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| bio | website | philipbuuck.com |
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| location | Chicago, IL | |
| age | 32 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 1 month |
| seen | May 13 at 19:22 | |
| stats | profile views | 23 |
I'm a Master's student at DePaul University, studying Computer Science with an emphasis in Game Development. I'm currently studying the id tech engines, starting with Doom and working my way through up to Doom 3.
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Apr 4 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Dec 5 |
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Raycasting tutorial / vector math question ahh you beat me to it! Very nice! |
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Dec 5 |
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Efficient existing rating system for multiplayer? Isn't a form of ELO used in the StarCraft 2 rating system? Actually, researching how SC2 ranks millions of players would probably be a good route to take. |
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Dec 3 |
answered | How to rotate to a target position over time |
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Nov 16 |
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Confusing Callbacks Install the June 2010 DirectX SDK, and go to the Samples/C++/Direct3D10/Tutorials/ and look at Tutorials 8-14. These are designed to teach DXUT, but they were taken out of the corresponding Direct3D11 folder for some reason. That's the best I think you can do anymore since MSDN was stripped. |
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Nov 13 |
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Confusing Callbacks he's trying to use the DXUT library and is unclear on the callback functions it needs to operate - longer explanation below |
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Nov 13 |
answered | Confusing Callbacks |
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Nov 13 |
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Alternatives to Component Based Architecture? I've seen you say things like this in your Digipen videos before Sean - excellent advice. Architectures are a means to an end, and that end is a game. |
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Sep 28 |
answered | Is there a pedagogical game engine? |
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Sep 21 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Sep 20 |
reviewed | Reviewed How do I cheaply place a watermark over what's rendered in OpenGL 3.0+? |
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Sep 19 |
accepted | Game Clock Precision |
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Sep 18 |
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Game Clock Precision ah, now I get what he's saying. The precision for numbers from 2^32 to 2^33 is the same, so we have the same precision for 2^32 seconds. thanks for the different perspective. |
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Sep 17 |
asked | Game Clock Precision |
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Aug 17 |
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Is it worthwhile investing time learning Unreal Script when UDK 4 will be replacing it with C++? there are always going to be new systems and programming languages. All that matters is that you are able to make an end product (game, engine, or whatever). |
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Aug 16 |
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Good resources for learning about game architecture? This site is down, but the page, along with the 380 page thesis that Plummer wrote, is available through archive.org. It's easy to read and very informative for a beginner! |
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Aug 15 |
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What was game development on the Apple II like? The intro to Michael Abrash's Graphics Black Book is written by John Carmack, and he talks about how easy it was to do graphics - you just did a draw command and it would automatically switch over. From what I remember from playing with it in the 80s, you could make those calls directly through BASIC. |
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Aug 14 |
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Best practices in Game architechture design Game Coding Complete gives lots of insight into industry standards in game architecture. The 4th edition is worth every dollar, especially with the experience you have. |
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Aug 10 |
answered | Design Pattern for Social Game Mission Mechanics |
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Aug 7 |
awarded | Critic |
