Graphics and Game Gems Database

Game Programming Gems 2 Edited by Mark DeLoura Charles River Media, 2001 ISBN 1-58450-054-9 See on Amazon

Contents Optimization for C++ Games Andrew Kirmse Pages 5–15 Inline Functions Versus Macros Peter Dalton Pages 16–19 Programming with Abstract Interfaces Noel Llopis Pages 20–27 Exporting C++ Classes from DLLs Herbert Marselas Pages 28–32 Protect Yourself from DLL Hell and Missing OS Functions Herbert Marselas Pages 33–37 Dynamic Type Information Scott Wakeling Pages 38–45 A Property Class for Generic C++ Member Access Charles Cafrelli Pages 46–50 A Game Entity Factory François Dominic Laramée Pages 51–61 Adding Deprecation Facilities to C++ Noel Llopis Pages 62–65 A Drop-in Debug Memory Manager Peter Dalton Pages 66–73 A Built-in Game Profiling Module Jeff Evertt Pages 74–79 Linear Programming Model for Windows-based Games Javier F. Otaegui Pages 80–84 Stack Winding Bryon Hapgood Pages 85–90 Self-Modifying Code Bryon Hapgood Pages 91–99 File Management Using Resource Files Bruno Sousa Pages 100–104 Game Input Recording and Playback Bruce Dawson Pages 105–111 A Flexible Text Parsing System James Boer Pages 112–117 A Generic Tweaker Lasse Staff Jensen Pages 118–126 Genuine Random Number Generation Pete Isensee Pages 127–132 Using Bloom Filters to Improve Computational Performance Mark Fischer Pages 133–140 3ds max Skin Exporter and Animation Toolkit Marco Tombesi Pages 141–152 Using Web Cameras in Video Games Nathan d’Obrenan Pages 153–162 Floating-Point Tricks: Improving Performance with IEEE Floating Point Yossarian King Pages 167–181 Vector and Plane Tricks John Olsen Pages 182–190 Fast, Robust Intersection of 3D Line Segments Graham Rhodes Pages 191–204 Inverse Trajectory Determination Aaron Nicholls Pages 205–214 The Parallel Transport Frame Carl Dougan Pages 215–219 Smooth C2 Quaternion-based Flythrough Paths Alex Vlachos, John Isidoro Pages 220–227 Recursive Dimensional Clustering: A Fast Algorithm for Collision Detection Steve Rabin Pages 228–238 Programming Fractals Jesse Laeuchli Pages 239–246 Strategies for Optimizing AI Steve Rabin Pages 251–257 Micro-Threads for Game Object AI Bruce Dawson Pages 258–264 Managing AI with Micro-Threads Simon Carter Pages 265–272 An Architecture for RTS Command Queuing Steve Rabin Pages 273–278 A High-Performance Tile-based Line-of-Sight and Search System Matt Pritchard Pages 279–286 Influence Mapping Paul Tozour Pages 287–297 Strategic Assessment Techniques Paul Tozour Pages 298–306 Terrain Reasoning for 3D Action Games William van der Sterren Pages 307–316 Expanded Geometry for Points-of-Visibility Pathfinding Thomas Young Pages 317–323 Optimizing Points-of-Visibility Pathfinding Thomas Young Pages 324–329 Flocking with Teeth: Predators and Prey Steven Woodcock Pages 330–336 A Generic Fuzzy State Machine in C++ Eric Dysband Pages 337–341 Imploding Combinatorial Explosion in a Fuzzy System Michael Zarozinski Pages 342–350 Using a Neural Network in a Game: A Concrete Example John Manslow Pages 351–357 Comparison of VIPM Methods Tom Forsyth Pages 363–376 Simplified Terrain Using Interlocking Tiles Greg Snook Pages 377–383 Sphere Trees for Fast Visibility Culling, Ray Tracing, and Range Searching John Ratcliff Pages 384–387 Compressed Axis-Aligned Bounding Box Trees Miguel Gomez Pages 388–393 Direct Access Quadtree Lookup Matt Pritchard Pages 394–401 Approximating Fish Tank Refractions Alex Vlachos Pages 402–405 Rendering Print Resolution Screenshots Alex Vlachos, Evan Hart Pages 406–410 Applying Decals to Arbitrary Surfaces Eric Lengyel Pages 411–415 Rendering Distant Scenery with Skyboxes Jason Shankel Pages 416–420 Self-Shadowing Characters Alex Vlachos, David Gosselin, Jason Mitchell Pages 421–424 Class Super Mario 64 Third-Person Control and Animation Steve Rabin Pages 425–432 Cartoon Rendering: Real-Time Silhouette Edge Detection and Rendering Carl Marshall Pages 436–443 Cartoon Rendering Using Texture Mapping and Programmable Vertex Shaders Adam Lake Pages 444–451 Dynamic Per-Pixel Lighting Techniques Dan Ginsburg, David Gosselin Pages 452–462 Generating Procedural Clouds Using 3D Hardware Kim Pallister Pages 463–473 Texture Masking for Faster Lens Flare Chris Maughan Pages 474–480 Practical Priority Buffer Shadows Sim Dietrich Pages 481–487 Impostors: Adding Clutter Tom Forsyth Pages 488–496 Operations for Hardware-Accelerated Procedural Texture Animation Greg James Pages 497–509 Game Audio Design Patterns Scott Patterson Pages 514–520 A Technique to Instantaneously Reuse Voices in a Sample-based Synthesizer Thomas Engel Pages 521–524 Software-based DSP Effects Ian Lewis Pages 525–528 Interactive Processing Pipeline for Digital Audio Keith Weiner Pages 529–538 A Basic Music Sequencer for Games Scott Patterson Pages 539–550 An Interactive Music Sequencer for Games Scott Patterson Pages 551–558 A Low-Level Sound API Ian Lewis Pages 559–560