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Interleaved formats for meshes confusion
So I have been reading up on data formatting for 3D objects so that I can render my meshes as fast as possible in openGL, I am quite new to openGL so bear with me.
The format for interleaving your ...
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Is there a 3d animation software that prioritizes working with code rather than GUI? [closed]
All of the 3D animating softwares I've faced are centered around using GUI to work: windows, menus, mouse clicks, mouse adjustments, keyboard shortcuts. As a programmer, I find that limiting. In order ...
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Catmull Rom Spline - Constant Speed
Given the equations found in the answer here:
Determine arc-length of a Catmull-Rom spline
How would one A) Apply this to a 3D Catmull-Rom Spline, and B) write A out programmatically (for the math ...
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What kind of math should I be expecting in advanced programming? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What math should all game programmers know?
And I don't mean just space shooters and such, because in non-3D environments it's obvious that not much beyond elementary ...
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Techniques for displaying vehicle damage
I wonder how I can displaying vehicle damage.
I am talking about a good way to show damage on screen. Which kind of models are common in games and what are the benefits of them? What is state of the ...
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Why is 3D game development supposed to be so hard? [closed]
This may be kind of a dumb question. I have little experience in programming and no experience in game programming. I've only done simple "if, then" programming and simple circuit board chip ...
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Good game programming/development books [closed]
Want good books for 3d design, 2d design, good development techniques, and programming.
I hear the game gem books are pretty good, but I don't want to just except a couple opinions.
I would also like ...
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How to program a cutting tool for 3D model in game
I'm looking for a resource to figure out how to program a function to cut a 3d model in game.
Example: Enemy/NPC is sliced into 2 pieces with a sword. His body is not hollow, you can see bloody ...
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Are these non-standard applications of rendering practical in games?
I've recently got into 3D and I came up with a few different "tricky" rendering techniques. Unfortunately I don't have the time to work on this myself, but I'd like to know if these are known methods ...
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3D Location Handling
I am thinking about making a simulator type game that will involve having lots of small objects in a 3D space. What is the typical solution for handling these objects? The first thing that comes to ...
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programming light sources in java
I was making a game and I wanted to program light sources but I don't know how to. every where I search it comes up with lightweight java. Can any one offer any help. Its a birds eye view mmorpg. Can ...
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Can you make a 3d game in eclipse java? [closed]
Hello can you make a 3d game like minecraft using java?
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Approximating walking physics via simpler sliding physics
I am modeling walking insects. I implement them as cuboids and use forces (including friction and drag), to control motion. However, the movement characteristics of this 'sliding box' physics don't ...
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What happens to allocated video memory when the program terminates?
Using OpenGL it is possible to load textures, buffer arrays, compiled shaders and more to the video memory. When a C++ program exits, heap memory that was allocated by it is cleaned. What happens to ...
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Making Halo and Call Of Duty? [closed]
I have never done any sort of game development in my life, the only time i have looked into it is with Cocos 2D for iPhone apps, i saw the effort involved just to get a half decent map game with one ...
