Beginning Opengl Game Programming

by Astle, Dave; Hawkins, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9781592003693
• ISBN10: 1592003699
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-19
• Publisher: Cengage Learning Ptr

Summary

This book provides new game programmers with a complete introduction to 3D game programming using OpenGL. All of the basic elements of OpenGL as it applies to game development are covered.

Author Biography

Dave Astle has been programming games professionally for several years Kevin Hawkins is a lead software engineer at RAYDON Corporation

Table of Contents

Introduction	xvii
PART I OPENGL BASICS	1	(182)
Chapter 1 The Exploration Begins . . . Again	3	(10)
Why Make Games?	3	(3)
The World of 3D Games	4	(1)
The Elements of a Game	4	(2)
What Is OpenGL?	6	(4)
OpenGL History	7	(1)
OpenGL Architecture	7	(2)
Related Libraries	9	(1)
A Sneak Peek	10	(2)
Summary	12	(1)
Chapter 2 Creating a Simple OpenGL Application	13	(22)
Introduction to WGL	13	(3)
The Rendering Context	14	(2)
Pixel Formats	16	(4)
dwFlags	18	(1)
iPixelType	18	(1)
cColorBits	19	(1)
Setting the Pixel Format	19	(1)
An OpenGL Application	20	(11)
Full-Screen OpenGL	31	(2)
Summary	33	(2)
Chapter 3 OpenGL States and Primitives	35	(32)
State Functions	35	(4)
Querying Numeric States	36	(1)
Enabling and Disabling States	36	(1)
gllsEnabled()	37	(1)
Querying String Values	37	(1)
Finding Errors	38	(1)
Giving OpenGL a Hint	39	(1)
Handling Primitives	39	(25)
Drawing Points in 3D	42	(5)
Drawing Lines in 3D	47	(5)
Drawing Polygons in 3D	52	(8)
Using Primitives: Triangles and Quads Example	60	(4)
Attributes	64	(1)
Summary	65	(2)
Chapter 4 Transformations and Matrices	67	(32)
Understanding Coordinate Transformations	67	(6)
Eye Coordinates	69	(1)
Viewing Transformations	70	(1)
Modeling Transformations	71	(2)
Projection Transformations	73	(1)
Viewport Transformations	73	(1)
OpenGL and Matrices	73	(14)
The Modelview Matrix	74	(1)
Translation	75	(2)
Rotation	77	(3)
Scaling	80	(2)
Matrix Stacks	82	(2)
The Robot Example	84	(3)
Projections	87	(4)
Orthographic	87	(1)
Perspective	88	(1)
Setting the Viewport	89	(1)
Projection Example	90	(1)
Manipulating the Viewpoint	91	(4)
Using gluLookAt()	92	(1)
Using glRotate() and glTranslate()	93	(1)
Creating Your Own Custom Routines	94	(1)
Using Your Own Matrices	95	(2)
Loading Your Matrix	95	(1)
Multiplying Matrices	96	(1)
Transpose Matrices	96	(1)
Summary	97	(2)
Chapter 5 Colors, Lighting, Blending, and Fog	99	(34)
Using Colors in OpenGL	99	(3)
Setting the Color	100	(1)
Secondary Color	101	(1)
Shading	102	(2)
A Colorful Example	104	(1)
Lighting in OpenGL	104	(17)
OpenGL Lighting and the Real World	104	(2)
Light Sources	106	(3)
Spotlights	109	(2)
Materials	111	(4)
Normals	115	(3)
The Lighting Model	118	(2)
Lighting in Action	120	(1)
Blending	121	(7)
Separate Blend Functions	125	(1)
The Blend Equation	125	(2)
Constant Blend Color	127	(1)
Disk Blender	127	(1)
Fog	128	(3)
OpenGL Fog	128	(2)
Fog Coordinates	130	(1)
Fog in Action	131	(1)
Summary	131	(2)
Chapter 6 Bitmaps and Images with OpenGL	133	(16)
The OpenGL Bitmap	133	(5)
Positioning the Bitmap	134	(1)
Drawing the Bitmap	135	(1)
An OpenGL Bitmap Example	136	(2)
Using Images	138	(4)
Drawing Image Data	139	(2)
Reading from the Screen	141	(1)
Copying Screen Data	141	(1)
Magnification, Reduction, and Flipping	142	(1)
Managing Pixel Storage	142	(1)
Targa Image Files	143	(4)
The Targa File Format	143	(2)
