Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Setting up SlimDX
Next, we need to download and install SlimDX. You can get SlimDX from its official
website:
http://www.slimdx.org.
Follow these steps to set up SlimDX:
1. Once you go to the SlimDX website, click on the
Download
tab at the top of
the page. This will take you to the downloads page.
2. At the time of this writing, the January 2012 release of SlimDX is the latest
version. In orderto create SlimDX-based software, weneedtoget the
SlimDX
Developer SDK
.
3. So go to the section of the page with the heading
Developer SDK
. There
is a short paragraph here and an orange button that says
Install Developer
SDK
. As you can see from the short paragraph, this SDK contains all of
the SlimDX binaries (the compiled SlimDX software), documentation, and
samples. The SDK also supports both 32- and 64-bit systems. Click on the
In-
stall Developer SDK
button.
4. This opens a second web page with a link at the top to a file called
SlimDX
SDK (January 2012).msi
. Click on this link to begin downloading the
SlimDX Developer SDK.
5. Once the download has completed, simply double-click on the installer file to
begin the installation process. When the installer is finished, click on the
Fin-
ish
button to close it. We are now ready to write our first bits of code!
