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See modules Control Panel command MilkShape Window menu, 397 control/player.cs module, 151–153 control/server/misc/item.cs module, 197–202 control/server/players/player.cs module, 180–18

client control modules

control/client/client.cs, 160–164control/client/interfaces/menuscreen.gui, 162control/client/interfaces/playerinterface.gui,165–168

control/client/interfaces/splashscreen.gui, 169control/client/misc/presetkeys.cs, 171–174control/client/misc/screens.cs, 169–171

client interfaces

ChatBox, 636–640, 650–652FindServer, 635–636, 648–650Host, 635, 647–648

MenuScreen, 632–634MessageBox, 640–642, 652–655SoloPlay, 634–635, 643

client modules

Canvas module, 259–261discussed, 258–259functions, list of, 269–270messages module, 266–268mission module, 261–262

client-only sounds, 560

client versus server design issues, 132–133

ClientCmdChatMessage function, 267 ClientCmdMissionStart function, 262 ClientConnection module, 250–256 clipColumnText property, 344 Clone Brush tool (Paint Shop Pro), 297–298 Close command (Audacity File menu), 546 Close method, 655

clothing, player skin example, 329–332 cloud layers, 521–523

code

byte code, 134common, 129control, 129, 139–140executable, 51

code module, finding servers, 225–229 CodeGuru Web site, 743

coins, scoring, 625–627 CollapseEscape() function, 677 collisions

collision mesh, vehicle models, 476Collision Mesh option (Torque Game Engine(DTS) Exporter dialog box), 459–460CollisionTol command, 618

vehicle models, 612–613

GUI control classes, 337–345GuiBitmapCtrl, 639, 729GuiButtonCtrl, 632GuiCanvas, 729GuiControl, 630, 730GuiEditCtrl, 730GuiFilterCtrl, 730GuiFrameSetCtrl, 730GuiInspector, 730GuiMessageVectorCtrl, 730GuiNoMouseCtrl, 639GuiPopUpMenuCtrl, 730GuiScrollCtrl, 224GuiSliderCtrl, 731GuiTerrPreviewCtrl, 731GuiTestListCtrl, 731GuiTextEditCtrl, 224GuiTreeViewCtrl, 732HTTPObject, 732InteriorInstance, 732Item, 732

Lightning, 732MessageVector, 732PhysicalZone, 732Player, 732Precipitation, 732Profile, 25SceneObject, 732ServerScreen, 642ShapeBase, 732ShapeBaseData, 734SimpleNetObject, 734Sky, 734

StaticShape, 735superclass, 129TCPObject, 735Terraformer, 735Trigger, 735TriggerData, 735WaterBlock, 735WorldEditor, 735

className property, 154, 184 Clear button (MilkShape Joints tab), 403 Clear Empty function, 537

ClearTextureHolds() function, 677 clicking, mouse operations, 591

Color command (UVMapper Edit menu), 408Color dialog box (Paint Shop Pro), 280color matching, photography, 354–355colors property, 601

Colors tab (Materials palette), 291fadeColor property, 530

columns property, 344 command interface control, 340 command property, 164, 340, 634 commands

Animation menu (MilkShape), 394Audacity tool shortcut keys, 550Camera menu (Mission Editor), 589Edit menu

Audacity tool, 547Configuration, 500Duplicate, 432Duplicate Selection, 390Hide Selection, 389, 425MilkShape 3D, 392Mission Editor, 588New UV Map, 387UVMapper, 408Effect menu (Audacity tool), 549Face menu (MilkShape), 394File menu

Audacity tool, 546Import, 387Merge, 429MilkShape 3D, 392Mission Editor, 588Preferences, 404Save As File, 507Save Model, 387UVMapper, 407grep

overview, 32

in UltraEdit-32, 39–41Help menu (UVMapper), 408Project menu (Audacity tool), 548Vertex menu (MilkShape 3D), 392View menu (Audacity tool), 547WheeledVehicleData, 618–619Window menu (MilkShape), 397World menu, 590

CommandToClient() function, 207–209, 250, 677

CommandToServer() function, 206–207, 242, 250,

678

comments, defined, 50 common code, 129 compilation errors, 82–83 Compile() function, 678 Compile Quake 1 MDL command (MilkShape Tools menu), 395

compound statements, 52 compression, lossy, 285 computation, 58 concatenation, strings, 59 conditional expressions, 71–73 Configuration command (Edit menu), 500 configuring

QuArK, 500–501UltraEdit-32, 33–35

Connect() function, 212 console library, Torque Game Engine, 24 constantAcceleration property, 601 constantThumbHeight property, 225, 343 constraints, game design, 585–586 constructs, entities, 509–510 ContactTol command, 618 ContainerBoxEmpty() function, 678 ContainerFindFirst() function, 679 ContainerFindNext() function, 679 ContainerRayCast() function, 679 containers, parent controls, 346 ContainerSearchCurrDist() function, 679 ContainerSearchCurrRadiusDist() function, 680 ContainerSearchNext() function, 680

