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Game Physics Engine Development: How to Build a Robust Commercial-Grade Physics Engine for your Game de Ian Millington

Game Physics Engine Development: How to Build a Robust Commercial-Grade Physics Engine for your Game

Autor Ian Millington
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 iul 2010
The physics ENGINE is a computer program that game programmers work into your game that simulates Newtonian physics and predict effects under different conditions. In video games, the physics engine uses real-time physics to improve realism. This is the only book in its category to take readers through the process of building a complete game-ready physics engine from scratch. The Cyclone game engine featured in the book was written specifically for this book and has been utilized in iPhone application development and Adobe Flash projects. There is a good deal of master-class level information available, but almost nothing in any format that teaches the basics in a practical way. The 2e includes NEW and/or revised material on collision detection, 2D physics, casual game physics for Flash games, more references, a glossary, and end-of-chapter exercises. The companion website will include the full source code of the Cyclone physics engine, along with example applications that show the physics system in operation.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780123819765
ISBN-10: 0123819768
Pagini: 552
Ilustrații: Approx. 110 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 x 27 mm
Greutate: 1.02 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția CRC Press
Locul publicării:Boca Raton, United States

Public țintă

Professional Practice & Development

Cuprins

The structure of the book would be the same as the first edition, with various changes along the way. The TOC is as follows, a description of the changes follows.

  1. Introduction.
  2. The Mathematics of Particles
  3. The Laws of Motion
  4. The Particle Physics Engine
  5. Adding General Forces
  6. Springs and Spring-like Things
  7. Hard Constraints
  8. The Mass-Aggregate Physics Engine
  9. The Mathematics of Rotations
  10. Laws of Motion for Rigid Bodies
  11. The Rigid-Body Physics Engine
  12. Collision Detection*
  13. Generating Contacts*
  14. Collision Resolution
  15. Resting Contacts and Friction
  16. Stability and Optimization
  17. Putting it All Together
  18. Other Types of Physics*
  19. Two Dimensional Physics*
  20. Appendices*

* indicates a chapter with significant new material.

Notă biografică

Ian Millington is a partner of IPR Ventures, a consulting company developing next-generation AI technologies for entertainment, modeling, and simulation. Previously he founded Mindlathe Ltd, the largest specialist AI middleware company in computer games, working with on a huge range of game genres and technologies. He has a long background in AI, including PhD research in complexity theory and natural computing. He has published academic and professional papers and articles on topics ranging from paleontology to hypertext.

Recenzii

Praise for 1st edition:
"The first game physics book to emphasize building an actual engine...his book fills a gap by demonstrating how you actually build a physics engine." - Dave Eberly, President, Geometric Tools.
"A competent programmer with sufficient mathematical sophistication could build a physics engine just from the text and equations--even without the accompanying source code.  You can't say this about a lot of books!" - Philip J. Schneider, Industrial Light & Magic.

Descriere

Physics is really important to game programmers who need to know how to add physical realism to their games. They need to take into account the laws of physics when creating a simulation or game engine, particularly in 3D computer graphics, for the purpose of making the effects appear more real to the observer or player.The game engine needs to recognize the physical properties of objects that artists create, and combine them with realistic motion.
The physics ENGINE is a computer program that you work into your game that simulates Newtonian physics and predict effects under different conditions. In video games, the physics engine uses real-time physics to improve realism.
This is the only book in its category to take readers through the process of building a complete game-ready physics engine from scratch. The Cyclone game engine featured in the book was written specifically for this book and has been utilized in iPhone application development and Adobe Flash projects.  There is a good deal of master-class level information available, but almost nothing in any format that teaches the basics in a practical way. The second edition includes NEW and/or revised material on collision detection, 2D physics, casual game physics for Flash games, more references, a glossary, and end-of-chapter exercises. The companion website will include the full source code of the Cyclone physics engine, along with example applications that show the physics system in operation.