Learning Game Physics with Bullet Physics and OpenGL. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chris Diskinson.
• Other Names: Dickinson, Chris
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Building a Game Application; Application components; Exploring the Bullet and FreeGLUT projects; Exploring Bullet's built-in demo applications; Starting a new project; Building the application layer; Configuring FreeGLUT; glutKeyboardFunc/glutKeyboardUpFunc; glutSpecialFunc/glutSpecialUpFunc; glutMouseFunc; glutMotionFunc/glutPassiveMotionFunc; glutReshapeFunc; glutDisplayFunc; glutIdleFunc; Initializing FreeGLUT; glutInit; glutInitDisplayMode. GlutInitWindowPosition/glutInitWindowSizeglutCreateWindow; glutSetOption; Launching FreeGLUT; Summary; Chapter 2: Rendering and User Input; Rendering the scene; Introducing double-buffering; Understanding the basics of camera; glIdentity; glFrustum; gluLookAt; glViewport; Basic rendering and lighting; Creating a simple box; Let there be light!; Normals; Creating ambient, diffuse, and specular lighting; Understanding depth testing; glLightfv; glEnable; glMaterialfv/glMateriali; glShadeModel; glDepthFunc; Coloring your box; Understanding rendering pipelines; User input and camera control. Implementing camera controlGathering user input; Summary; Chapter 3: Physics Initialization; The core bullet objects; The world object; The broad phase; The collision configuration; The collision dispatcher; The constraint solver; Creating the Bullet components; Creating our first physics object; The collision shape; The motion state; The collision object; Building a custom motion state; Creating a box; Rendering from transform data; Stepping the simulation; Summary; Chapter 4: Object Management and Debug Rendering; Handling multiple objects; Designing our objects; Rendering our objects. Storing our objectsCreating our objects; Debug rendering; Building the debug drawer; Introducing activation states; The domino effect; Summary; Chapter 5: Raycasting and Constraints; The power of raycasting; Picking rays; Destroying objects; Constraints; Understanding constraints; Picking up the objects; Building a constraint; Summary; Chapter 6: Events, Triggers, and Explosions; Building a collision event system; Explaining the persistent manifolds; Managing the collision event; Building trigger volumes; Disabling contact response; Force, torque, and impulse; Understanding the object motion. Applying forcesApplying impulses; Summary; Chapter 7: Collision Shapes; Spheres and cylinders; Convex hulls; Creating convex hulls from mesh data; Compound shapes; Summary; Chapter 8: Collision Filtering; Groups and masks; Defining linear and angular freedom; Summary; Chapter 9: Soft Body Dynamics; Soft body requirements; Initialization; Creating soft bodies; Rendering soft bodies; Summary; Index.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (126 pages)
• Subjects: 005.13; COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Games; Video games -- Design; Video games -- Design; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- General; GAMES -- Video & Electronic; Video games -- Design; Video games / Design; COMPUTERS -- Computer Simulation; COMPUTERS -- Desktop Applications -- Design & Graphics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781461949244; 1461949246; 9781783281886; 1783281871; 9781783281879
• Related ISBNs: 178328188X; 9781783281879
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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