Content Editor, Torque GUI Editor, 345–346 continue keyword, 54, 735

continuous-mesh model, character models, 417 Control class, 25

control/client/client.cs module, 160–164 control/client/interfaces/menuscreen.gui module,

162

control/client/interfaces/playerinterface.gui module, 165–168

control/client/interfaces/splashscreen.gui module, 169

control/client/misc/presetkeys.cs module,

171–174

control/client/misc/screens.cs module, 169–171 control/client.cs module, 144–148

control code, 129, 139–140

control flow, Torque Game Engine, 23 Control Inspector, Torque GUI Editor, 346 control/main.cs module, 159

control modules See modules

Control Panel command (MilkShape Window menu), 397

control/player.cs module, 151–153 control/server/misc/item.cs module, 197–202 control/server/players/player.cs module, 180–186 control/server/server.cs module, 175–180 control/server/weapons/crossbow.cs module,

190–197

control/server/weapons/weapon.cs module,

186–190

control/server.cs module, 149–151 Control Tree, Torque GUI Editor, 346 controls, GUI

discussed, 336–337GuiButtonCtrl class, 340–341GuiCheckBoxCtrl class, 341–342GUIChunkedBitmapCtrl, 337–338GUIControl class, 339

GuiScrollCtrl class, 342–343GuiTextEditCtrl class, 344–345GuiTextListCtrl class, 343–344

Convert Old MS3D Format command (MilkShape Tools menu), 395

coordinate systems

axis, 90Cartesian coordinates, 95Computer Graphics Aerobics, 90left-handed, 90

object space, 90rectangular coordinates, 95right-handed, 90

vertices, 92world space, 91XYZ-axis system, 90–93

CreateCanvas() function, 680 createPlayer function, 610 createServer() function, 143, 240

cropping images, 355–357 cross-platform software, disadvantages, 11

CS Hand Offset option (Preferences dialog box),

405

Cube brush (Torque Map Editor, QuArK), 505 current frame number box (Keyframer tool), 404 Cut command

Audacity Edit menu, 547Mission Editor Edit menu, 588

cuts, axial extrusion, 416 cycleGame function, 656 Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC), 246 Cylinder button (MilkShape Model tab), 399 cylinder shapes

character models, head modes, 418–419MilkShape 3D, 384–386

Cylinder tool (MilkShape), 485 Cylindrical Cap unwrapping method, 410, 412 Cylindrical unwrapping method, 409, 412

D

data blocks

defined, 108overview, 128–129sound, creating and programming, 550–555

data-manipulation tasks, 4 databases, support infrastructures, 22 datablock keyword, 735

datablock property, 530, 599 DbgSetParameters() function, 680 DeactivateDirectInput() function, 680 DeactivateKeyboard() function, 681 DeactivatePackage() function, 681

Death Match, 3

deaths

death animation, 444, 455–457tracking, scoring techniques, 628–629

Debian Linux distribution, 11 Debris class, 728

Debug() function, 681 Debug_debugbreak() function, 681 debugging

best practices, 86–87compilation errors, 82–83problem solving techniques, 83–86using trace() function, 141

Debug_testx86unixmutex() function, 681 Debug_testxunixmutex(), 681

decimal systems, 46 declarations, forward, 48 Decompile Genesis command (MilkShape Tools menu), 395

DecreaseFSAA() function, 682 DecreaseNPatch() function, 682 decrement operators, 62 dedicated servers, 230–232, 662 default keyword, 54, 735 defaultLineHeight property, 343 DefaultMessageCallback function, 268 Delete All command (MilkShape Edit menu), 392 Delete button (MilkShape)

Groups tab, 401Materials tab, 402

Delete command (Audacity File menu), 547 Delete Keyframe command (MilkShape Animate menu), 394

Delete Selection command (MilkShape)

Edit menu, 392World menu, 590

DeleteDataBlocks() function, 682 DeleteVariables() function, 682

Delta Force, 22, 217

DEM (Digital Elevation Model), 367 Density control (Paint Brush tool), 295 density property, 154, 184

DepthGradient property, 535 description property, 552 DestroyedLevel command, 618 DestroyServer function, 179, 240 Detag() function, 682

developers, roles of, 11–12 development, gaming industry, 1–2 dialog boxes

Add Noise (Paint Shop Pro), 286Box Mapping, 409

Color (Paint Shop Pro), 280Cylindrical, 409

Cylindrical Cap Mapping, 410Find, 36–37

New Image (Paint Shop Pro), 279Planar Mapping, 409

Preferences (MilkShape 3D), 404–406Project Setup, 35

Replace, 37Soft Focus, 314Texture Coordinate Editor, 494–495

Torque Game Engine (DTS) ExporterAnimation Settings option, 460Collision Mesh option, 459–460Other Settings option, 460

