcü Microsoft Live Space: http://kerem-g.spaces.live.com/ Latest Open-Source Projects: http://entwicklung.junetz.de ----------------------- "This reply is provided as is, without warranty express or implied." "ManjuG" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:EB12A2CB-E655-48A7-9EEE-0D7E63A77C31@microsoft.com... > Can I download DirectX 8.1 SDK from somewhere?
Why do you feel you need the DirectX 8.1 SDK instead of getting the current DirectX SDK (March 2008) release? -- Chuck Walbourn SDE, XNA Developer Connection This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
I was personally also looking for the older SDK as the latest (March 2008) does not come with DirectX 8, and the game engine we are working with does not appear to have support for DirectX 9, and hence will not compile without the DirectX 8 SDK. "Chuck Walbourn [MSFT]" wrote: > Why do you feel you need the DirectX 8.1 SDK instead of getting the current > DirectX SDK (March 2008) release? > > -- > Chuck Walbourn > SDE, XNA Developer Connection > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > > >
As the DirectX SDK readme says, if you need DX8 headers, you have to go with August 2007 or earlier. If you need D3DX8 or other DX8-era supporting tools, you have to go back further than that. Really you should consider moving to DX9 since it is (a) near universally supported across all versions of Windows, (b) better tested with respect to drivers on all recent and modern hardware, and (c) DX8 has been deprecated for something like 6 years at this point. -- Chuck Walbourn SDE, XNA Developer Connection This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
