Graphics and Game Gems Database

Game Programming Gems 3 Edited by Dante Treglia Charles River Media, 2002 ISBN 1-58450-233-9 See on Amazon

Contents Scheduling Game Events Michael Harvey, Carl Marshall Pages 5–14 An Object-Composition Game Frameworkd Scott Patterson Pages 15–25 Finding Redeeming Value in C-Style Macros Steve Rabin Pages 26–37 Platform-Independent Function-Binding Code Generator Allen Pouratian Pages 38–43 Handle-Based Smart Pointers Brian Hawkins Pages 44–48 Custom STL Allocators Pete Isensee Pages 49–58 Save Me Now! Martin Brownlow Pages 59–63 Autolists Design Pattern Ben Board Pages 64–68 Floating-Point Exception Handling Søren Hannibal Pages 69–72 Programming a Game Design-Compliant Engine Using UML Thomas Demachy Pages 73–82 Using Lex and Yacc To Parse Custom Data Files Paul Kelly Pages 83–91 Developing Games for a World Market Aaron Nicholls Pages 92–108 Real-Time Input and UI in 3D Games Greg Seegert Pages 109–116 Natural Selection: The Evolution of Pie Menus Don Hopkins Pages 117–128 Lightweight, Policy-Based Logging Brian Hawkins Pages 129–135 Journaling Services Eric Robert Pages 136–145 Real-Time Hierarchical Profiling Greg Hjelstrom, Byon Garrabrant Pages 146–152 Fast Base-2 Functions for Logarithms and Random Number Generation James McNeill Pages 157–159 Using Vector Fractions for Exact Geometry Thomas Young Pages 160–169 More Approximations to Trigonometric Functions Robin Green Pages 170–186 Quaternion Compression Mark Zarb-Adami Pages 187–191 Constrained Inverse Kinematics Jason Weber Pages 192–199 Cellular Automata for Physical Modeling Tom Forsyth Pages 200–214 Coping with Friction in Dynamic Simulations Miguel Gomez Pages 215–226 Optimized Machine Learning with GoCap Thor Alexander Pages 231–239 Area Navigation: Expanding the Path-Finding Paradigm Ben Board, Mike Ducker Pages 240–255 Function Pointer-Based, Embedded Finite-State Machines Charles Farris Pages 256–267 Terrain Analysis in an RTS—The Hidden Giant Daniel Higgins Pages 268–284 An Extensible Trigger System for AI Agents, Objects, and Quests Steve Rabin Pages 285–293 Tactical Path-Finding with A* William van der Sterren Pages 294–306 A Fast Approach to Navigation Meshes Stephen White, Christopher Christensen Pages 307–320 Choosing a Relationship Between Path-Finding and Collision Thomas Young Pages 321–332 T-Junction Elimination and Retriangulation Eric Lengyel Pages 338–343 Fast Heightfield Normal Calculation Jason Shankel Pages 344–348 Fast Patch Normals Martin Brownlow Pages 349–352 Fast and Simple Occlusion Culling Wagner Corrêa, James Klosowski, Cláudio Silva Pages 353–358 Triangle Strip Creation, Optimizations, and Rendering Carl Marshall Pages 359–366 Computing Optimized Shadow Volumes for Complex Data Sets Alex Vlachos, Drew Card Pages 367–371 Subdivision Surfaces for Character Animation William Leeson Pages 372–383 Improved Deformation of Bones Jason Weber Pages 384–393 A Framework for Realistic Character Locomotion Thomas Young Pages 394–403 A Programmable Vertex Shader Compiler Adam Lake Pages 404–412 Billboard Beams Brian Hawkins Pages 413–416 3D Tricks for Isometic Engines Greg Snook Pages 417–423 Curvature Simulation Using Normal Maps Oscar Blasco Pages 424–432 Methods for Dynamic, Photorealistic Terrain Lighting Naty Hoffman, Kenny Mitchell Pages 433–443 Cube Map Lighting Techniques Kenneth Hurley Pages 444–451 Procedural Texturing Mike Milliger Pages 452–458 Unique Textures Tom Forsyth Pages 459–466 Textures as Lookup Tables for Per-Pixel Lighting Computations Alex Vlachos, John Isidoro, Chris Oat Pages 467–476 Rendering with Handcrafted Shading Models Jan Kautz Pages 477–483 Minimizing Latency in Real-Time Strategy Games Jim Greer, Zack Booth Simpson Pages 488–495 Real-Time Strategy Network Protocol Jan Svarovsky Pages 496–505 A Flexible Simulation Architecture for Massively Multiplayer Games Thor Alexander Pages 506–519 Scaling Multiplayer Servers Justin Randall Pages 520–533 Template-Based Object Serialization Jason Beardsley Pages 534–545 Secure Sockets Pete Isensee Pages 546–556 A Network Monitoring and Simulation Tool Andrew Kirmse Pages 557–560 Creating Multiplayer Games with DirectPlay 8.1 Gabriel Rohweder Pages 561–572 Wireless Gaming Using the Java Micro Edition David Fox Pages 573–581 Audio Compression with Ogg Vorbis Jack Moffitt Pages 587–594 Creating a Compelling 3D Audio Environment Garin Heibert Pages 595–599 Obstruction Using Axis-Aligned Bounding Boxes Carlo Vogelsang Pages 600–605 Using the Biquad Resonant Filter Phil Burk Pages 606–612 Linear Predictive Coding for Voice Compression and Effects Eddie Edwards Pages 613–621 The Stochastic Synthesis of Complex Sounds Phil Burk Pages 622–629 Real-Time Modular Audio Processing for Games Frank Luchs Pages 630–638