Diffuse button (MilkShape Materials tab), 402 Digital Elevation Model (DEM), 367

digital images versus film, 352–353

Dimensions command (UVMapper Help menu),

408

direct messaging

CommandToClient function, 207–209CommandToServer function, 206–207discussed, 205

online cheating, fighting against, 209

direct movement, translation, 105–106 Direct3D, advantages/disadvantages, 10 directed graphs, 103

DisabledLevel command, 618 DisableMouse() function, 683 dismounting, 615–616 display options, layers, 292 distant object textures, 278 DistortGridScale property, 535 distortion, 515, 518

DistortMag/DistortTime property, 535 distributions, Linux operating systems, 11 Divide Edge command (MilkShape Vertex menu),

393

DnetSetLogging() function, 683

do keyword, 54, 735 Doctor Dobb's Journal Web site, 744 DoExitGame() function, 657 DoJump function, 175 dollar sign ($), 54 DoPitch function, 175 DoScore method, 624 double-quoted strings, 124 double-sided surface, 94 double-slash operator (//), 50 down-stream industry, 2 DoYaw function, 175 Drag command, 618 drag property, 154, 184 dragCoefficient property, 601 Drop Camera At Player command (Mission Edi- tor Camera menu), 589

Drop Player At Camera command (Mission tor Camera menu), 589

Edi-Help feature, 45installing, 32macro commands, 43program setup, 32Project Setup dialog box, 35projects and files, setting up, 32search capabilities, 35–37UEPM (UltraEdit Project Maker), 32World Editor, 589–590

EditTSCtrl class, 728 Effect menu (Audacity tool), 545, 549 ejectionOffset property, 600 ejectionPeriodMS property, 600 ejectionVelocity property, 600 elements and arrays, 56 else keyword, 54, 735 Emaga4

navigation keys, 154properties, 154

Emaga5

key bindings, 202properties, 184

emap property, 154, 184 Emissive button (MilkShape Materials tab), 402 emitter property, 599

emitters, particles, 604 EnableMouse() function, 684 EnableWinConsole() function, 685 endGame function, 656

EndMission function, 246, 258 engine vehicle sound, 576 EngineBrake command, 618 EngineSound command, 619 EngineTorque command, 618 ENormals flag (special materials, MilkShape), 462 entities, 509–510

enumerate property, 344 Envelope tool (Audacity toolbar), 543 environment mapping, 102, 185, 461–462 environmental sound effects, 578–579 envMapIntensity property, 535 envMapOverTexture property, 535 envMapUnderTexture property, 535 Eraser tool (Paint Shop Pro), 298 Error() function, 685

errors

compilation, 82–83error function, 83

Drop Selection command (World menu), 590 DumpConsoleClasses() function, 683 DumpMemSnapshot() function, 683 DumpNetStringTable() function, 683 DumpResourceStats() function, 684 DumpTextureStats() function, 684

Dungeons & Dragons, 4

Duplicate command

Edit menu, 432File menu, 547

Duplicate Selection command (Edit menu), 390,

Edit Area check box (Mission Area Editor), 594 edit boxes, GUI, 335

Edit-Compile-Link-Run cycle, 48 Edit ID3 Tags command (Audacity Project menu),

548

Edit menu

Audacity tool, 545, 547Configuration command, 500Duplicate command, 432Duplicate Selection command, 390Hide Selection command, 389, 425MilkShape 3D, 391–392

Mission Editor, 588New UV Map command, 387UVMapper, 407–408

editors

Mission Area Editor, 593–594Mission Editor, 587–589programming features, 31Terrain Editor, 534–537, 590–592Terrain Terraform, 592

Terrain Texture Editor, 592–593text, 31

UltraEdit-32bookmark capabilities, 41configuring, 33–35discussed, 31Find in Files feature, 38grep command capabilities, 39–41

operands, 72order of evaluation, 62regular, 39

statements, 52variables, 53

extent property, 164, 338, 652 external methods, terrains, 367 extrapolation, 28

Extrude button (MilkShape Model tab), 399

F

fabric textures, 362 Face button (MilkShape Model tab), 399 face handlers, 505

Face menu (MilkShape 3D), 393–394 Face To Front command (MilkShape Face menu),

394

Fade In command (Audacity File menu), 549 Fade Out command (Audacity File menu), 549 fadeColor property, 530

fake phone shading, 100

simulator games, 6terrains, 366

field of view (FOV), 515 File menu

Audacity tool, 545–546Import command, 387Merge command, 429MilkShape 3D, 391–392Mission Editor, 588Preferences command, 404Save As File command, 507Save Model command, 387UVMapper tool, 407

