Introduction to 3D Game Engine Design Using DirectX 9 and C#

• Shows how to use DirectX from C# - the new language for the .NET platform. This makes DirectX both easier and safer to use, and makes this book unique from among every other DirectX book available. Focuses on programmers using DirectX instead of trying to teach DirectX. DirectX is becoming the premier platform for game/3D high performance graphics on Windows.

Shows how to use DirectX from C# - the new language for the .NET platform Focuses on programmers using DirectX instead of trying to teach DirectX Targets the premier platform for game/3D high performance graphics on Windows Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Auteur
Lynn Thomas Harrison is both a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), and is employed as a senior systems engineer for Diamond Visionics Company, a visualization engineering company. He lives in Binghamton, New York with his wife, Gerri, and son, Michael. Lynn has been active in the simulation and graphics industries for over 22 years.

Texte du rabat

Microsoft DirectX is an advanced suite of multimedia APIs built directly into Microsoft Windows operating systems. DirectX provides a standard development platform for Windows-based PCs by enabling software developers to access specialized hardware features without having to write hardware-specific code. DirectX was first introduced in 1995 and is the recognized standard for multimedia application development on the Windows platform. Introduction to 3D Game Engine Design Using DirectX 9 and C# will illustrate the process of creating a simple 3D game engine. During this process many facets of the DirectX 9 software will be demonstrated. The C# language is used to show the power of developing a game using a Rapid Application Development (RAD) language. During the course of the book, readers will learn to develop an off-road driving game that brings such features as management of large scenes, environmental effects, and physics into play.

Résumé
This tutorial goes through the requirements for a game engine and addresses those requirements using the applicable aspects of DirectX with C#.

Contenu
1 Overview.- 2 User Interface.- 3 Hanging Ten: A Ride Through the Rendering Pipeline.- 4 Basic 3D Objects.- 5 Complex 3D Objects.- 6 Camera: The Player's View of the World.- 7 Adding Some Atmosphere: Lighting and Fog.- 8 Artificial Intelligence: Adding the Competition.- 9 Game Audio: Let's Make Some Noise.- 10 Game Physics: Keeping It Real.- 11 Tools of the Trade.