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Why does Star Sonata require DirectX and a graphics card if its in 2-D?

April 26, 2017card DirectX graphics require sonata star

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Why does Star Sonata require DirectX and a graphics card if its in 2-D?

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3-D graphics are today’s standard, so the hardware drawing routines all go through them. Star Sonata projects onto a 2-D plane, but it still uses vertex shading, rotation, alpha blending and more.