File Tree View (UltraEdit-32), 33 FileBase() function, 686 FileExt() function, 686 FileName() function, 686 FileObject class, 728 FilePath() function, 686

escapeCommand property, 642, 655 Eval method, 655

evaluation

expressions, 52for loop, 65order of, 62precedence, 56

events

list of, 24simulation of objects, 24triggers

creating, 620–621, 623kill tracking, 629–630onEnterTrigger, 621onLeaveTrigger, 621onTickTrigger, 621scoring, 622–629SetImageTrigger method, 629

Everquest, 22 examples See programs; scripts

Excavate function, 537 exclamation point (!), 73 Exec() function, 566, 685 executable code, 51 Exit command

Audacity File menu, 546MilkShape File menu, 392

ExpandEscape() function, 685 ExpandFilename() function, 552, 685 exploded skyboxes, 514

Export as WAV command (Audacity File menu),

Export Terraform Bitmap command (Mission Editor File menu), 588

Export UVs command (UVMapper File menu),

407

expressions

branching, 74–75conditional, 71–73defined, 52evaluations, 52logical, 73–74

FPS (First-Person Shooter) games, 3, 662–663 frames, 339, 382

freedom of terrains, 366 Freehand Selection tool (Paint Shop Pro), 300 FreeMemoryDump() function, 687

freestanding particles, 595 Freeverb2 command (Audacity File menu), 549 freeware and shareware tools, 750–752 front view, MilkShape 3D, 382 full transformation, 97 function block, 51 function body, 51 function headers, 51 function keyword, 54, 735

functions See also methods

activateDirectInput(), 667activateKeyboard(), 667activatePackage(), 667Add Dirt, 537AddCardProfile(), 668addMaterialMapping(), 668addMessageCallback, 268AddOSCardProfile(), 669AddTaggedString(), 669AddToServerGuidList, 241Adjust Height, 537Adjust Selection, 537alGetString(), 669alListener3f(), 670AllowConnections, 670alxCreateSource(), 670alxGetChannelVolume(), 671alxGetListener3f(), 671alxGetListenerf(), 671alxGetListeneri(), 671alxGetSource3f(), 672alxGetSourcef(), 672alxGetSourcei(), 672alxListener(), 673alxListenerf(), 552alxlsPlaying(), 673alxPlay(), 552, 673alxSetChannelVolume(), 673alxSource3f(), 674

alxSourcef(), 674alxSourcei(), 675alxStop(), 675alxStopAll(), 675

files

listed files, Find in Files feature, 38open files, Find in Files feature, 38project files, Find in Files feature, 38setting up, UltraEdit-32, 32texture files, saving, 284–285

Fill tool (Paint Shop Pro), 516–517

film versus digital images, 352–353

Filter function, 537 Filter Textures option (Preferences dialog box),

405

filterflags parameter, 229 Find dialog box, 36–37 Find in Files feature, UltraEdit-32, 38 FindFirstFile() function, 647, 687 FindNextFile() function, 646, 648, 687 FindServer interface, 635–636, 648–650 First-Person Point-of-View (1st PPOV) games, 3,

flags parameter, 228mesh option (MilkShape special materials),462–463

option (MilkShape special materials), 461–462

flat shading, 99, 469 Flatten function, 537 flesh-tone RBG settings, 324 flipCode Web site, 744 flipping objects, 393 Float command (Audacity View menu), 547 FlowAngle/FlowRate property, 535 FlushTextureCache() function, 687 FlyingVehicle class, 729

fog effects, 523 folders, game root, 129–130 fonts, text, 306

footstep sounds, 560–563 for keyword, 54, 735 for loop, 65–66 forums, as support infrastructure, 22 forward declarations, 48

forward slash (/), 61 FOV (field of view), 515

DeleteVariables(), 682DescreaseNPatch(), 682DestroyServer, 179, 240Detag(), 682

DisableMouse(), 683DnetSetLogging(), 683DoExitGame(), 657DoJump, 175DoPitch, 175DoYaw, 175DumpConsole(), 683DumpMemSnapshot(), 683DumpNetStringTable(), 683DumpResourceStats(), 684DumpTextureStats(), 684Echo(), 83, 684

EchoInputState(), 684EnableMouse(), 684EnableWinConsole(), 685endGame, 656

EndMission, 246, 258error, 83

Error(), 685Excavate, 537Exec(), 685ExpandEscape(), 685ExpandFilename(), 552, 685Export(), 686

fBm Fractal, 537FileBase(), 686FileExt(), 686FileName(), 686FilePath(), 686Filter, 537FindFirstFile(), 647, 687FindNextfile(), 646, 648, 687FirstWord(), 687

