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3D Game Engine Design: A Practical Approach To Realtime Computer Graphics (Morgan Kaufmann Series In Interactive 3D Technology)
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The First Edition Of 3D Game Engine Design Was An International Bestseller That Sold Over 17,000 Copies And Became An Industry Standard. In The Six Years Since That Book Was Published, Graphics Hardware Has Evolved Enormously. Hardware Can Now Be Directly Controlled Through Techniques Such As Shader Programming, Which Requires An Entirely New Thought Process Of A Programmer.In A Way That No Other Book Can Do, This New Edition Shows Step By Step How To Make A Shaderbased Graphics Engine And How To Tame This New Technology. Much New Material Has Been Added, Including More Than Twice The Coverage Of The Essential Techniques Of Scene Graph Management, As Well As New Methods For Managing Memory Usage In The New Generation Of Game Consoles And Portable Game Players. There Are Expanded Discussions Of Collision Detection, Collision Avoidance, And Physicsall Challenging Subjects For Developers. The Mathematics Coverage Is Now Focused Towards The End Of The Book To Separate It From The General Discussion.As With The First Edition, One Of The Most Valuable Features Of This Book Is The Inclusion Of Wild Magic, A Commercial Quality Game Engine In Source Code That Illustrates How To Build A Realtime Rendering System From The Lowestlevel Details All The Way To A Working Game. Wild Magic Version 4 Consists Of Over 300,000 Lines Of Code That Allows The Results Of Programming Experiments To Be Seen Immediately. This New Version Of The Engine Is Fully Shaderbased, Runs On Windows Xp, Mac Os X, And Linux, And Is Only Available With The Purchase Of The Book.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main focus of '3D Game Engine Design'? A: The book primarily focuses on teaching readers how to create a shader-based graphics engine, emphasizing real-time computer graphics techniques and the evolution of graphics hardware.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of '3D Game Engine Design: A Practical Approach to Real-Time Computer Graphics' is David Eberly.
- Q: How many pages does this book contain? A: This edition contains a total of 1040 pages.
- Q: What is the binding type of this book? A: The book is available in hardcover binding.
- Q: Is this book suitable for beginners in game development? A: While the book includes essential techniques, it is best suited for readers with some prior knowledge in game development and programming due to its advanced topics.
- Q: What additional materials are included with the book? A: The book includes access to Wild Magic, a commercial quality game engine in source code, which helps illustrate the practical application of the concepts discussed.
- Q: When was the latest edition of this book published? A: The second edition was published on November 3, 2006.
- Q: Does the book cover collision detection and physics? A: Yes, the book contains expanded discussions on collision detection, collision avoidance, and physics, which are crucial topics for game developers.
- Q: Is this book compatible with multiple operating systems? A: Yes, the Wild Magic engine provided with the book runs on Windows XP, Mac OS X, and Linux.
- Q: What makes this edition different from the first edition? A: This edition includes significantly more material, with more than double the coverage on scene graph management and new methods for managing memory usage in modern game consoles.