Questions tagged [binary-space-partitioning]
Binary space partitioning is a technique used to subdivide a euclidean space into smaller, convex sets. Partitioning is achieved recursively using hyperplanes. A binary tree, called the BSP tree, is used to represent such partitioning.
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BSP Tree Troubles and Unpredictable Results
I've been trying to fix this problem myself for ages, but I really do need help. I'm creating a BSP tree for my 3D game (baked in the map files, quake style) to replace my existing naïve collision &...
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What are the consequences of a BSP tree without splitting polygons?
I am considering using a BSP to sort my static geometry (sparse vertex count) for transparency.
Usually, you would split a polygon along the plane of the current node and put one half in the front ...
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Identifying the wall of impact during BSP traversal
I'm building a 2D BSP based physics game and am having trouble implementing what might seem like an easy feature. I'm using Gamemaker as the basis for this project.
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UDK: BSP from Brush-CSG Add cannot be deleted
Once a BSP has been created using Brush-CSG add it cannot be deleted.
Del-DELETE from the keyboard yields no effect. Right click-cut yields no effect.
Is there another way?
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3D Binary Space Partitioning with solid/empty leaves
I've recently started looking into BSPs for real-time collision detection, and I'm now looking into improving the performance of my solution.
The system that I've implemented is rather similar to the ...
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Binary space partitioning with floor as an object
I have a conceptual problem. The problems comes with the floor I'm rendering and the count of objects. The idea was to reduce rendering with BSP implementation, but the problem that I hit was that the ...
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Fixing T-Junction artifacts in a BSP Editor
I'm starting a little BSP engine, and have begun implementing Brush CSG. Currently I represent my brushes as the enclosed volume of surface planes (like old idTech 3 maps), with a cache for each face ...
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libGDX 3D rendering
I'm currently working on a FPS 3D game using libGDX. I aim to have maze-like levels (like the original Doom and Duke Nukem 3D) so I'm making a level editor with a top-down view and lets you stretch ...
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Having trouble with btGeometryUtil::isPointInsidePlanes
I'm in the process of parsing a BSP file to create btConvexHullShape objects for each brush. I've seen a few examples of how to do this on Github and they all use the getVerticesFromPlaneEquations ...
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Using binary space partition to lay out scenes in game
Q: How can I randomly lay out these house scenes in the larger scene such that they don't overlap?
I'm using the Godot Engine to create a little 2D RPG kind of game. I'm laying out a village in a ...
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Lightmaps from RTCW BSP file not being rendered correctly
I'm trying to recreate a Return To Castle Wolfenstein renderer using Direct3D 11, but I can't seem to be able to render the lightmaps as they should be. I have not found much information on the ...
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Missing faces in Quake 3 BSP [closed]
I'm attempting to write a level viewer for Quake 3 levels (repo here). I've got some of the way towards it, but for every level I try to view with it I get lots of missing faces.
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Why are my brushes see-through in Hammer/CS:GO?
I'm making a map for Counter Strike: Global Offensive, but I am having this issue with a part of the map. One of my brushes is weird and see-through in game.
I have no clue what is causing it or how ...
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Binary Space Partitioning of 3d Triangle Mesh (for finding nearest points)
I'm writing a Binary Space Partitioning (BSP) tree for the purpose of optimizing finding the nearest point on the surface of a 3d triangle mesh with respect to another point. I'm currently following a ...
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How do I load BSP files in Android?
I understand that Opengl directly cannot load BSP files. How would I go about loading them into my Android game?
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About Octrees Usage
I'm studying about Octrees since I've read they're used to organize my elements in space, but I couldn't find any practical example so I'm kinda lost as to their use.
From what I could understand, I'...
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3D BSP rendering for maps made in 2d platform style
I wish to render a 3D map which is always seen from top, camera is in sky and always looking at earth. Sample of a floor layout:
I don't think I need complex structures like BSP trees to render them. ...
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Level/Map file creation and processing with OpenGL
How do levels/maps work in the game development world? Counter strike, which is a popular FPS that uses OpenGL as it's graphics library, has it's levels/maps created as *.bsp files. How do you create ...
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Legality, implementation, and viability of using the BSP map format in a procedurally generated XNA game? [closed]
First off, this is not a "which technology should I use" type of question, but rather a question about the viability (And legality, and how to implement) BSP maps into an XNA game.
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Books that discuss practical rendering techniques? [closed]
I'm looking for some books that discuss practical rendering topics like say rendering a bsp level or md2/3 mode, making a little quake like game as the goal or something to that effect. Any ...
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Scene graphs and spatial partitioning structures: What do you really need?
I've been fiddling with 2D games for awhile and I'm trying to go into 3D game development.
I thought I should get my basics right first.
From what I read scene graphs hold your game objects/entities ...
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A* and Space partitioning
I'm planning on implementing A* in my game for pathfinding, I understand the basics of how the algorithm works but I was wondering, other than finding the start and end nodes Are there any benefits to ...
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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 painter's algorithm to sort triangles and then drawing them back-to-front. This causes ...
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How can I create a lighting engine for BSP geometry in OpenGL? [duplicate]
I am trying to figure out the best way to go about creating a lighting engine for an old game format with BSP based geometry. I have all the relevant information about the light, R/G/B/brightness/...
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Need advice for 3D BSP based graphics engine [closed]
I have coded myself a OpenGL BSP viewer for an old game format. It is very similar to the Quake 3 file format. Because my interest is developing graphics engines, I want to be developing while looking ...
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Help computing visibility in old 3d game format
I am trying to compute visibility in an old 3d file format. I am using a BSP tree have finally gotten everything built and traversable.
Now I don't have any sort of PVS, potentially visible set to ...
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Engine with Terrain and Indoor Areas (BSP-like)
I'm not really a graphics programmer, but I used to toy around with Truevision3D 6.5 a few years ago. It wasn't too bad, but TV3D was just going nowhere so my foray into 3d game dev ended there.
I ...
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Half-Life 2 BSP Lightmaps
I'm writing a BSP viewer for a university project. So far I have the main geometry loaded properly, and the PVS working.
Now I'm trying to apply the lightmaps, but I can't seem to get the texture ...
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How are potentially visible sets (PVS) determined in state of the art games?
As I understand it, potentially visible sets (PVS) are used to determine 2 things;
1. which objects are inside the camera's view volume
2. which objects are not occluded (hidden) from the camera's ...
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What's the state of the art in Space Partitioning for games? [closed]
I know about BSP trees, Octrees and Portal that where used for a long time. But modern games still use this systems or they are using new things?
If it's possible with pros and cons, considering ...
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