I am rather new to C++ and using dev-C++. I use Windows XP and Windows Vista OS.

I am wondering if someone can give me a link to a good easy tutorial for direct3D. I have made video games using just C++ but they are so plain and all. I want to put in some graphics, even if it's only 2D. At the moment I know nothing at all about direct3D so any info would be very useful. Thank you very much.

I also want to know.

I have recently been told that openGL is easier to start with, can anyone confirm this? If so can you help me with that too?

If it's only 2D you can use SDL: http://cone3d.gamedev.net/cgi-bin/index.pl?page=tutorials/gfxsdl/index
I've heard that Allegro and some other are also easy to start with.
When moving to 3D graphics I suggest using Ogre 3D engine http://www.ogre3d.org/ or Crystal Space 3D which is a game-engine http://www.crystalspace3d.org/main/Main_Page

BR,
J-M

Thank you J-M but would i be able to use OGRE with dev-C++? At the moment I can't download visual C++.

I once coded with dev-C++, but then found Code::Blocks. Intellisense and other goodies included. My experiences with Visual C++ are from VC 6, so I can't say is it any good now.
SDK installation instructions doesn't include Dev-C++ in supported list, so you might have to compile it from source to use it with Dev-C++.
There is a possibility that it works with http://www.ogre3d.org/wiki/index.php/Codeblocks_and_MinGW#Ogre_1.4.0_SDK_for_Code::Blocks_.2B_MingW which uses a modified version of libstdc++, more info behind the link.

BR,
J-M

ok then does visual C++ use a different language then Dev-C++ ?

when i type in the code:

system ("pause");

visual C++ says that there were build errors.

i get the same message if i type in:

cout << " hello" ;

No, have you included all necessary headers?
I don't know in which header system-call is, might be in windows.h.
And if you don't use have you used

ok here is my file exactly and i have checked to see if the windows.h file is in my includes folder and it is.

i have tried moving things around and it does not work regardless of wut i do

What error message you get ?

The main should be like this :

int main(int argc, char *argv[]);

You written is Windows main and not portable.