Software for generating images and image sequences of 3-dimensional objects, and presenting those images on a computer screen. Used for visualization purposes, often by applications like computer games, CAD-programs and game engines. A game engine is often comprised of an audio engine, a 3D-engine, ...
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in an ios open gl es 2 game - is it better to use a few large texture atlas or many small textures
I'm working on new game, this time moving to more 3d objects and open gl es 2. Previous (successful) game was open gl es 1 and mostly 2d. For es 2 I'm developing my own 3d engine.
My 3d artist ...
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What kinds of 3D objects should a game engine have? [closed]
I know this is a pretty general question. But I've been looking for different kinds of 3D objects and their names to implement in my engine to boost its speed.
Static meshes, dynamic(?) meshes and ...
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XNA Block engine Block update problem [closed]
I'm pretty new to programming games (this is my 1st program in XNA), and I ran into a problem. I want to make a block engine, and this far I have a chunk, and I can move around it with the camera ...
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Is there any game engine using a functional programming language? [closed]
Is there any game engine using a functional programming language similar to Scheme, Common Lisp, Clojure or JavaScript?
I've tried Unity3D but their "JavaScript" is not actually JavaScript, is ...
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Using glReadBuffer/glReadPixels returns black image instead of the actual image only on Intel cards
I have this piece of code
glReadBuffer( GL_FRONT );
glReadPixels( 0, 0, width, height, GL_RGB, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, buffer );
Which works just perfectly in all the Nvidia and AMD GPUs I have tried, ...
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What's the standard location of a 3D clipping box?
The way I understand 3D rendering, polygons are transformed using several matrices, and they are then clipped if they are not inside a certain box, before projecting the box onto the screen. Before ...
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Central renderer for a given scene
When creating a central rendering system for all game objects in a given scene I am trying to work out the best way to go about passing the scene to the render system to be rendered.
If I have a ...
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Why when playing a UDK game everything is black?
I recently installed UDK3 to test it and see how it works. But when "running" a game, even one of the demos, I just see everything black.
I see the "map" and the aim. And I hear the souns when ...
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What graphic programs are used in Wind-up knight [closed]
What graphics programs does Android support? i.e. what graphics programs did Robot Invader use to create Wind-up Knight?
Any hints or clues are appreciated
Cheers
David
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Compiling HL1 in 2012?
I want to compile the Half Life 1 source code but I dont have Visual Studio 6 or 2002 or 2003. There are a few projects which have ported HL1s code to Visual Studio 2008 but they dont work.Any one ...
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Image Processing in game engines
I'm going to try and use GEGL to allow real-time texture manipulation on an open-source 3D game engine.
What are the most common and most needed operations used on images, textures in game engines?
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Why did the old 3D games have “jittery” graphics?
I've been playing MediEvil lately and it got me wondering, what causes some of the old 3D games have "flowing" graphics when moving? It's present in games like Final Fantasy VII, MediEvil, i remember ...
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As an aspiring game developer, which game engine should I learn? [closed]
I am currently a full-time student and part-time game developer. I have released six 2D games into Android and WP7 markets. I have also dabbled in 3d development with C++ and DirectX. I am decent at ...
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I need a 3d game engine that works with Perl [closed]
I like Perl, i enjoy it, but i want to try out some 3d algorithms with it, without resorting to a homebrew 3d engine based of the non-documented POGL. It will drive me crazy. So please, do you know a ...
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How can I build and run Doom 3 from source in Windows?
I am trying to build and run Doom 3 from the open source release in order to better understand how the engine works. Unfortunately I am not able to run the game from the binary I built. I just get the ...
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Strange 3D game engine camera with X,Y,Zoom instead of X,Y,Z
I'm using a 3D game engine, that uses a 4x4 matrix to modify the camera projection, in this format:
r r r x
r r r y
r r r z
- - - zoom
Strangely though, the camera does not respond to the Z ...
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How can I create a SdkTrayManager without OIS::Mouse?
An OIS::Mouse is required to create a SdkTrayManager :
(Constructor in SdkTray.h)
SdkTrayManager(const Ogre::String& name, Ogre::RenderWindow* window, OIS::Mouse* mouse, SdkTrayListener* ...
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How should I handling clipping vertices that are closer to the eye than the near clip plane?
I'm rolling my own 3D engine in Javascript and using only canvas drawing, no WebGL. This is another Minecraft clone, I love boxes, don't judge me.
So far everything works wonderfully, except for one ...
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Which things to do in AutoCAD and which in 3ds Max?
I learned 3ds Max two months ago. I am not perfect in it, but I used it to make a model of a house. I am interested in house architectures. I used to model everything in Max.
I have just started to ...
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Balancing a binary tree continuously
In my game I have a tree of objects in 3D space, to which new objects are frequently added.
Over time, the binary tree becomes unbalanced which is a big problem for efficiency as the tree can become ...
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How does a BSP tree work for Z sorting?
I'm developing a 3D engine in software, and so I must compute Z sorting manually. I'm currently using the painters algorithm to sort triangles and then drawing them back-to-front. This causes ...
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Searching for the right engine for a simple FPS [closed]
With some holiday time coming up I thought it might be interesting to look to try and make a game that's been in my mind for a while now.
I'm a professional programmer so I have experience with most ...
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which 3d graphic engine to use to target old pc's and old graphic cards
I would like to build 3d applications that are targeted at old PCs for education. Which 3d engine do you recommend to use? What technology should I use or approach? I would like to avoid Unity3d or ...
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Is there a 3D equivalent of hex tile maps?
Probably the biggest advantage of a hex-based versus square-based map tiling is that the center of each hex has the same distance to all its neighboring hexes. Is there a similar shape that tiles this ...
