Advanced 3D Game Programming All in One 1st Edition

by Kenneth C Finney (Author)

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Take your 3D game programming skills to the next level! Advanced 3D Game Programming All in One uses the Torque Game Engine to teach experienced 3D game programmers advanced concepts. You'll use the Torque Game Engine to learn each new skill, maximizing your game engine experience. Quickly conquer TorqueScript, simulation techniques, the ins and outs of the game engine, player control, and using applied artificial intelligence. Then take it up a notch and discover how to spice up your game with enhanced game modeling using character and shape modeling and dynamic skins. Advanced 3D Game Programming All in One reveals the techniques and mechanisms that will give you an insider's look into the realm of game development so you can create your own amazing games just like the pros.

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Kenneth C. Finney teaches in the Game Development and Entrepreneurship program at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, where he runs the Game Development Workshop. Ken has taught game design, level and GUI design, game development, programming, and prototyping at the Art Institute of Toronto where he was lead faculty member in the Game Art & Design program for five years. Ken is the creator of the popular TubettiWorld "Online Campaign" Mod and the "QuicknDirty" game management tools for NovaLogic's Delta Force 2 game series. In addition to being an associate developer of the Torque Game Engine at GarageGames, Ken is the author of several books about game programming including 3D Game Programming All In One, 1st & 2nd Editions and Advanced 3D Game Programming All In One. Ken is 50% owner of TubettiWorld Games, Inc. (TWG), an Ontario-based company that is creating a new and unique Action/Adventure game based on the original TubettiWorld design, using Torque Game Engine Advanced. The team that Finney has assembled at TWG was responsible for delivering a 3D action racing game for a major U.S. toy manufacturer in 2008.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cengage Learning PTR; 1st edition (August 24, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 650 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1592007333
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592007332
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.82 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 1.75 x 9 inches

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Ken Finney teaches Game Design, Level and GUI Design, Game Development, Programming and Prototyping at the Art Institute of Toronto where he is Lead Faculty Member in the Game Art & Design program, and Graphics Design for Game Artists and XNA programming at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Ken is the creator of the popular TubettiWorld "Online Campaign" Mod and the "QuicknDirty" game management tools for Novalogic's Delta Force 2 game series. In addition to being an Associate Developer of the Torque Game Engine at GarageGames, Ken is the author of several books about game programming including 3D Game Programming All In One, 2nd Edition and Advanced 3D Game Programming All In One. Ken is 50% owner of TubettiWorld Games, Inc. (TWG), an Ontario-based company that is creating a new and unique Action/Adventure game based on the original TubettiWorld design, using Torque Game Engine Advanced. The team that Finney has assembled at TWG was responsible for delivering a 3D action racing game for a major U.S. toy manufacturer in the Spring of 2008. TWG is GarageGames' world-wide provider of Torque training for commercial customers.

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Mystic Llama Herder

It could be a 5

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2005

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I would suggest that every person who uses TGE or TSE purchase this book. There are so many topics in this book that are not only helpful to your game, but necessary.

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I can not write enough words of praise about this book. If you have no idea how to make a game, and are reading this review, pick up this book as well as the first one (3d game programming all in one) and the Torque Game Engine and you will be set!

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R. Roque

The book is well written and should be useful for Windows developers

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2015

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I bought this book to use with Torque Game Engine for Linux, but few weeks later the authors announced that Linux was no longer officially supported or maintained. The book is well written and should be useful for Windows developers, though.

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William McColl

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2015

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great book

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shyam

Great Resource... Picks up where the first one leaves off.

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2005

I just got my copy in the mail. This book seems to pick up where the first one (3D Game Programming All in One) leaves off. There is no noteable overlap. It contains some great code and examples. It will get you started integrating AI into TGE, doors, database integration for online games (news systems, player accounts), and some more interesting topics. If you haven't read through the first book, though, you must do that first as you will probably be lost.

Much like the first book, this book focuses around the Torque Game Engine (TGE). If you do not work with the TGE, this book isn't very helpful. If you do work with the TGE, this book is an invaluable resource, much like the first one. The appendix contains great function/class reference tables.

The level of this book is definitely more advanced than the first book. Math is a bit more complicated here (vectors, matrices, AI, lighting, water, terrain, etc.). This is noted by the publisher as well (this book being Intermediate-Advanced, the first being Beginner-Intermediate). More accurate difficulties would be Intermediate for the 1st book, Intermediate + 2 for the 2nd book. It is more intense than the first book, but still pretty easy for a college CS major. The most difficult part of both of these books is the fact that they use TGE! As the engine is so massive, it can sometimes be difficult to follow the program flow (through scripts), and keeping track of all the functions/stubs/files.

Conclusion: Buy this book if you have already read through the first one, and you are using TGE. If you have not read through the first book but are using TGE, you should read through the first book before buying this book (unless you are already pretty familiar with the engine), as the two books overlap very nicely. If you don't use TGE, there is no need for you to purchase this book... (...)

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Gordi

Excellent Writing Style

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2007

As a retired computer application trainer as well as a programming teacher, I find this book superior to MANY computer books of most ANY genre. Unfortunately many "techies" suffer from some deficits as writers.

First, though they may know their content very well, when they begin writing about their subject, they tend to skip steps that will confound a beginning learner or assume some nebulous prior knowledge or what must seem to them as perfectly "obvious" information or sequences. Mr. Finney doesn't make this all-to-often made error. He also follows the tried-and-true educational practice of - "Tell them what you're going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them". It allows the reader to feel the scope as well as the details of what's being taught.

Second the writing style is very relaxed. The reader doesn't need to feel that they are learning in a large lecture hall. The style is person-to-person.

Third, He writes in English. That is to say, the writing is grammatical and well organized. That might seem like how things SHOULD be. I've found many technical writers simply don't - or can't do this! It seems to be well edited. Homonyms haven't snuck in because the words could pass by a spell checker. His early English teachers must have cracked his knuckles to develop this trait. (I keep wanting to write publishers to ask them if they would like me to do a final edit before they put their books on the street. It's embarassing to us as a culture. OK, I'll get off my soap-box.) This book is refreshing.

I got both volumes of Mr. Finney's books for my grown son, since he is interested in going into this field. I think he'll get them when I'm done. More than likely, I'll end up getting an addutional set for him. I want to keep these!

Keep up the good work, Ken!!

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M Phillips

Not a Beginners Guide?

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2007

You will find the on-line documentation at Garage Games more helpful.

A beginners guide it is not. Code is too buggy.

A Torque reference? Not exactly. It tells you what tools you can use with the Torque engine but the Torque parts themselves are to buggy especially if you are new to programming.

The code very seldom works without tweaking. You better have programming knowledge if you want to tweak the bad code.

It is good as a general reference book for people who want to know what kind of tools to use for programming and what are some of the components for developing a game.

Can you go from start to finish and develop a working demo from the book or one of your own? Not unless you are an intermediate to advanced programmer.

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Jeffrey J. Osborn

Fantastic book that goes beyond part 1

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2005

Part 1 was helpful, this one really answers a lot of questions. my only gripe? Most of the code has never been tested-- it's obvious from reading it that it won't work, and if you try to compile and run it, well-- if programmers were civil engineers, this code would make you an amputee. Aside from that, it's a good book.

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David Gunner Jnr

Fantastic..

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2016

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Print service, great condition, fantastic book. One downside was no cd in the book to accompany it. But I still highly recommend this book and seller. Thanks

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