Real-Time 3D Character Animation

With Visual C++

Nik Lever

472 pages, parution le 31/01/2003

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Résumé

Learn how to create and program real-time 3D character animation using the Visual C++ source code on the free CD-ROM· Get up to speed with compression, vital for distribution of your games across the Internet· Improve your most marketable skills - see how you can import data from LightWave 3D and 3D Studio Max
Do you have some experience and a reasonable knowledge of C++ and want to write your own computer games? Have you ever looked at a PC or Playstation (R) game with characters running and leaping through an exciting landscape and wondered how it was done? If so then this book will give you all the information you need to achieve this goal, whether you are a hobby programmer, student or even a professional wanting to add that third dimension to your website.
Do you have some experience and a reasonable knowledge of C++ and want to write your own computer games? Have you ever looked at a PC or Playstation (R) game with characters running and leaping through an exciting landscape and wondered how it was done? If so then this book will give you all the information you need to achieve this goal, whether you are a hobby programmer, student or even a professional wanting to add that third dimension to your website.
Nik Lever takes you through the journey from the basics of 3D manipulation all the way to morph objects and sub-division surfaces. On the way you get Visual C++ project files to study and software that runs on the Windows desktop. The free CD-ROM gives you a full-featured development environment for 3D character animation, so even if you find some of the maths and the code hard to follow straight away you can still create your own games. The game engine (Toon3DCreator) provided free and fully functional on the CD-ROM, even has an ActiveX control that allows you to distribute your work on the Internet. All source code for Toon3D is included on the CD. You will also get an insight into the artist’s problems; learn how to keep the characters interesting while not exhausting the game engine.
Understand the complete picture and make the most of your skills to help you succeed in, or break into the computer gaming industry with this comprehensive guide to programming for real-time 3D character animation.

Contents

Introduction
3D Basics
Drawing Points and Polygons the hard way
Drawing Points and Polygons the easy way with OpenGL
OpenGL lighting
Creating low polygon characters
Texture mapping
Setting up a single mesh character
Key frame animation
Inverse kinematics
Importing geometry and animation from Lightwave 3D
Importing geometry and animation from 3DS Max
Motion capture techniques
Collision detection
Using morph objects
Using sub division surfaces
Using multi resolution meshes
The scene graph
Wed3D, compression and streaming.
Appendix A - Using Toon3D Creator
Appendix B - MFC Document view architecture
Appendix C - Further information. Free CD-ROM.

L'auteur - Nik Lever

Managing Director of Catalyst Pictures Ltd

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Focal Press
Auteur(s)	Nik Lever
Parution	31/01/2003
Nb. de pages	472
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1375g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780240516646
ISBN13	978-0-240-51664-6