Index_G

G

Gamagroup Web resources, 455

Game Developers Conferences, 71, 456

Geosphere project

conditional statements based on user input, 156-157

count and position vertices, 160-161

declaration of procedure, 154-155

definition and design, 152-153

determining radius and vertices, 158-159, 161

flowchart, 153

implementation, 154-162

number of edges and faces, 157-159

overview, 152

research and development, 153-154

script review, 163-170

softening edges, 162

subdividing edges, 157

triangulate faces, 158-159

Geometry

geosphere project, 152-170

grass generator project, 107-151

icosahedron project, 86-106

GIF file format, 412. See also Files

Global procedures

calling local procedure, 125

in cubic reflections map project, 237

described, 61-62

turning into local, 125

using, 66-67, 75

Global variables

described, 46-47, 64

for Maya menu modes, 351

userSetup.mel, 353, 396

using, 175-176, 81, 180

Golden Mean, 89-90

Golden Ratio, 88

Graph Editor, 184-185, 222, 223

Graphical user interface (GUI), 270. See also User Interface (UI)

Grass generator

adding default value, 122-123

area to be filled, 130-133, 139-141

bend deformers, 110-111, 116-117

cleaning transformations, 128

declaration of procedure, 114

definition and design, 107

density and distribution of grass, 125-140

detail argument, 141-145

floating point vs. integer calculations, 139

flowchart, 108, 113

global and local procedures, 125-126

harden edges, 111, 115-116

implementation, 113-146

looping, 126, 145-146

optimizing memory usage, 145-146

passing values for positioning of grass, 130

polygonal cones as blades, 109, 114-115

project overview, 107

randomizing, 113, 118-120, 128-130, 134-135

rendering speed, 145

research and development, 107-113

return values, 126-127

rotation control, 134-136

script for single blade , 123-125

script review, 146-151

style options and switch command, 120-122

using variables in place of explicit values, 117-118

Grass generator UI

adding layout, 325

attaching buttons to form layout, 331-332

creating initial window, 323-324

Density slider, 326-327

design, 322-323

float fields for grass dimensions, 327-328

Generate Grass button, 330-331, 334-335

Grass Style and Detail pull-down controls, 325-326

implementation, 323-337

labels, 329-330

option variables, 336-337

script review, 337-344

text control and user feedback, 332-334

window size , 333-334

Greater than (>) operator, 55

Greater than or equal to (>=) operator, 55

Grid layout, 277-278

Grouping

to change order of operations, 11

commands, 46, 60-61, 64

GUI. See UI (User Interface)