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... programming, then Learn C++ for Game Development lays the foundation for the C++ language and API that you’ll need to build game apps and applications. Learn C++ for Game Development will show you ... Part 5: C++ Game Programming Chapter 22: Managing Memory for Game Developers ■ ��������������������������������������������������� 225 Chapter 23: Useful Design Patterns for Game Development ... C++ game development • How to apply C++ to native game activities • How to master concurrency and the gains in performance it brings 9 781430 264576 5 4 4 9 9 ISBN 978-1-4302-6457-6 Trang 2For

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... Whereas the vertices are transformed by M, the normal is transformed by (M−1)T After the transforms, the normal remains orthogonal to the triangle.Trang 13trans-Before transforms, n is orthogonal to ... Whereas the vertices are transformed by M, the normal is transformed by (M−1)T After the transforms, the normal remains orthogonal to the triangle.Trang 33trans-Before transforms, n is orthogonal to ... triangle 〈 p,q,r〉 Whereas 〈 p,q,r〉 is transformed by M, n is transformed by (M−1)T Then, the trans-formed normal n′ remains orthogonal to the transtrans-formed triangle 〈 p′,q′,r′〉. Trang 14Given

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... the Game Programming Gurus, but in seeking him out I instead found the editors at Premier Press, who enticed me to become an author André is the SeriesEditor for Premier, a leader in the game ... 3D Modeling for Game Artists will you find such a complete treatise on 2D artwork and 3D modeling for games or interactive media Sincerely, André LaMotheSeries Editor, Premier Game Development ... remove this watermark. Trang 2and 3D Modelingfor Game Artists David Franson Trang 3The Premier Press logo and related trade dress are trademarks of Premier Press, and may notbe used without written

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... bones system to deform the mesh, andfinally outputting to a game engine of choice Lars provided some great sketches that you can use as you create the models andtextures for this game Of course, ... environment in preparation for game modeling ■ Logically plan out the modeling attributes for the RF-9 plasma gun ■ Build the RF-9 step-by-step using primitives and point-editing techniques ■ Optimize ... mode might outperform the otherdepending on your video card, so checkyour video-card manufacturer’s docu-mentation for more information.) 3 Select the Draw Objects tool, and pressand hold down

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... count and high detail, but sacrifice in smoothness. poly-TIP When you convert a NURBS object to a regular polygon, the operation is not undoable! Be sure to save your work before performing this action! ... itwould take using older modeling techniques such as shaping with primitives andpoint editing The negative side is the resulting polygon count, which, for now, can be fairly high However, with the ... finish creating a model, you have a choice: Either paint the faces with plain, boring colors (which any 3D modeling program can do using simple paint tools), or texture the model by utilizing a

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... files in the Chapter 5 Data section on the CD-ROM. Make sure you save it to this format so all information is retained! NOTEEven though it’s most efficient to have both 3D Studio Max and DeepUV ... in Figure 5.40 Seams Now is a good time to quickly explain seams.When you paint the textures on your completed texture map, the U-Vs as laid out will correspond tolocations on your 3D model In ... manually, you can determine how you’ll paintthe texture on the various pieces, as well as decide which pieces will get the mosttexturing detail (To apply more detail to a particular piece, just scale

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... copied over and over again.” Making a 256× 256-pixel wall texture for a game is fairly easy—however, a goodartist will spend time weeding out the “sore thumbs” in the image For instance, thetop ... great base texturefor them using only a handful of Photoshop’s filters Textures for humans, insects, or anything else with complex detail, however, can be a real challenge for someonelike me ... easier thancreating it from scratch A good example would be if your game called for you tocreate a texture for the side of an old train car Just get a really good snapshot ofthe car in broad daylight,

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... contain blemishes, or other items that stand out.(As you make adjustments, preview your work by making it a pattern againand again and filling a large canvas with it.) Figure 8.48 shows a before ... you can use for almost any type ofrock on any planet — just try changing the foreground and background colors fordifferent results 1 Start a new 512× 512-pixel RGB image 2 Select any foreground ... materials when building your textures For example, when making formed cement walls, engineers don’t just take a batch of plain, smooth cement and pour it into a form to make the wall block If they

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... ideal for beveling operations NOTE Why am I going into so much detail with textures? After all, most games have textures that average at best 256×256 pixels! Well, when you concept art for the ... Strokes, Spatter Spray Radius: 19 Smoothness: 33 Press Q to exit Quick Mask mode 34 Press Delete to create the choppy effect on the top layer Then press Ctrl+D to deselect it 35 Choose Filter, Noise, ... texture, start a new image, and replace only the whole stones in the image By retaining the split edge stones, you retain the ability to tile other textures with each other To accomplish this, record

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... life form or the terrain from whence it came In this chapter, you will learn how to create textures for ■ Organic entities, such as mal skins and plant leaves ani-■ Displacement mapping for use ... grate pattern for the lower portion of the wall. FL Y Trang 1222 Add an outer-glow style to the layer thatcontains the furnace’s radial gradient.(Make sure the glow color is the same asbefore — in ... example forthe door’s drop handles.) Figure 9.48 Start a pipe by first making a Polygonal Lasso selection NOTE See the section “Pipes,Wires, Rivets, and Screws” in Chapter 8 for more informa-

