Guest chris Posted November 10, 2001 Report Share Posted November 10, 2001 Direct X8.1 final has been RELEASED!!! (6th November)and what an improvement.I'm using a geforce 2 GTS Pro and up till now I was running under direct X8.0a. Under X8.1 not only are the graphics crispier and more solid, but I now realize I have been missing out on the games nice little touches. For example I didn't know that when you hyper-jump your ship has a lovely particle effect around it and then it cloaks. Up till now I had none of that, I just had a static ship move from A to B. Another example, previously when I approached a navigation jumpgate, the gate would disappear in front of me and reappear behind. Now I sail through it. Excellent.Well i'm off to see what else i've been missing out on. Take my advice update direct X to 8.1 now!!!!!!!!! [ 11-10-2001: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted November 10, 2001 Report Share Posted November 10, 2001 The E3 demo was built with the DX 8.1 SDK actually. As will the 1.0.01 patch.DX 8.1 is a very good improvement over 8.0a and a must have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted November 11, 2001 Report Share Posted November 11, 2001 Ive just been looking for the download for DirectX8.1 since you mentioned it here, but I cant find it. Where can i obtain the latest version? Or does it come with BCM as a optional installation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DOAM Posted November 11, 2001 Report Share Posted November 11, 2001 http://www.microsoft.com/directx/homeuser/...ads/default.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloogan Posted November 11, 2001 Report Share Posted November 11, 2001 I have the 8.0a SDK for VB, trying to learn... uhh any thing diffrent in 8.1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted November 11, 2001 Report Share Posted November 11, 2001 Hey thanks for the link! I was trying to find it on the windows update page, and CNET. I didnt even think about looking there for it (duuuhhh..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza Posted November 11, 2001 Report Share Posted November 11, 2001 Wow, that download took a whooping 30 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DOAM Posted November 11, 2001 Report Share Posted November 11, 2001 quote:Originally posted by Roberto: Hey thanks for the link! I was trying to find it on the windows update page, and CNET. I didnt even think about looking there for it (duuuhhh..)No problem, took me a while to find it too, you would THINK microsoft could at LEAST get a webpage done correctly and organized...but h&() no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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