Flatten, 537FlushTextureCache(), 687FreeMemoryDump(), 687Fruit program example, 67–69GameConnection(), 143GetBoxCenter(), 688GetBuildString(), 688GetCompileTimeString(), 688GetControlObject Altitude(), 688GetControlObjectSpeed(), 688GetDesktopResolution(), 689

arguments, 70Backtrace(), 675BackUp, 175Bitmap, 537Blend, 537BuildTaggedString(), 676CalcExplosionCoverage(), 676Call(), 676

calling, 70, 126Cancel(), 676CancelServerQuery(), 677Canyon Fractal, 537ChatMessage, 267ChatMessageAll, 653chatPageDown, 640Clear Empty, 537ClearTextureHolds(), 677client module functions, list of, 269–270ClientCmdChatMessage, 267

ClientCmdMissionStart, 262CollapseEscape(), 677CommandToClient, 207–209, 250CommandToClient(), 677CommandToServer(), 206–207, 242, 250, 678Compile(), 678

Connect(), 212ContainerBoxEmpty(), 678ContainerFindFirst(), 679ContainerFindNext(), 679ContainerRayCast(), 679ContainerSearchCurrDist(), 679ContainerSearchCurrRadiusDist(), 680ContainerSearchNext(), 680

CreateCanvas(), 680createPlayer, 610CreateServer(), 143, 240cycleGame, 656datablocks, 108DbgSetParameters(), 680DeactivateDirectInput(), 680DeactivateKeyboard(), 681DeactivatePackage(), 681Debug(), 681

Debug_degub_debugbreak(), 681DecreaseFSAA(), 682

DefaultMessageCallback, 268defined, 26, 66

DeleteDataBlocks(), 682

InitializeServer(), 143InputLog(), 696IsDemoRecording(), 696IsDeviceFullScreenOnly(), 697IsEventPending(), 697IsFile(), 697

IsFullScreen(), 697IsJoystickDetected(), 697IsKoreanBuild(), 698IsNameUnique, 255IsObject(), 698IsPackage(), 698IsPointInside(), 698IsWriteableFileName(), 698LaunchDedicatedServer(), 699LaunchGame(), 161

LightScene(), 265, 699LoadMission, 246, 250, 258LoadMissionStage2, 246, 250lockMouse(), 699

ltrim(), 699mAbs(), 699mAcos(), 700main(), 51makeTestTerrain(), 700mAsin(), 700

mAtan(), 700MathInit(), 701MatrixCreate(), 701MatrixCreateFromEuler(), 701MatrixMulPoint(), 701MatrixMultiply(), 702MatrixMulVector(), 702mCeil(), 702

mCos(), 702mDegToRad(), 702member, 127mFloadLength(), 703mFloor(), 703MissionStartPhase, 250mLog(), 703

MoveShape(), 109, 117mPow(), 703

mRadToDeg(), 703msg(), 704mSin(), 704mSolveCubic(), 704mSolveQuadratic(), 704

GetDisplayDeviceList(), 689GetField(), 689

GetFieldCount(), 689GetFields(), 690GetFileCount(), 690GetFileCRC(), 690getGroup, 652getHelp, 634GetJoystickAxes(), 690GetMaxFrameAllocation(), 690getMissionDisplayName, 646–647GetModPaths(), 691

GetRandom(), 691GetRandomSeed(), 691GetRealTime(), 691GetRecord(), 691GetRecordCount(), 692GetRecords(), 692GetResolution(), 692GetResolutionList(), 692GetServerCount(), 692GetSimTime(), 693GetSubStr(), 693GetTag(), 693GetTaggedString(), 693GetTerrainHeight(), 693GetVersionNumber(), 694GetVersionString(), 694GetVideoDriverInfo(), 694GetWord(), 652, 694GetWordCount(), 694GetWords(), 695GLEnableLogging(), 695GLEnableMetrics(), 695GLEnableOutline(), 695GoAhead, 175, 562–563GoLeft, 175

GoRight, 175GoToWebPage(), 695Hydraulic Erosion, 537IncreaseFSAA(), 696IncreaseNPatch(), 696InitBaseClient(), 143, 239InitBaseServer(), 143, 239InitCanvas(), 143InitContainerRadiusSearch(), 696initialControlSet(), 215

InitializeClient(), 143, 217–218, 642

PurgeResources(), 708QueryMasterServer(), 709QueryStatus(), 225Quit(), 709RedbookClose(), 710RedbookGetDeviceCount(), 710RedbookGetDeviceName(), 710RedbookGetLastError(), 710RedbookGetTrackCount(), 710RedbookGetVolume(), 711RedbookOpen(), 711RedbookPlay(), 711RedbookSetVolume(), 711RedbookStop(), 711ReferenceDistance, 564RemoveField(), 712RemoveRecord(), 712RemoveTaggedString(), 712RemoveWord(), 712ResetLighting(), 712ResetMission, 246, 258ResetServer, 241RestWords(), 713Rigid Multifractal, 537Rtrim(), 713

