Panda3D 1.7 game developer's cookbook

Panda3D 1.7 game developer's cookbook / Christoph Lang.

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Main Author: Lang, Christoph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Birmingham, UK : Packt Pub., ©2011.
Series:Quick answers to common problems
Subjects:
Panda3D (Computer file)
Video games > Programming.
Video games > Design.
Computer graphics.
Three-dimensional imaging > Data processing.
Open source software.
computer graphics.
Computer games > Design
Video games > Programming
Computer graphics
Open source software
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Setting Up Panda3D and Configuring Development Tools; Introduction; Downloading and configuring NetBeans to work with Panda3D; Configuring Visual Studio 2008 to work with Panda3D; Understanding Panda3D's runtime configuration options; Setting up the game structure; Building Panda3D from source code; Chapter 2: Creating and Building Scenes; Introduction; Loading terrain; Loading and attaching sounds to objects; Creating a scene using C++; Adding an additional camera.
  • Inspecting and modifying the sceneModifying the scene graph; Moving objects based on time; Controlling actions using intervals; Making animations fit to intervals; Making objects follow a predefined path; Making the camera smoothly follow an object; Generating geometry at runtime; Loading data asynchronously; Chapter 3: Controlling the Renderer; Introduction; Changing a model's render attributes; Adding an alpha mask to a texture; Creating a splitscreen mode; Controlling the rendering order; Using multiple displays; Chapter 4: Scene Effects and Shaders; Introduction; Adding lights and shadows.
  • Using light rampsCreating particle effects; Animating textures; Adding ribbon trails to an object; Creating a flashlight effect; Making objects reflect the scene; Adding a custom shader generator; Applying a custom Cg shader; Chapter 5: Post-Processing & Screen Space Effects; Introduction; Adding built-in post-processing effects; Building custom effects; Adding a scanline and vignette effect; Adding a color grading effect; Adding a depth of field effect; Building a deferred rendering pipeline; Chapter 6: 2D Elements and User Interfaces; Introduction; Rendering text to the screen.
  • Rendering images to the 2D layerPlaying a movie file; Creating an interactive user interface; Making the user interface data-driven using XML; Chapter 7: Application Control; Introduction; Toggling window and fullscreen modes; Controlling game state; Decoupling modules using events; Handling events more elegantly; Managing recurring tasks; Chapter 8: Collision Detection and Physics; Introduction; Using the built-in collision detection system; Using the built-in physics system; Using the ODE physics engine; Using the PhysX physics engine; Integrating the Bullet physics engine.
  • Chapter 9: NetworkingIntroduction; Downloading a file from a server; Using assets hosted on a server; Sending high scores to a server; Establishing a network connection; Sending and receiving custom datagrams; Synchronizing object state between server and client; Chapter 10: Debugging and Performance; Introduction; Debugging Python code; Debugging C++ code; Using the PStats tool for finding performance bottlenecks; Improving performance by flattening scenes; Implementing performance critical code in C++; Chapter 11: Input Handling; Introduction; Handling keyboard and mouse input.

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