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Beginning 3D Game Programming

ISBN: 0672326612
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 191

Authors: Tom Miller

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• Beginning 3D Game Programming
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• About the Author
• Acknowledgments
• We Want to Hear from You
• Reader Services
• Introduction
• So You Want to be a Game Developer
• Who Should Read This Book?
• Why Would I Want to Use the .NET Framework
• Why This Book?
• PartI.Introduction to Microsoft .NET
• Chapter1.Game Development and Managed Code
• What Is .NET?
• What Is Managed Code?
• Writing Code with the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 IDE
• Compiling .NET Code on the Command Line
• Introducing Game Development
• The Developers
• The Process
• The Tools
• Summary
• PartII.Introducing Graphics, Game 1
• Chapter2.Planning Your First Game
• Coming Up with the Game Idea
• Understanding the Need for a 3D Game
• The Specification
• Summary
• Chapter3.Understanding the Sample Framework
• Creating Your Project
• Enumerating All Device Options
• Summary
• Chapter4.Show Something Onscreen
• Creating Your Device
• Time to Render
• Loading and Rendering a Mesh
• Adding a Camera to Your Scene
• Summary
• Chapter5.Finishing Up the Support Code
• Understanding the High-Resolution Timer
• Handling Lost Devices
• Adding Frame Rate Output
• Designing a UI Screen
• Designing a Button
• Summary
• Chapter6.Implementing the User Interface
• Designing the Main Menu
• Plugging into the Game Engine
• Selecting Your Character (Loopy)
• Updating the Game Engine with This New Screen
• Summary
• Chapter7.Implementing the Player and Blocks
• Writing the Player Object
• Designing the Blocks
• Summary
• Chapter8.Implementing the Level Object
• Implementing the Level
• Controlling Player Movement
• Handling Level Updates
• Summary
• Chapter9.Putting the Pieces Together
• Including the Player
• Hooking Up the Level
• Implementing the Quit Screen
• Finishing Up
• Summary
• PartIII.Basic Math Principles
• Chapter10.A Quick 3D-Math Primer
• 2D? 3D? What Are You Talking About?
• Using These 3D Points
• Manipulating 3D Objects
• Math Structures
• Vectors
• Matrices
• Summary
• PartIV.Intermediate Graphics, Peer- to-Peer Networking, Game 2
• Chapter11.Now Let s Really Get Started
• TankersThe Next Game Idea
• Creating the Tankers Project
• Getting the Project Rendering
• Building an Object Pool for Textures
• Summary
• Chapter12.Developing a More Advanced User Interface
• Using Blockers Base Classes
• Adding New Base Classes
• Implementing the Main Screen
• Rendering Your 3D Model with Your User Interface
• Summary
• Chapter13.Rendering a Realistic Tank
• Understanding a Mesh Hierarchy
• Loading a Tank Hierarchy
• Rendering a Mesh Hierarchy
• Manipulating the Tanks
• Tank Properties
• Creating the Camera Class
• Summary
• Chapter14.The Sky? A Level? The Player
• A World Without a Sky Would Be Black
• You Have a Sky, but the Tank Can t Drive There
• Someone Has to Control the Tanks
• IMoveableObject Indeed
• A Basic Collision Detection
• Summary
• Chapter15.Ready. Aim. Fire
• Implementing the Ammunition Class
• A Bullets Collection
• Finishing Up the Player
• Adding Sound
• Summary
• Chapter16.Playing Alone Isn t Fun
• Using DirectPlay
• Hosting the Session
• Joining the Session
• The Event Handlers
• Sending and Receiving Data
• Summary
• Chapter17.Finally, Finishing Tankers
• Plugging into the Game Engine
• Rendering the Game
• Summary
• PartV.Advanced Graphics, ClientServer Networking, Game 3
• Chapter18.Adding Special Effects
• Implementing a Basic Particle System
• Rendering the Particle System
• Putting the Pieces Together
• Summary
• Chapter19.Building Your Own Game
• Formulating the Idea
• Creating Your Project
• Designing the User Interface
• Summary
• Chapter20.The Programmable Pipeline
• Defining the Programmable Pipeline
• Using HLSL
• Writing a Vertex Shader
• Adding Realism Using Shading
• Adding the Pixel Shader
• Summary
• Chapter21.Controlling the Level of Detail
• Simplifying a Mesh
• Using a Simplification Mesh
• Controlling the Level of Detail Using a Progressive Mesh
• Summary
• Chapter22.Using Render Targets for Effects
• Rendering a Track and Multiple Go-Karts
• Creating Render Targets and Surfaces
• Rendering a Scene to a Render Target
• Displaying the Rear-View Mirror
• Summary
• Chapter23.Understanding the High-Level Shader Language
• Understanding Limits on Older Shader Models
• Adding Specular Highlights to Kart
• Making Specular Highlights Per Pixel
• Summary
• Chapter24.Performance Considerations
• The Event Model and Managed DirectX
• Native Assembly Generation
• The Horrors of Boxing
• The Speed of Managed DirectX
• Understanding the Cost of Methods
• Summary
• PartVI.Appendix
• AppendixA.Developing a Level Creator
• Writing the Level Creator
• Index
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