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... therefore try to employ techniquesthat are somewhat automated Most of the techniques I’ll be using to complete theRF-9’s texture will consist of ■ Filters, for generating base textures ■ Styles, for ... trueSpace rendering, for the insulating cable jackets onthe sides ■ Reference painting, using Deep Paint 3D to help with texture alignments ■ Airbrushing, dodging, and burning, for finalizing and ... expand the list This shouldinclude two sections, one for DeepUV and one for Deep Paint 3D 3 Make sure your RF-9 model is selected, and click the Paint Selection button in the Right Hemisphere utility

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... again in the Material Import screen, and your gre model will load in a 3D painting screen (see Figure 12.7).slo-12 your slogre model is loaded into Deep Paint 3D; you can now manipulateand paint ... plug-ins that came withthe Deep Paint 3D demo) 484 12 Skinning the Slogre Figure 12.7 The Deep Paint 3D painting interface.You can dynamically manipulate and paint the slogre here. NOTE Notice ... the underbelly of a snake.You can use some dodging and burning for the forehead to enhance thefatty bulges, and apply shadowed bevels for the neck Figure 12.2 The texture you’ll be making in this

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... detail mesh, it looks for the Detail2 dummy marker, which, to the exporter, is directly related to the 529 Adding Levels of Detail (LODs) TIPLevels of detail are not necessarily a requirement for ... the DTS Exporter Utility. Trang 11available for most popular game engines; for instance, the Half-Life exporter for3D Studio Max is called smdexp.dlo and is available free in the Half-Life SDK, ... unnecessary detail for a game engine to have to render, toyour view, of 1,300+ polygons If the game engine in question ports LODs — and most do (includingthe Torque engine) — creating them isfairly easy

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... the detail dummy markers detail2and detail64, respectively Be sure that you can view these two detail meshes inthe RealmWars.exe -show feature, using the Details button 581 Levels of Detail (LODs) ... skin envelopes, setting updummy objects for game hooks, and adding levels of detail are just the basics ofreadying your character for a game engine Most games work in such a similarmanner, and ... the case in Unreal For the Torque Engine, this dummy is attached to another dummy called Unlink ■ Detail objects, called Detail#, where #defines the level of detail Required forall models, you

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... saving your work Each file format offers different techniques of ing image information, content, and compression Your file-format options are Trang 6The default image format in Photoshop is PSD ... 7This popular format was developed by ZSOFT as a proprietary format for their PCPaintbrush program back in the good ’ol DOS days PCX has a better compressionratio than BMP while retaining the same ... makesuse of this format JPEG This is the Joint Photographic Experts Group file format, invented primarily foroptimizing file sizes for things like the World Wide Web The JPEG format is usu-ally

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... Gamasutra Web site,666 game artists See developers game consoles versus personal computers,5–6 Game Developer Magazine,667 Game Development Search Engine,667 GameDev.Net Web site,666 games Age of Empires, ... Edit: Points tool,73 PCX file format,630 PDF (Portable Document Format),650 peeling paint on metal textures, 302–305 per-pixel shading,650 personal computers versus game consoles,5–6 Perspective ... TextureCraquelure, 199, 201Grain, 210 Stained Glass, 400, 422Texturizer, 415 FOV (field of view),645 FPS (frames per second),645 frag,645 frames per second (FPS),645 Free Transform tool,106 Front command

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... discusses the various details and techniques used for animat- I " i ng and modeling a bouncing ball. The completed applet and applet code is on the Java fl- me Programming For Dummies CI)ROM - . Trchia 0 ... boolean  running = false; public void run () { while (running) { repaint(); (continued) k(jj%%  Java Game Programming For Dummies Matching Animations to Game Events with Scripts 224 Interfacing the programmer ... o f Tens Appendix: About the CD-ROM The last section in this book contains information on the programs and applets included on the Java Game Programming For Dummies CD-ROM. Ca Chapters: Fundamentals I ntroduction J Part...

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... has taught game programming on TechTV’s Call for Help and at game programming conferences such as the XGDX. He is the author of Game Programming for Teens (First Edition) and Web Design for Teens, ... easier. W elcome to the amazing world of game programming! This book will show you the ins and outs of video games and teach you to develop your own. Game programming is a huge topic, however, and ... 400,300," ;Press 'P' to Unpause Game& quot; Flip ;wait for player to unpause While Not KeyHit(PAUSEKEY) Wend EndIf End Function This function determines what keys the user pressed, if...

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... export options available, but we'll stick with the WAV format for its sim- plicity and wide availability on Windows platforms. For other platforms, Ogg Vorbis is probably the format of choice ... on Linux, and AIFF for Macintosh. Audacity Reference This section contains some useful reference details to help you use Audacity. The Main Screen Figure 19.9 shows the Audacity main screen, with ... Empty Makes the squares covered by the brush solid. Paint Material Paints the current terrain texture material with the brush. Table 18.4 Terrain Terraform Editor Functions Function Description fBm...

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