Offtopic [ Was: [SDL] Beginner & realtime strategy ]

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> I think he is looking for "Age of Empire II: Do it yourself in 6 easy 
steps". Try amazon.

There is no such book. There is only the Mickey Kawick book which is horrid. I reviewed the first edition here:

http://www.antimeta.com/projects/review/book/real-time_strategy_game_programming_using_ms_directx_6.0.html

I'm not sure how it can get such raves on Amazon, it is the reviews that say "don't believe the raves, this book sucks" that are on the money.

That hasn't stopped it from selling many copies and a forthcoming second edition in January.

It's too bad... the author really is quite clueless. I've been hoping Matt Pritchard of Ensemble Studios would take to the word processor and produce a good book on RTS programming.

Marc A. Lepage
http://www.antimeta.com/