3D Rotation
How do you keep track of how something is rotated? I know hod to do rotation along 6 basic axis, but what I want to do is have a constant (static, doesnt change) position and re-calculate the angle...
View ArticleOpenGL max Light limit
I wish to make a game engine and I noticed that other advanced game engines(Quake III, Unreal Tournament etc.) and graphics app(3DS Max,Maya etc.) had more than 8 sources of light. I wish to know how...
View ArticleHow do i obtain a LensFlare effect?
Hello, A number of good 3d engines use this effect and it's really cool. I've been wondering how I could obtain it and how I could calculate the intensity of the flare depending on the position of the...
View Articlehow do I make a cool sphere + make normals on it
I started working on a 3d engine some time ago and after a while, after I implemented the basic objects(cubes,polygons), I wanted to make a sphere. It was all good until I started implementing the...
View ArticleVolume shadows & z-fighting
I'm implementing volume shadows in my engine, but I have this problem:when rendering, I see a lot of visual artifacts, due to the facts that the objects seems to be *covered* with shadows. (see this...
View ArticleNote for D3D and GL users...
Just wanted to point out that we have boards targetted at your APIs individually now. It would be nice if a few of you used them as well. In fact, one person has posted a question on the DX board that...
View ArticleModelling simple cars And connecting it to VB 6.0 Shape Control
Hi Fellow Coprpgrammers I have developed a simple Traffic simulation Game meant for kids in VB. Now it works very smooth and all things r good but it lacks 3d appearance. I know that a full 3d game...
View Articlefinding intersections in 3D
I need to know how to find where two triangles intersect in 3D space; if they do, I need to split them. in other words: you have triangle ABC, and triangle PQR, and they are intersecting. They are both...
View Article3D graphics - Help
I'm new to C++ graphics. Let me know how I can create 3D graphics using C++. Please give a simple sample source code.-Habeeb-
View Articlevalidation of locale encoding in unix ( urgently needed)
can any tell me the function which i can use to validate the locale encoding ie when the codeset passed is valid or notThanks
View ArticleI want to know what tools are used in animated movies.....
I m doing BS in computer science. I have great interest in graphics designing of some animated movies like Toy Story, Dinausors etc and also in scientific movies like Matrix etc. can anybody tell me...
View Article3D Rotation
I am writing my own 3D classes and stuff using nothing but 2D java graphics, so PLEASE don't tell me anything to do with any 3D libraries!!I need to know how to track the rotation of a 3D object...
View Articleperpendicular lines
I need to know how to find the line perendicular to a plane in 3D space. More specifically, I need to do this: I need find point D, where line AD is perpendiculer to plane ABC, and the distance from A...
View Articlevery basic open source 3d racing game engine..
hi thereI m looking for some very basic open source 3d racing game engine, which used to run over old 386/486 machines....also if possible please direct me to some good online resources...I did loads...
View ArticleABSTRACT 3D ROTATION (no trig)
NO THANKS to anybody out there, I have FINALLY derived a few SIMPLE equations to handle 3D abstract rotation. I had to take a quaternion class (class = object definition) that somebody made and go...
View Articlenew programming groups
I am setting up a few programming groups using yahoo groups. Members can learn from eachother and share code/programs and stuff.I did this because I want to be able to share my skills and experience...
View Articlei can't install Direct x SDK in my computer
when i'm trying to install the Directx SDK in my computer, it seems to be a problem occur. It appeared a message which is "Could not create...
View ArticleObtaining a final transformed vertex
I need to know how to get the final vertex coords (in relation to the origin) after transformations of another vertex.eg. glLoadIdentity();glTranslatef(0,0-10); // or any other...
View ArticleAbout H.264 codec
Hello Everyone; A full-new DVD Converter based on H.264 codec is deveoped recently. The DVD files will be converted to H.264 data format files. And the data size is super small (under very good render...
View Articlesorting 3D faces/polygons
I know the theory, but I do not know the math. From what I can gather, here is how you would correctly render a bunch of 3D faces/polygons perfectly (in every case):sort them in order of which is in...
View ArticleHow do you make an object glow?
I've seen in 3D Studio MAX ,Maya and many other graphical applications(including 3D games) a glow effect applied to different objects(spheres mainly). How do you actually do that,it's something already...
View ArticleWhat to use: DirectX vs OpenGl
Hi all,Sorry if I am asking the million times question, but I am new to 3D graphics and searching the net I found that there are mainly two options for creating 3D graphics (DX and OpenGl). I would...
View ArticleSetting Rotation...
Alright, I am trying to set rotation in an engine I am working with. Angles go from 0 to 65535. I will supply the X, Y, and Z coordinates for the player's location, and the X, Y, and Z coordinates of...
View ArticleVolum renderer
Hi we are working on a project where we need to use a Volum rendrer. We can not use any open source. So are there eny who knows of a good rendrer. They are now using Coin.
View ArticleJava 3D and Texturing
Hi there!!!Hoping some one out there may shed some light on this. I Have written a program in Java 3D that will take any image and create a 3d terrain representation of it. What I am trying, and...
View Article(Battle) Chess artwork
I'm working for the time being on a Battle Chess game... the old one was my favorite... ;-)I've already built up my 3D engine, written the chess code, but I don't have any expirience in 3D modeling...
View ArticleColourKey with D3DXCreateTextureFromResourceEx not working!
I have a DirectX 9 project in which I've a texture I've loaded using D3DXCreateTextureFromResourceEx like so:[code] D3DXCreateTextureFromResourceEx( pDevice, hInst, ResourceName, D3DX_DEFAULT,...
View ArticleCalculating a vector normal?
I need to figure out how to calculate a normal of a vector for a 3D calculation I am performing on some AI on my engine. I need to do this to see if any other NPCs or players are within the specified...
View ArticleShow work in progress screenshots ?
Hi guys,I think it will be a good idea to show work in progress to get an idea of what everyone is doing and where they are with their projects etc.What do you guys think of this ?
View ArticleAssignment help
Does anyone have a solution or approach for this?1) Create a 500x500 window.2) Draw a 10x10 grid (by default) that spans the window.3) Allow the user to select a point at any position in the window and...
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