R

race conditions, 199

racing games, current development of Java, 9–10

RAM (random access memory), optimizing, 184

random-number generators, 233

ray tracing, 364–365

rays and vectors, 366

ray/segment-to-triangle test (fig.), 491

ray-to-AABB collision (fig.), 487

RDBMSs (relational database management systems), 272–273

read method, 71, 294, 346

read requests, flow of data upon (fig.), 116

readExternal method, 129

readObject method, 128, 131

real-time

lighting and shading, 3D graphics, 364

current development of Java, 14

real-time simulation games, 10–11

and scripting languages, 300–301

3D graphics, 354–355

3D (RT3D), 354

Rectangle2D class, 46

redundancy and optimizations, 181

reference functions, 322–325

referential integrity and game databases, 278

reflection at runtime, 156

refresh rate

and rendering loop, 66

2D games, 55

refreshing monitor, vertical sync (VSYNC), 29–30

relational database management systems. See RDBMSs

render loops, 63–67

render( ) method, 68

Renderer class, 437

rendering

audio, 89

described, 28

to display, 63–70

pipeline, 434–435

retained-mode, 430

setIgnoreRepaint method, 61

sound-rendering contexts, 110–111

states in scene graphs, 446

text, 413–415

3D render engine. See 3D render engine

2D to 3D, 354

rendering loop, 68–70

RenderShapes class, 432–433

resolution, screen

compensating for different, 412–413

games and, 55–56

resources

Java Games Community Web pages, 236

java.nio package, 206

JDBC information, 278

JOGL forums, mailing lists, 390

MySQL, 284

OpenGL, 389

retained-mode

rendering described, 430

structures (fig.), 431

role-playing games (RPGs), development of Java, 8–9

rotating 3D graphics, 362

rotX method, 261

routers and hops, 201

RT3D vehicle simulators, 357

Run method, 68, 219

runtime

code execution and scripting languages, 303

compressing and decompressing data at, 182

efficient JDBC access, 290–292

inheritance and performance, 262

Java class representation, 153–157

Java scripts code execution, 312

VM execution optimizations, 162–167