\Forums about Managed DirectX

This is the official Microsoft newsgroup for Managed DirectX - sometimes Tom Miller or other members of the DirectX team show up.
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.managed (Google Groups)

This is the official DirectX graphics newsgroup - useful for the really technical stuff.
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.graphics (Google Groups)

There is also a specific newsgroup for programming DirectX from Visual Basic.
microsoft.public.vb.directx (Google Groups)

GameDev has many forums. The .Net forum has some Managed DirectX questions but they are mixed in with other .Net gaming questions. Pretty useful though and you can always check out the main DirectX forum for the more technical stuff.

GotDotNet.com is the place for all things managed and has a DirectX area and a forum.

WindowsForms.Net is a Microsoft run .Net site for all things Windows Forms based. They have a Game Development Forum with some Managed DirectX Q&A

Thanks for the link Minh

Added DirectShow forums

Microsoft has a set of official support forums on MSDN.

• Windows Gaming Forums
• DirectShow Forums

This list is full of very useful, and very technical advice. Not really for beginners to post to but well worth reading if you want to hear from some of the top DirectX folk. There is some occasional Managed content, but generally it is C++ stuff.

Archive, Join/Leave

Xtreme .Net talk has a pretty active Managed DirectX forum

VBGamer is a site just for game programming in VB. Its not just VB.Net and Managed DirectX but they do have some tutorials and a forum which have relevant content.

VBForums has a games and graphics forum which has some Managed Direct posts. If you hadn't guessed from the name, this is all about Visual Basic coding.

Do you want to write Managed DirectX games using Delphi? Then take a look at DelphiGamer. They have a forum devoted to using DirectX from Delphi.

11/25/2005: Added forums

GPWiki is a wiki devoted to general game development that also has some Managed DirectX content.

Tutorials

• VB.Net tutorials

Forums

• .Net game development

DevMaster.net has some forums which have occasional Managed DirectX content

Robert let me know about the #manageddx channel on the efnet irc network. It was very quiet when I dropped in to take a look this evening (PST) and Robert did say its not very busy there at the moment. Apparently Tom Miller is one of the ops (though Tom is very busy so I'm not sure how often he contributes) and sure enough there was someone called Millerman connected when I looked.

I found a yahoo group for managed directX. Right now it appears to be dead but there is an archive that some may find useful. I've tried posting (its moderated) and emailing the list owner with no success. If anyone has contact with the list owner then let me know.