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Tracy Sean |
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CryENGINE 3 game development [[electronic resource] ] : eginner's guide / / Sean Tracy, Paul Reindell |
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Birmingham, : Packt Publishing, 2012 |
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1-283-63742-1 |
1-84969-206-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Computer games - Programming |
Electronic games - Design |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introducing the CryENGINE 3 Free SDK; What is the CryENGINE?; Applying your vision; Far Cry by Crytek - first-person shooter; Aion by NCsoft - massively online role-playing game; Crysis by Crytek - first-person shooter; Crysis Warhead by Crytek - first-person shooter; Crysis 2 by Crytek - first-person shooter; CryENGINE 3 Free SDK; What's in it for me?; Do I need a full team to develop with the CryENGINE?; Learning by example |
Time for action - installing the CryENGINE 3 Free SDKCome in...stay awhile; Time for action - load the sample map in the launcher; Visual Studio Express and C++ game code; Acquiring the sample source assets; Time for action - installation of the 3Ds Max exporter Plugin; Time for action - downloading and opening the sample assets; Time for action - installing the Adobe Photoshop plugin-CryTif; CryENGINE 3 Sandbox; Time for action - starting Sandbox and WYSIWYP; Getting around in the Sandbox Editor; Time for action - manipulating the perspective camera; Handling level objects |
Time for action - selecting and browsing objectsTime for action - saving our work; Summary; Chapter 2: Breaking Ground with Sandbox; What makes a game?; Reducing, reusing, recycling; Developing out of |
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the box; Time for action - creating a new level; Using the right Heightmap Resolution; Scaling your level with Meters Per Unit; Calculating the real-world size of the terrain; Using or not using terrain; Time for action - creating your own heightmap; Using alternative ways for creating terrain; Generating procedural terrain; Importing a pre-made heightmap; Creating terrain textures |
Time for action - creating some basic terrain texture layersAdding altitude and slope; Adjusting the tile resolution; Creating vegetation; Time for action - creating some flora for your level; Time for action - setting up time of day and its basic parameters; Adding Atmosphere; Summary; Chapter 3: Playable Levels in No Time; Building levels with entities and objects; Starting a level; Creating a spawn point; Time for action - creating a spawn point; Landmarks to guide the player; Using roads in levels; Time for action - creating a road object; Utilizing layers to organize level objects |
Time for action - creating and managing layersAdding objects using the asset browser; Time for action - adding brushes to the level; White boxing; White boxing using Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG); Time for action - creating constructive solid geometry; Adding characters with Artificial Intelligence (AI); Time for action - place a basic AI entity; Create an archetype entity; Time for action - creating your own archetype; Exporting to engine; Time for action - exporting your level to engine; Summary; Chapter 4: I'm a Scripter, Not a Coder; Scripting and the CryENGINE 3 |
Lua usage in the CryENGINE 3 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Discover how to use the CryENGINE 3 free SDK, the next-generation real-time game development tool. |
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