Game Programming Gems 2

Date de publication : 18/07/2006 , Date de mise à jour : 27/09/2006

Par Matthieu Brucher (http://matthieu-brucher.developpez.com/) (Blog)
 

I. Description

II. Table des matières

• Section 1 - General Programming
  • 1.1 Optimizations for C++ games
  • 1.2 Inline Functions Versus Macros
  • 1.3 Programming with Abstract Interfaces
  • 1.4 Exporting C++ Classes from DLLs
  • 1.5 Protect yourself from DLL Hell and Missing OS Functions
  • 1.6 Dynamic Type Information
  • 1.7 A Property Class for Generic C++ Member Access
  • 1.8 A Game Entity Factory
  • 1.9 Adding Deprecation Facilities to C++
  • 1.10 A Drop-in Debug Memory Manager
  • 1.11 A Built-in Game Profiling Module
  • 1.12 Linear Programming Model for Windows-based Games
  • 1.13 Stack Winding
  • 1.14 Self-Modifying Code
  • 1.15 File Management using Resource Files
  • 1.16 Game Input Recording and Playback
  • 1.17 A Flexible Text Parsing System
  • 1.18 A Generic Tweaker
  • 1.19 Genuine Random Number Generation
  • 1.20 Using Bloom Filters to Improve Computational Performance
  • 1.21 3ds Max Skin exporter and animation toolkit
  • 1.22 Using Web Cameras in Video Games
• Section 2 - Mathematics
  • 2.1 Floating-Point Tricks: Improving Performance with IEEE Floating Point
  • 2.2 Vector and Plane Tricks
  • 2.3 Fast, Robust Intersection of 3D Line Segments
  • 2.4 Inverse Trajectory Determination
  • 2.5 The Parallel Transport Frame
  • 2.6 Smooth C2 Quaternion-based Flythrough Paths
  • 2.7 Recursive Dimensional Clustering: A Fast Algorithm for Collision Detection
  • 2.8 Programming Fractals
• Section 3 - Artificial Intelligence
  • 3.1 Strategies for Optimizing AI
  • 3.2 Micro-Threads for Game Object AI
  • 3.3 Managing AI with Micro-Threads
  • 3.4 An Architecture for RTS Command Queuing
  • 3.5 A High-Performance Tile-based Line-of-Sight and Search System
  • 3.6 Influence Mapping
  • 3.7 Strategic Assessment Techniques
  • 3.8 Terrain Reasoning for 3D Action Games
  • 3.9 Expanded Geometry for Points-of-Visibility Pathfinding
  • 3.10 Optimizing Points-of-Visibility Pathfinding
  • 3.11 Flocking with Teeth: Predators and Prey
  • 3.12 A Generic Fuzzy State Machine in C++
  • 3.13 Imploding Combinatorial Explosion in a Fuzzy System
  • 3.14 Using a neural network in a game: A concrete example
• Section 4 - Geometry Management
  • 4.1 Comparison of VIPM Methods
  • 4.2 Simplified Terrain Using Interlocking Tiles
  • 4.3 Sphere Trees for Fast Visibility Culling, Ray Tracing, and Range Searching
  • 4.4 Compressed Axis-Aligned Bounding Box Trees
  • 4.5 Direct Access Quadtree Lookup
  • 4.6 Approximating Fish Tank Refractions
  • 4.7 Rendering Print Resolution Screenshots
  • 4.8 Applying Decals to Arbitrary Surfaces
  • 4.9 Rendering Distant Scenery with Skyboxes
  • 4.10 Self-Shadowing Characters
  • 4.11 Classic Super Mario 64 Third-Person Control and Animation
• Section 5 - Graphics Display
  • 5.1 Cartoon Rendering: Real-time Silhouette Edge Detection and Rendering
  • 5.2 Cartoon Rendering Using Texture Mapping and Programmable Vertex Shaders
  • 5.3 Dynamic Per-Pixel Lighting Techniques
  • 5.4 Generating Procedural Clouds Using 3D Hardware
  • 5.5 Texture Masking for Faster Lens Flare
  • 5.6 Practical Priority Buffer Shadows
  • 5.7 Impostors: Adding Clutter
  • 5.8 Operations for Hardware-Accelerated Procedural Texture Animation
• Section 6 - Audio Programming
  • 6.1 Game Audio Design Patterns
  • 6.2 A Technique to Instantaneously Reuse Voices in a Sampler-based Synthesizer
  • 6.3 Software-based DSP Effects
  • 6.4 Interactive Processing Pipeline for Digital Audio
  • 6.5 A Basic Music Sequencer for Games
  • 6.6 An Interactive Music Sequencer for Games
  • 6.7 A Low-Level Sound API

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