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What is an appropriate OpenGL(ES)-based game engine meeting these criteria?
I want to try my hands on a little shooter on the Android platform, and I'm looking for a full-featured 3D game engine. I can't afford to pay more than 400 € for a license, so expensive engines are ...
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Starting a Game Dev Incubator - Engines to Start With?
I'm currently in the process of developing a technology incubator in my region to cater to game development professionals and aspiring devs and I'm curious about what engines are best to use, with ...
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Pros & Cons on different game engines [closed]
I've been working with the XNA-Framework(only in 2D) for over a year now. Now I want to try and start a bigger 3D-project. But somehow I have difficulties to decide which engine/Framework I should ...
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2answers
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How do I extend Irrlicht's scene manager?
This is a bit of a newbie question, but if for example, I want to extend the scene manager, and add a function; do I extend my class (inherit) from CSceneManager or ISceneManager?
Because I'm trying ...
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First 3D engine. Already made or minimalistic?
I've been meaning to transition from 2D games to 3D games for some time now. I've most experience in RTS games so I will be doing that.
On one hand there's a lightweight renderer; Irrlicht. However ...
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How to make simple-graphics game [closed]
I just played minecraft and its awesome. I wanted to make game for years. I'm just not very interested in visual part and very interested in programming and making smart stuff. Mostly i make ...
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Free AAA RTS engine SDK?
I'm currently trying out the various free SDKs out there (Cryengine3, UDK, Source) however all of them are mainly designed for FPS games. I was wondering if there are other AAA 3D engine SDKs that are ...
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Can anyone recommend a 3D model viewer with shading?
I am looking for a simple real-time OpenGL based render engine to show a 3D model on screen.
I prefer using 3DS Max's 'shader' materials (real-time materials) for editing.
Do you know any good ...
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3D game engine for a beginner using C++
Decided to try myself at gamedev, which game engine should i start working with? Or how should I develop my gamedev skills?
P.S. Have C++ experience
P.S.S Already started studying OpenGL programming
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3D game on a planet
Would it be much more work to create a 3D game on a planet rather than on a flat plane? What engines would support this and what techniques would I use?
An example would be a small sphere the player ...
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How are trajectories calculated and transmitted to other players in Multi-Player?
I play alot of COD4. And can see tracers for gunfire, missles, care packages fall from helicopters etc.
There is alot of activity. I am curious to know the algorithm (at a high level) that manages ...
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How are responsabilities and program flow organized in a graphics engine?
I'm starting up on OpenGL and want to write a well structured and expandable yet relatively simple 3D graphics engine for fun and personal knowledge.
I'm looking for information concerning best ...
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Cannot run quake 3 engine compiled from source code
Recently I tried to compile and run the source code of Quake 3 engine. I basically followed this article. However it doesn't work for me.
I am using Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7, with June 2010 ...
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Which 3D rendering engine for a MotionBuilder Clone (with only character animation editing capabilities)? [closed]
I want to write a 3D App (think of a MotionBuilder clone for simplicity sake) that would be able to import a scene from common packages and apply/run my own character animation algorithms.
Normal ...
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2answers
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OpenGL ES 2.0: Perspective Projection for 2D Games
Prespective Projection has features that could be very well used even in 2D games. At least two very beneficial characteristics that come to my mind are:
Using Perspective Projection to substitute ...
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OpenGL ES 2.0: Understanding Perspective Projection Matrix
Setting the Perspective projection matrix in Open GL (including OpenGL ES 2.0) has the following general format:
glm::mat4 perspective(float fovy, float aspect, float zNear, float zFar);
Notice the ...
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Draw and update order in 3d graphics
In all of the code samples that I have looked at, the game loop looks something like this:
while(true)
{
InputAndUpdate();
Draw();
SwapBuffers();
}
However doesn't this destroy ...
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Want to develop android game
I want to develop a 3D multiplayer game for android , what is the best game engine , what is the best software to create 3d objects to import them to android ?
Thank you .
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What open-source 3d engine should I use to make a tiny 3d game (by myself)? [closed]
It can be non-open-source but must be free.
I've heard panda3d is good, what do you guys think?
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1answer
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Need an ideal opensource 3D engine for building Golf simulation game
I'm looking for a open-source 3D graphics and physics engine specialized in golf simulation.
The preferred engine would be have short learning curve, supports Windows platform and Java or C++ and ...
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Do you know any 3D engines written in Objective-C for iOS?
In the next few weeks I will start a game for iOS, most of the action will happen in 2D but a 2D engine is not enough for our idea, therefore I'm doing a small research on available 3D engines for iOS ...
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2answers
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A good beginners' game engine to run on linux [closed]
I am involved with a research that deals with 3D graphics. I am very new to 3D graphics. In my research I have to move a 3D object based on some information queried by processing a video. Viewer's ...
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What exactly causes a surface to overlap another?
I cannot really figure out what causes one surface to overlap another. In a 3D engine I'm creating, my technique is failing in edge cases.
My method is sorting the surfaces to be painted from the ...
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3answers
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Resources to help study of Quake 3 engine
Are there good resources ( manuals, tutorials, etc ) to start studying the code of the Quake 3 engine beyond the code itself?
I'm very interested in know how it's structured for educational purposes ...
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Ideas for extending tic-tac-toe game? [closed]
I'm building a 3D tic-tac-toe game and this is what I've implemented so far:
3D renderer with texture mapping
Playing against the computer
Playing online (multiplayer)
Now I'm a little lost what I ...
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4answers
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How do 3d game engines render 3d environments to 2d screen?
For 2d sprite games I can understand that sprites move on X and Y axis. However for 3d games, how do game engines calculate how to render a 3d environment on a flat 2d computer monitor?