SaveJournal(), 713SceneLightingComplete, 265Schedule(), 115, 178–179, 713ScreenShot(), 713

Select, 537SendMacro(), 206server modules, list of, 270–272ServerMessage, 268

serverPlay3D, 560, 562Set Empty, 537Set Height, 537SetDefaultFov(), 714SetDisplayDevice(), 714SetEchoFileLoads(), 714SetField(), 714

SetFov(), 715SetFSAA(), 715SetInteriorFocusedDebug(), 715SetInteriorRenderMode(), 715setLagIcon(), 215

SetLogMode(), 715SetModPaths(), 716SetNetPort(), 716

mSolveQuartic(), 704mSqrt(), 705mTan(), 705nameTolD(), 705nCycleExec, 656nextResolution(), 705nextToken(), 706objects, 126onChatMessage, 268onConnect(), 213onConnectionAccepted(), 213onConnectionDropped(), 214onConnectionError(), 214onConnectionRequest(), 212onConnectionTimedOut(), 214onConnectRequestRejected(), 213–214onConnectRequestTimedOut(), 213onCyclePauseEnd(), 656

onDataBlockObjectReceived(), 216, 265onDataBlocksDone(), 216

onDrop(), 215OnExit(), 140onFileChunkReceived(), 216onGhostAlwaysObjectReceived(), 216onGhostAlwaysStarted(), 217OnMissionDownloadPhase, 265OnMissionEnded, 258

OnMissionLoaded, 179, 258OnServerCreated(), 178, 258, 595, 620OnServerDestroyed, 258

OnStart(), 140, 159, 231OpenAlInitDriver, 706OpenALShutdownDriver(), 706Paint Material, 537

PanoramaScreenShot(), 706parameters, 71

ParseArgs, 138, 230pathOnMissionLoadDone(), 707PermDisableMouse(), 707PlayDemo(), 707PlayJournal(), 707PortInit, 240PrevResolution(), 707problem decomposition, 66ProfilerDump(), 708ProfilerDumpToFile(), 708ProfilerEnable(), 708ProfilerMarkerEnable(), 708

Toggle3rdPPOVLook, 175ToggleFullScreen(), 723ToggleInputState(), 724ToggleMessageBox, 637ToggleNPatch(), 724Trace(), 141, 724Trim(), 724Turbulence, 537UpdateLightingProgress, 266Usage(), 138

utility functions, Torque Game Engine, 25ValidateMemory(), 724

VectorAdd(), 725VectorCross(), 725VectorDist(), 725VectorDot(), 725VectorLen(), 725VectorNormalize(), 726VectorOrthoBasis(), 726VectorScale(), 726VectorSub(), 726VideoSetGammaCorrection(), 260, 726Warn(), 83, 727

WeaponImage, 570without parameters, 70without return values, 70–71

game engines

block diagram, 16overview, 16–17

Game module, server-side, 256–258 game root folders, 129–130 GameBase class, 729 GameConnection class, 729 GameConnection() function, 143 GameConnection object, 211–212

initialControlSet() function, 215onConnect() function, 213onConnectionAccepted() function, 213onConnectionDropped() function, 214onConnectionError() function, 214onConnectionRequest() function, 212

SetNPatch(), 716SetOpenGLAnisotropy(), 716SetOpenGLInteriorMipReduction(), 716SetOpenGLMipReduction(), 717SetOpenGLSkyMipReduction, 717SetOpenGLTextureCompressionHint(), 717SetRandomSeed(), 717

SetRecord(), 717SetResolution(), 718SetScreenMode(), 718SetServerInfo, 718SetShadowDetailLevel(), 718SetVerticalSync(), 718SetWord(), 719SetZoomSpeed(), 719ShapeBaseImageData, 570ShowMenuScreen(), 161Sinus, 537

Smooth, 537Smooth Ridges, 537Smooth Water, 537Smoothing, 537SpamAlert, 242StartGame, 178StartHeartbeat(), 719StartRecording(), 719StopHeartbeat(), 719StopRecording(), 720StopServerQuery(), 720Strchr, 720

Strcmp(), 720–721StripChars(), 721StripMLControlChars(), 721StripTrailingSpaces(), 721Strlen(), 721

Strlwr(), 722Strpos(), 722Strreplace, 722Strstr(), 722StrToPlayerName(), 723Strupr(), 723

