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Re: 3D Programming

At 10:49 PM -0400 9/23/02, Anson Tsai wrote:

I am starting up a new research project on making a very simple "3D Doom".
I was wondering, what book and/or references I should obtain so I can create
a (at least mostly) cross-platform 1st person simulation? I am guessing
this probably is the same as asking, what's a good OpenGL book I can get
that will tell me everything I need to know to write a simple 1st person
simulation?

As I've converted to the Mac only recently, my first reaction was to recommend "Secrets of the Windows Game Programming Gurus" (Andre LaMothe) -- however, this may not be exactly what you're looking for. It focuses on 2D game programming using Micro$oft's DirectDraw, DirectInput, and DirectSound APIs, but most of the information in the book is useful for any game developer -- discussions on AI, physics, collision detection, etc. Definitely a worthwhile read. Anyone know if there's a similar book for MacOS?

Another thing you may want to look at is the Crystal Space engine at http://crystal.sourceforge.net/. It's a sophisticated, open source 3d engine. I have no idea whether it'll compile on Darwin, but that's have the fun.

Best of luck,
Frederick Alger
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