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TCP vs UDP (retransmission algorithms)      Group: rec.games.programmer

David Springer sprin...@matrix.eden.com rec games programmer What do you mean by RAW packet? It's a protocol type SOCK_RAW. ICMP packets. It's what ping uses. Winsock didn't provide documented support for it. If you disassemble the Win95 ping utility you'll see some obtuse undocumented interfaces used to ... Jul 6 1998 by David Springer - 62 messages - 23 authors

DirectPlay vs. Winsock      Group: rec.games.programmer

David Springer sprin...@matrix.eden.com rec games programmer I personally find Winsock to be simpler, more flexible, and much easier to understand. It'll also make any possible port to another platform much easier and will give you expertise in a multiplicity of application types not limited to Win9x games. I do use ... Jul 3 1998 by David Springer - 3 messages - 3 authors

Who the #$%@ wrote the OpenGL / Direct3d wrapper?      Group: rec.games.programmer

David Springer sprin...@matrix.eden.com rec games programmer I wrote part of the D3D wrapper and released the binary version to the public. The source code is not available as the base I started from was obtained under NDA from Microsoft . It was a one time thing that I'm not supporting after it outlived its usefulness ... Jul 1 1998 by David Springer - 6 messages - 4 authors

Congratulations Matt Pritchard      Group: rec.games.programmer

David Springer sprin...@matrix.eden.com rec games programmer Sorry if I misspelled the last name Matt. Congratulations to you and Ensemble for Best Strategy Game of the Year award with Age of Empires. You made the big investment wire newsfeeds: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/980602/ga_ensembl_1. html David ... Jun 3 1998 by David Springer - 6 messages - 4 authors

Project: D3D Screensaver for Dell      Group: rec.games.programmer

David Springer sprin...@matrix.eden.com rec games programmer Any programmers and artists interested in doing a D3D screensaver for Dell Computer Corporation ? This is a publicity opportunity only. You can work your name into the screensaver graphics under 'credits' and have it seen by a lot of people using Dell ... May 31 1998 by David Springer - 11 messages - 9 authors

Alex St John on Direct3D vs OpenGL      Group: rec.games.programmer

David Springer sprin...@matrix.eden.com rec games programmer Thomas Womack (mert0...@sable.ox.ac.uk) wrote: There are STB drivers dated around 15 April 1998 available on their web site, which produce pretty impressive OpenGL on my friend's Dell Dimension. There is OpenGL support for the STB Velocity 128 ... May 17 1998 by David Springer - 160 messages - 38 authors

Using DirectPlay For Online Net Games?      Group: rec.games.programmer

David Springer sprin...@matrix.eden.com rec games programmer alt mud programming microsoft public win32 programmer directx Alexander (mindhaven @earthlink.net) wrote: I would like to create an online RPG similar to those of Diablo, GMUDs, and Ultima; and I would like to know if there are any books available on ... Feb 14 1998 by David Springer - 6 messages - 6 authors

Direct Play and 1000's of Clients      Group: rec.games.programmer

David Springer sprin...@matrix.eden.com rec games programmer José Ivey ( josei...@ix.netcom.com) wrote: Anyboy have any exeprience with Direct Play and hundreds or thousands of clients? Do you use direct play on games of this scale , or custom functions? Igames is up over 700 simultaneous clients every evening. Feb 14 1998 by David Springer - 2 messages - 2 authors

RIVA vs Voodoo (was: OGL and D3D are BOTH losing...)      Group: rec.games.programmer

David Springer sprin...@matrix.eden.com rec games programmer Thatcher Ulrich (ulr...@world.std.com) wrote: In article <34E23556.883AAC9B@fxtech. com>, st...@fxtech.com says... It's also getting 45+ fps in Quake 2. Well beyond Voodoo and flirting with Voodoo 2. It's less than half the expected price of Voodoo 2, ... Feb 13 1998 by David Springer - 32 messages - 19 authors

Alex St.John at Austin CGDC      Group: rec.games.programmer

David Springer sprin...@matrix.eden.com rec games programmer Well I got to meet him and have a private conversation for a few minutes. I can see why Microsoft hired him as a game evangelist, he's quite a charismatic character. Anyhow, in his seminar he spent most of the time harping on the benefits of porting regular ... Feb 10 1998 by David Springer - 5 messages - 5 authors

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