SwitchBitDepth(), 723TellAll(), 207

TelnetSetParameters(), 723Terrain File, 537

TestShape(), 109that return values, 71Thermal Erosion, 537

Tribes 2, 17 Unreal II, 17 World War II Online, 22

gaps in map box mapping option, 411 gaps in map cylindrical cap mapping option, 412 gaps in map cylindrical mapping option, 412 gaps in map planar mapping option, 411 gaps in map spherical mapping option, 413 GarageGames Web site, 27, 742

genres

action games, 3adventure games, 3–4retail games, 2RTS (Real-Time Strategy), 7simulator games

overview, 6strategic simulations, 8sports games, 7

strategy games, 7–8

geometric center of objects, 90 GeoSphere button (MilkShape Model tab), 399 GetBoxCenter() function, 688

GetBuildString() function, 688 GetCompileTimeString() function, 688 GetControlObjectAltitude() function, 688 GetControlObjectSpeed() function, 688 GetDesktopResolution() function, 689 GetDisplayDeviceList() function, 689 GetField() function, 689

GetFieldCount() function, 689 GetFields() function, 690 GetFileCount() function, 690 GetFileCRC() function, 690 getGroup function, 652 getHelp function, 634 GetJoystickAxes() function, 690 GetMaxFrameAllocation() function, 690 getMissionDisplayName function, 646–647 GetModPaths() function, 691

GetRandom() function, 691 GetRandomSeed() function, 691 GetRealTime() function, 691 GetRecord() function, 691 GetRecordCount() function, 692 GetRecords() function, 692 GetResolution() function, 692 GetResolutionList() function, 692 GetServerCount() function, 692

onConnectionTimedOut() function, 214onConnectRequestRejected() function, 213–214onConnectRequestTimedOut() function, 213onDataBlockObjectReceived() function, 216onDataBlocksDone() function, 216onDrop() function, 215

onFileChunkReceived() function, 216onGhostAlwaysObjectReceived() function, 216onGhostAlwaysStarted() function, 217setLagIcon() function, 215

GameDev.net Web site, 744 Gamer's Technical Resources Web site, 745 games

1st PPOV (First-Person Point-of-View), 33rd PPOV (Third-Person Point-of-View), 3

Attach & Defend, 3 Blackhawk Down, 22 Capture the Flag, 3 Center World, 6 Chain Reaction, 6 Death Match, 3 Delta Force, 22, 217 Dungeons & Dragons, 4 Everquest, 22

Falcon 4, 6

FPS (First-Person Shooter), 3, 662–663genres

action games, 3adventure games, 3–4retail games, 2RTS (Real-Time Strategy), 7simulator games, 6sports games, 7strategy games, 7–8

Half-Life 2, 17 The Incredible Machine series, 6 King-of-the-Hill, 3

MarbleBlast, 5 Maximum Football, 7

mazes, 5–6

Myrmidon, 5

platforms, 8–11puzzles, 5–6

Quake 3, 17

RPGs (role playing games), 4–5

SimCity series, 8 ThinkTanks, 3

gravityCoefficient property, 601 grep command

GuiScrollCtrl class, 342–343GuiTextCtrl class, 339–340GuiTextEditCtrl class, 344–345GuiTextListCtrl class, 343–344discussed, 335

overview, 19Torque GUI EditorContent Editor, 345–346Control Inspector, 347Control Tree, 346creating interfaces using, 348–349keyboard commands, 348launching, 345

Tool Bar, 347

GuiBitmapCtrl class, 639, 729 GuiButtonCtrl class, 340–341, 632 GuiCanvas class, 729

GuiCheckBoxCtrl class, 341–342 GUIChunkedBitmapCtrl class, 337–338 GuiContentProfile property, 163 GuiControl class, 639, 730 GuiDefaultProfile method, 578–579 GuiEditCtrl class, 730

GuiFilterCtrl class, 730 GuiFrameSetCtrl class, 730 GuiInspector class, 730 GuiMessageVectorCtrl class, 730 GuiNoMouseCtrl class, 639 GuiPopUpMenuCtrl class, 730 GuiScrollCtrl class, 224, 342–343 GuiSliderCtrl class, 731

GetSimTime() function, 693 GetSubStr() function, 693 GetTag() function, 693 GetTaggedString() function, 693 GetTerrainHeight() function, 693 getTransform() method, 109, 562 GetVersionNumber() function, 694 GetVersionString() function, 694 GetVideoDriverInfo() function, 694 GetWord() function, 652, 694 GetWordCount() function, 694 GetWords() function, 695 glass textures, 278 GLEnableLogging() function, 695 GLEnableMetrics() function, 695 GLEnableOutline() function, 695 global scope, 54

Gnometech Web site, 742 GNU General Public License, 754 GoAhead function, 175, 562–563 GoLeft function, 175

GoRight function, 175 GoToWebPage() function, 695 gouraud shading, 99–100 Graphical User Interface (GUI)

controlsdiscussed, 336–337GuiButtonCtrl class, 340–341GuiCheckBoxCtrl class, 341–342GUIChunkedBitmapCtrl, 337–338GUIControl class, 339

