Hi Ari, Keep in mind at present Microsoft does offer an express version for all the major .NET languages Visual C++, Visual C#, and Visual Basic. It is my personal understanding the Express version are training or student versions of the software for learners. Not necessarily for profetional work. I would certainly recommend downloading and trying them before buying Visual Studio. As for Visual Studio Standard 2005 it looks like it has all you need besides DirectX, which you can download, to start creating games. It also includes a tool called One-?Click for helping you pack your games for install. However, what you may have to buy extra is a tool for source code protection from hackers, and licensing software if you wish to sell your games. Hth.
ari wrote: > Hi Richard, Thomas and everyone, Thanks for your responses, I appreciate > them. > Instead of buying VB, have you guys heard of Visual Basic Express 2005? > Apparrently it's free. Will I be able to program games with this, or if I > have to buy, I suppose I don't need the Enterprise Edition of VB? The VB > course offered is quite expensive, but includes VB, although I'm not sure > what version, studio or enterprise. > For VB, what is the difference between studio and VB enterprise editions? > Thomas, if I get the Visual Studio Standard, would I still be able to make > quite good games? > Thanks > Ari > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] 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.
