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3d Graphics Engine

Started by strider44 Dec 11, 2002 at 2:59 AM 3 replies 950+ views

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Dec 11, 2002 at 2:59 AM

Hi, How should I go about starting a (as small as possible, definitely for starters) 3d graphics engine? I have programmed alot, know C++ pretty well I think and have done quite a bit of openGL (made games and such - I love making addictive ones that have no end . . .) and have gone through quite a bit of WinAPI programming (although I must admit I''m not entirely confident with it - I''m learning as well though) but I wouldn''t have a clue at how to make a graphics engine. I''ve ordered 3d Game Engine Design (Eberly) - supposed to be a good maths book, maths'' no trouble for me and I''ll go right through it as soon as I get it Does anyone have any ideas other than that book, eg. tutorials or websites or such? Thanks!

Jon Alma

Dec 11, 2002 at 10:26 AM

First step is to decide what you want to do with your engine. For example I''ve been working for nearly a year on a terrain engine, which obviously has a very different structure to one that would be used to create Homeworld / X-wing games or the next version of Doom.

Even when you have the game genre decided on, there are still a lot of things to think about - using the earlier example my terrain engine is intended for strategy games and has a fixed camera (it gives a first person view from each unit). As a result I don''t have to worry so much about frame rate and the fixed camera allows me to simplify the culling and level of detail algorithms.

Hope that helps a bit and good luck,

Jon.

strider44

Dec 13, 2002 at 2:27 AM

lol I suppose I am a bit ignorant at that sort of stuff. "You can just use the same engine for every game you make!" *shrug* I think that I may try and make a FPS engine . . . I think that they are the easiest, although I''m probably mistaken.

Mulligan

Dec 14, 2002 at 2:31 PM

quote:
Original post by Anonymous Poster
Don''t wory about making the engine, i''ll make it for you.
Here it is:

.......
char rage;
cout<<"This is your 3D engine"endl;
cin>> rage;
cout<//////////////actually a 3D Engine but yourself bending. "You
//////////////mustn''t try''n bend teh spune..." And yet another
//////////////deception of your mind. MuaHAAHAHAHA!
........

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