The process of generating an image or series of images from a model by means of computer programming.
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Clever way to do the Sonic 2 Bonus Stage effect saving memory
What would be a good way to save memory to achieve an effect like this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K89LkvL9JZ0
We're using pre-rendered 3D.
I'm asking this because this naive approach of ...
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How to compute the 2D equations of 3D circular arcs?
I'd like to obtain these equations for the ellipses produced by the perspective projections of (3-dimensionally transformed) circles.
This is useful for rendering in 2D contexts which provide curve ...
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Libgdx Animation Timing
I'm having a small issue with libgdx animation.
I'm using getKeyFrame() to get the current frame of the animation and I'm updating the state time by adding on deltaTime in my update function for the ...
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Erasing part of lines in libgdx with ImmediateModeRenderer
Hi i'm using the ImmediateModeRenderer renderer = new ImmediateModeRenderer10(); to render a line with the next block
renderer.begin(matrix, GL10.GL_LINES);
renderer.color(color.r, color.g, ...
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Mobile 3D engine renders alpha as full-object transparency
I am running a iOS project using the isgl3d framework for showing pod files.
I have a stylish car with 0.5 alpha windows, that I wish to render on a camera background, seeking some augmented reality ...
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How to manage drawing loop when changing render targets
I'm managing my game state by having a base GameScreen class with a Draw method.
I then have (basically) a stack of GameScreens that I render.
I render the bottom one first, as screens above might ...
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What is an achievable way of setting content budgets (e.g. polygon count) for level content in a 3D title?
In answering this question for swquinn, the answer raised a more pertinent question that I'd like to hear answers to. I'll post our own strategy (promise I won't accept it as the answer), but I'd like ...
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Realtime rendering using a ray tracing engine
I want to render an object that has a mesh with one million hexagonal elements(100 * 100 * 100).
Lights, shadows and textures is not important and each element has a solid color.
and finally, the ...
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3D Huge mesh rendering
I am writing a program, that as input, I have a huge (10^6 elements) 3d mesh (with hexagonal shaped elements), and I want to realtime render it, but not as real-time as a game. It just can show the ...
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OpenGL ES multiple objects not being rendered
I am doing the following to render multiple balls move around the screen but only 1 ball is seen to appear and function. I don't know why the rest (count-1) balls are not being drawn
public void ...
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When updating a mesh does glBufferSubdata belong in the update function or render function?
When updating a mesh does glBufferSubdata belong in the update function or render function? I'm trying to organize my game appropriately and knowing this would help me. This is my first game and I ...
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DirectX9 dynamic rendering
What I am planning to do is have the models (or maybe just an identifier for the model to be used) stored outside of the directX9 framework, and so in nature have completely dynamic rendering.
All ...
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SDL and software/hardware rendering. How to go about it?
I know that SDL 1.2 does software rendering (CPU) and not hardware rendering (GPU). My question is, how do I use SDL but with hardware rendering? How do I not use its rendering API (software) and ...
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Render an image with layers for shadows /reflections, object and ground in 3D Studio Max?
I have a scene with a simple object standing on the ground in the center. This object has shadows and reflections on the ground.
How can I render an image containing 3 separate layers for
The ...
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Drawing a circle in OpenGL ES Android, squiggly boundaries
I am new to OpenGL ES and facing a hard time drawing a circle on my GLSurfaceView. Here's what I have so far.
The circle class
public class MyGLBall {
private int points=40;
private float ...