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3D: First Person Movement
I've searched and searched for a solution today but haven't found one.
I have a Camera with Vector3 and also the camera has an angle.
If I use this:
hero.position.x += speedX;
hero.position.z += ...
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JBox2D - how to get vertex positions?
I've created a triangle for jbox2d...
public void createTri(){
PolygonDef shape = new PolygonDef();
shape.density = 2.0f;
shape.friction = 0.8f;
shape.restitution = 0.3f;
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Why does creating dynamic bodies in JBox2D freeze my app?
My game hangs/freezes when I create dynamic bullet objects with Box2D and I don't know why. I am making a game where the main character can shoot bullets by the user tapping on the screen. Each touch ...
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Resources for game networking in Java
I am currently working on a Java multiplayer game. The game itself (single player) already works perfectly fine and so does the chat. The only thing that is really missing is the multiplayer part. ...
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What is the best way to make UI for an Isometric game in java
What do you think is the best way to make UI for an isometric game.. I dont have much experience in UI so im not sure where to start.
I need something the mouse can interact with and that works good ...
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jMonkey Quest Database
I am building a game in jMonkey (Java) and I have so far only used default quest text. But now I need to start populating a lot of quests with text. My design requires A LOT of quests texts.
What is ...
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Changing DisplayMode seems not to update Input&Graphic Dimension
I'm writing a small game using Slick and Nifty-GUI.
At the program startup I set the DisplayMode using the following lines:
AppGameContainer app = new ...
app.setDisplayMode( 800, 600, false );
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Minimap Around Perimeter of Screen, Code Provided
What I'm essentially trying to do is what a lot of FPS's nowadays do in regards to their HUD. When an objective is off-screen, a small icon / symbol is shown on the perimeter of the screen, basically ...
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How do I load tmx files with Slick2d?
I just started using Slick2D and learned how simple it is to load in a tilemap and display it. I tried atleast a dozen different tmx files from numerous examples to see if it was the actual file that ...
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Stuck trying to decompress sections in Minecraft Anvil files (.mca)
I've been trying to write some Java code to read .mca files, based on the information at http://wiki.vg/Map_Format and http://wiki.vg/User:Sprenger120 . I am at the point where I can read in the ...
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2D RPG - Character sprite size bigger than tile size
Ok so I'm trying to make a nice little RPG game in Java & Slick2D engine, the tiles are 16x16, so the collision array is also 16x16, how ever my character sprite is 16x20
What would be the best ...
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How do I find the angle between two vectors?
I have 3 points on my screen:
a = a point which is (c.x, 0) makes a line pointing straight up
b = a user input touch, can be anywhere on the screen
c = a moving object
a
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An odd performance problem rendering a simple scene (less than 14k vertices) in OpenGL using two vbos with LWJGL
Problem
I have been having a strange degrading performance issue rendering a simple scene containing two "chunks" of 4x4x4 cubes each.
Video of problem
This is a screen capture showing my console ...
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How should I detect whether or not to enable Anti-Aliasing?
How can I detect the speed of the user's graphics card so that I can decide whether or not to enable advanced graphics features that would slow down the app on a slow card, such as anti-aliasing? I am ...
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Would it be too much overhead to keep a HashMap of variables on a server per object for the purpose of syncing object changes with the client?
I am currently writing a server for a multiplayer game. I am trying to find a good solution for synchronizing GameObjects across the server. The server sends each client a snapshot of every object in ...
