Microsoft XNA 4.0 Game Development Cookbook : over 35 intermediate-advanced recipes for taking your XNA development arsenal further /: over 35 intermediate-advanced recipes for taking your XNA development arsenal further. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Luke Drumm.
• Other Names: Drumm, Luke
• Contents: Microsoft XNA 4.0 Game Development Cookbook; Microsoft XNA 4.0 Game Development Cookbook; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Downloading the example code; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Applying Special Effects; Introduction; Creating shadows within the Reach profile; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... See alsoCreating shadows within the HiDef profile; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Implementing lens flare within the Reach profile; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Implementing lens flare within the HiDef profile; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; Implementing smoke within the Reach profile; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Creating explosions within the Reach profile; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... Creating explosions within the HiDef profileGetting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also ... ; 2. Building 2D and 3D Terrain; Introduction; Displaying hexagonal maps; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Displaying 2D isometric maps; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Importing and displaying 3D isometric maps; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; Generating 3D height maps; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Creating block worlds within the Reach profile. Getting readyHow to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Textures; Creating block worlds within the HiDef profile; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; 3. Procedural Modeling; Introduction; Modeling triangles; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Dynamic vertex buffers; See also; Modeling discs; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also ... ; Modeling spheres; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Modeling tori; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also. Modeling treesGetting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; 4. Creating Water and Sky; Introduction; Creating water within the HiDef profile; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Shallow water; Deep water; Building skyboxes within the Reach profile; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; Building skyboxes within the HiDef profile; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Cloud generation within the Reach profile; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Billboarding; See also.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham : Packt Pub
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 794.8/1526; COMPUTERS -- Virtual Worlds; Computer games -- Programming; Application software -- Development; Smartphones -- Programming; Windows phone (Computer file); Electrical engineering; Computer science; Engineering; GAMES -- Video & Electronic; Computer games -- Programming; Electronic books; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781849691994; 1849691991; 1849691983; 9781849691987
• Related ISBNs: 9781849691987
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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