Loading Targa Files	145	(2)
Summary	147	(2)
Chapter 7 Texture Mapping	149	(34)
An Overview of Texture Mapping	150	(1)
Texture Coordinates	151	(1)
Using the Texture Map	152	(14)
Texture Objects	152	(3)
Specifying Textures	155	(6)
Texture Filtering	161	(2)
Basic Texture Example	163	(3)
Mipmaps	166	(3)
Mipmaps and the OpenGL Utility Library	167	(1)
Automatic Mipmap Generation	168	(1)
Texture Parameters	169	(5)
Texture Wrap Modes	170	(3)
Texture Level of Detail	173	(1)
Texture Environments and Texture Functions	174	(4)
Specifying the Texture Environment	175	(3)
Textured Terrain	178	(3)
Building the Mesh	178	(3)
Summary	181	(2)
PART II BEYOND THE BASICS	183	(100)
Chapter 8 OpenGL Extensions	185	(12)
Anatomy of an Extension	185	(3)
Extension Names	186	(1)
Name Strings	187	(1)
Functions	187	(1)
Tokens	188	(1)
Using Extensions	188	(3)
Checking the Name String	189	(1)
Obtaining the Function's Entry Point	190	(1)
Declaring Enumerants	191	(1)
WGL Extensions	191	(1)
Introduction to GLee	192	(3)
Setting Up GLee	193	(1)
Using GLee	193	(1)
Using GLee with Core Extensions	194	(1)
Extensions in Action	195	(1)
Summary	195	(2)
Chapter 9 More on Texture Mapping	197	(24)
More on Texture Specification	197	(4)
Sub-Images	197	(1)
Copying from the Color Buffer	198	(3)
The Texture Matrix Stack	201	(1)
Texture Coordinate Generation	202	(6)
Environment Mapping	205	(1)
Example: Reflective Cube Mapping	206	(2)
Multitexturing	208	(11)
Texture Units	208	(2)
Specifying Texture Coordinates	210	(1)
Example: Multitextured Terrain	210	(3)
Texture Combine	213	(3)
Example: Image Interpolation	216	(3)
Summary	219	(2)
Chapter 10 Up Your Performance	221	(28)
Display Lists	221	(5)
Creating a Display List	222	(1)
Filling a Display List with Commands	223	(1)
Executing Display Lists	223	(1)
Display List Gotchas	224	(1)
Destroying Display Lists	225	(1)
Display Lists and Textures	226	(1)
Vertex Arrays	226	(15)
Array-Based Data	228	(1)
Enabling Vertex Arrays	228	(1)
Working with Arrays	229	(6)
Interleaved Arrays	235	(2)
Vertex Arrays and Multitexturing	237	(1)
Locking Arrays	238	(1)
Marbles	239	(2)
Frustum Culling	241	(6)
Determining the View Frustum	243	(1)
Testing Points	244	(1)
Testing Spheres	244	(1)
Frustum Culling Applied	245	(2)
Summary	247	(2)
Chapter 11 Displaying Text	249	(12)
Bitmap Fonts	249	(4)
Outline Fonts	253	(4)
Using glFont	257	(1)
The Executable	257	(1)
The Code	258	(1)
Summary	258	(3)
Chapter 12 OpenGL Buffers	261	(16)
What Is an OpenGL Buffer?	261	(2)
Clearing the Buffers	262	(1)
Scissor Boxes	262	(1)
The Color Buffer	263	(3)
Alpha Test	263	(2)
Color Masking	265	(1)
Logical Operations	265	(1)
The Depth Buffer	266	(2)
Depth-Comparison Functions	266	(1)
Read-Only Depth Buffer	267	(1)
The Stencil Buffer	268	(3)
An Example of Stencil Testing	270	(1)
The Accumulation Buffer	271	(4)
Example: Using the Accumulation Buffer	272	(3)
Summary	275	(2)
Chapter 13 The Endgame	277	(6)
The Design	277	(2)
Using OpenGL in the Game	279	(3)
Summary	282	(1)
PART III APPENDICES	283	(18)
Appendix A Answers to Review Questions and Exercises	285	(10)
Appendix B Further Reading	295	(4)
Online Resources	295	(2)
Game Development	295	(1)
Game Tutorials	296	(1)
Flipcode	296	(1)
OpenGL	297	(1)
Books	297	(2)
C++	297	(1)
Windows Programming	297	(1)
3D Math	298	(1)
OpenGL	298	(1)
Graphics Programming	298	(1)
Game Development	298	(1)
Appendix C What's on the CD	299	(2)
Source Code	299	(1)
GLee	299	(1)
Bonus Chapters	300	(1)
Bonus Game	300	(1)
Index	301