Index

G

game engine project

AI, 233

implementing system, 237

inference engines, 235

atmosphere

lighting and fog, 213

audio, 281

music, 281

three dimensional sound, 288

camera

attaching to objects, 205

creating, 202

culling with, 206

defining in 3D rendering, 80

positioning, 203

development environment, 383

introduction

action review, player scoring, 14

design, 4

CD3DApplication base class, 15

developer splash screen, 11

DirectX 9, 4

engine methods, 11, 12

game loop, 13

game splash screen, 12

interfaces, 8–9

presenting the options, 13

process flow, 11

physics, 303

dynamics of flexible systems, 362

vehicle dynamics, 303

rendering pipeline, 79

back face culling, 102

checking visibility and performing culling, 86

converting model coordinates to view frame, 98

implementing objects, 81

moving cameras and objects, 80

primitive types used for rendering, 104

rendering to screen, 111

selecting level of detail, 97

setting up vertex buffer, 104

shading, texture and fog, 106

traditional fixed-function pipeline, 79

vertex and pixel shader pipeline, 79

3D objects

basic, 113

complex, 167

tools, 383

user interface

developing the console, 53

drawing option screens, 42

drawing splash screens, 38

input methods, 29

putting it all together, 70

unifying, 34

game engines, overview, 1

first-person shooter game engines, 1

real-time strategy game engines, 2

vehicle simulation game engines, 3

game splash screen, 12

GameCommand class

constuctor, 55

Execute method, 55, 65

GameEngine class

attributes, 70

calling Update method,

ParticleGenerator class, 160

fog properties, 230

methods

AddObject method, 191

DoOptions method, 73

GetObject method, 192

GetPlayerInputs method, 73

Initialize method, 71

OneTimeSceneInit method, 73

SetOptionScreen method, 71

ShowSplash method, 71

GameInput class

methods, 35

Poll method, 73

user interface, 34

GameLights class

constructor, 221

example, 229

implementing, 217

inheritance, 218

methods

AddDirectionalLight method, 222

AddPointLight method, 223

AddSpotLight method, 223

CheckCulling method, 227

CompareTo method, 221

DeactivateLights method, 224

GetLight method, 221

InitializeLights method, 224

SetupLights method, 225, 227

Update method, 228

properties

Ambient property, 229

Enabled property, 219

Type property, 219

using, 229

GameMath class

ComputeFaceNormal method, 124

gear attribute, GearState enumeration, 332

Gear property, CarDynamics class, 333

GearState enumeration, 329, 332

attributes, 332

states, 347

Geometry class

ComputeBoundingSphere method, 174

Get method, CarDynamics class, 335

GetAction method, Thinker class, 259, 263

GetActionName method, Thinker class, 263

GetByIndex method, Thinker class, 263

GetCorner method, Model class, 182

GetDestRect method, ImageButton class, 46

GetDistance method, Camera class, 208, 276

GetFact method, Thinker class, 247, 266

GetKey method, Thinker class, 263

GetLight method, GameLights class, 221

GetObject method, GameEngine class, 192

GetPitch method, CarDynamics class, 355

GetPlayerInputs method, GameEngine class, 73

GetRoll method, CarDynamics class, 355

GetSlope method

ITerrainInfo interface, 10

Terrain class, 136, 359

GetSrcRect method, ImageButton class, 46

GetState method, Thinker class, 259, 265

GetTexture method, ImageButton class, 46

Gouraud shading, 106

GraphicsStream class

accessing vertex information for mesh, 168

holds adjacency information, 172

GraphicsUtility class

CreateTexture method, 116, 133

ground_height attribute, Wheel class, 321

ground_slope attribute, CarDynamics class, 330

Guid3DalgorithmHrtfLight algorithm, SoundEffect class, 295