GuiScrollCtrl class, 342–343GuiTextCtrl class, 339–340GuiTextEditCtrl class, 344–345GuiTextListCtrl class, 343–344discussed, 335

overview, 19Torque GUI EditorContent Editor, 345–346Control Inspector, 347Control Tree, 346creating interfaces using, 348–349keyboard commands, 348launching, 345

Tool Bar, 347

graphs

directed, 103scene, 103–104

hexadecimal systems, 46 hidden lines, 94 hidden surfaces, 94 Hide button (MilkShape Groups tab), 401 Hide Selection command

Edit menu, 389, 392, 425World menu, 590

high-constrasting shading, 351 high-level languages, 47 highlight maps, 100 highlighting, syntax highlighting, 31 holes, bump mapping, 101

home game consoles, 8 horizSizing property, 164 Host interface, 635, 647–648 hosted servers, 661–662 hot keys, UVMapper tool, 410 Hot keys command (UVMapper Help menu), 408 house structures, 508–511

hScrollBar property, 225, 343 HTTPObject class, 732 HUD (Heads Up Display), 19, 168 hybrids, character models, 417 Hydraulic Erosion function, 537

I

identifier token, 737 identifiers, variables, 54 iDevGames Web site, 745, 749 idle animation, skeletal animation, 451–452 idle engine sound, 576

if-else statements, 76–79

if keyword, 54, 735

if statement

nested if statements, 79–80overview, 75–76

Illum flag (special materials, MilkShape), 462 image editing tools, 751

images

bitmap versus vector, 288–289

creating masks from, 302–303cropping, 355–357

digital versus film, 352–353

rotating, 304–305scaling, 303–304sizes, changing, 305tiling, 359–360

GuiTerrPreviewCtrl class, 731 GuiTextCtrl class, 339–340 GuiTextEditCtrl class, 224, 344–345 GuiTextListCtrl class, 731

GuiTreeViewCtrl class, 732 gun creation

model building, 490–494skins, 494–495

sound effects, 565–572testing, 495–496

gunshot sound-effect wave form, 21

hands, player skin example, 329 HardImpactSound command, 619 hardImpactSound property, 576 HardImpactSpeed command, 618 Hardness control (Paint Brush tool), 295 head animation

character modeling, 418–423head and neck, player skin example, 322–326head animation sequence, torque-supported,444

head to torso model, character modeling,429–430

skeletal animation, 447–448, 454–455

header blocks, 50 Heads Up Display (HUD), 19, 168 headside animation sequence, torque-supported,

444

Health Kit model, 479–481 height-maps, terrains, 367–368 height property, 164

Hello World program example, 49–51 help

Help feature, UltraEdit-32, 45Help menu (UVMapper), 407, 409Usage() function, 138

Hense, Michael (Center World), 6

hero rigging, skeletal animation, 451

instance of objects, 125 instantiation, 125 Integration command, 618 interface module, finding servers, 218–223 interface sound, 578–579

interfaces

ChatBox, 636–640, 650–652creating, using Torque GUI Editor, 348–349FindServer, 635–636, 648–650

Host, 635, 647–648MenuScreen, 632–634MessageBox, 640–642, 652–655SoloPlay, 634–635, 643

interior library, Torque Game Engine, 27 interior structures, 499

InteriorInstance class, 732 InteriorInstance object, 125 internal methods, terrains, 368 International Game Developers Center Web site,

745

interpolation, 28 Invert command (Audacity File menu), 549 irregular textures, 360

IsDemoRecording() function, 696 IsDeviceFullScreenOnly() function, 697 IsEventPending() function, 697 IsFile() function, 697

IsFullScreen() function, 697 IsJoystickDetected() function, 697 IsKoreanBuild() function, 698 isLooping property, 551 IsNameUnique function, 255 IsObject() function, 698 IsPackage() function, 698 IsPointInside() function, 698 IsWriteableFileName() function, 698 Item class, 732

iteration, loops, 65 iterators and loops, 56

J

JetEnergyDrain command, 619 JetForce command, 619 JetSound command, 619 joint animation, bone movement during, 445 Joint button (MilkShape Model tab), 400 Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG),

index of arrays, 56 infinite loops, 65 inheritedVelFactor property, 601 InitBaseClient() function, 143, 239 InitBaseServer() function, 143, 239 InitCanvas() function, 143 InitContainerRadiusSearch() function, 696 initialControlSet() function, 215

initialization

control code, 139–140for loop, 65

overview, 58program example, 141–143script for, 235–240

InitializeClient() function, 143, 217–218, 642 InitializeServer() function, 143

input model, Torque Game Engine, 24 InputLog() function, 696

insert credit Web site, 745 Insert Silence command (Audacity File menu),

547

installing

Audacity tool, 540MilkShape 3D, 381–382Paint Shop Pro, 279QuArK, 500Torque, 29UltraEdit-32, 32