Refers to games or art assets built in a three-dimensional space, where all positions have X, Y and Z coordinates.
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3D Box Collision Data Import
I'm trying to implement a collision system using oriented bounding boxes, using a center for the box, it's extents as a 3D Vector and a rotation matrix, which is all stuff I picked up online and seem ...
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How to make Pokémon White 3D effect?
I just wondered how to create a 3D effect similar to Pokemon White/Black? It seems to be not polygon based, but created just with sprites. If the perspective changes the sprites stay sharp and don't ...
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Are VM-based languages becoming viable for Graphics since the move to GPU computing? [on hold]
Perhaps the title is not the most clear, so let me elaborate it more: I am talking about VM-based languages, by that I mean languages that run on the JVM (java) and for example C#. Also I am talking ...
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First Person Camera strafing at angle
I have a simple camera class working in directx 11 allowing moving forward and rotating left and right. I'm trying to implement strafing into it but having some problems.
The strafing works when ...
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Having trouble's understanding NIF model file format?
I'm attempting to develop a 3rd party application to make it easy to import 3d model parts into my mod for Skyrim. The plan was to have a file viewer and preview window of the .nif model but since I ...
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JavaScript 3D space ship rotation
I am working with a fairly low-level JavaScript 3D API (not Three.js) which uses euler angles for rotation. In most cases, euler angles work quite well for doing things like aligning buildings, ...
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Automatically zoom out the camera to show all players
I am building a game in XNA that takes place in a rectangular arena. The game is multiplayer and each player may go where they like within the arena. The camera is a perspective camera that looks ...
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Triangle Clipping
I want to determine which part of a triangle is visible in a frustum in OpenGL, is there a way to get visible coordinates of triangle in the viewing frustum?
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Why is there high performance hit with many meshes?
I am currently reading upon Geometry Instancing, as I want to render a lot of animatable objects on the screen.
However I have come to a more fundamental question first: Why do I even need to use it?
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OGRE 3D: How to create very basic gameworld
I'm considering trying around to create an FPS (First person shooter), using the Ogre 3D engine.
I have done the Basic Tutorials (except CEGUI), and have read through the Intermediate Tutorial, I ...
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How do I choose the scaling factor of a 3D game world?
I am making a 3D tank game prototype with some physics simulation, am using C++. One of the decisions I need to make is the scale of the game world in relation to reality. For example, I could ...
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Correct rotation with Quaternion
I have some problems with a rotating marble.
I've tried it with Matrix.CreateFromYawPitchRoll and Matrix.CreateRotation but there were some problems, I think it's due to the Gimbal lock effect.
So, ...
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General visual effects to meshes/entities
I am trying to add some visual effects to some entities, meshes, or whatever you want to call them as they are looking pretty dull in my game right now.
What I want to achieve is this: ...
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Generate complex (non-convex) polyhedron UV mapping
I need to find an approach to the problem of generating texture maps for non-convex polyhedrons without using a design tool like Maya. Specifically, I am mapping simulation results data onto a 3D ...
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How to move on a mesh?
I am working on my collision system right now and I wondered how you can actually walk on a mesh. For example I'm thinking about a dynamically created little village and I want to be able to move the ...
