Ian Millington (UK Gwent)

Game Physics Engine Development

How to Build a Robust Commercial-Grade Physics Engine for your Game

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Veteran game programmer/consultant/author Ian Millington brings us a newly revamped and updated edition to a KEY game text that covers the full process of building a physics engine from start to finish--including NEW coverage on casual games and collision detection.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Morgan Kaufmann
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: K16174
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 554
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1150g
• ISBN-13: 9780123819765
• ISBN-10: 0123819768
• Artikelnr.: 29923086

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Particle Physics: The Mathematics of Particles. The Laws of Motion. The Particle Physics Engine. Mass Aggregate Physics: Adding General Forces. Springs and Spring-Like Things. Hard Constraints. The Mass Aggregate Physics Engine. Rigid-Body Physics: The Mathematics of Rotations. Laws of Motion for Rigid Bodies. The Rigid-Body Physics Engine. Collision Detection: Collision Detection. Generating Contacts. Contact Physics: Collision Resolution. Resting Contacts and Friction. Stability and Optimization. Putting It All Together. Further Topics in Physics: Physics in Two Dimensions. Other Programming Languages. Other Types of Physics. Appendices: Useful Inertia Tensors. Useful Friction Coefficients. Mathematics Summary

Rezensionen

Praise for 1st edition:

"The first game physics book to emphasize building an actual engine...his book fills a gap by demonstrating how you actually build a physics engine." - Dave Eberly, President, Geometric Tools.

"A competent programmer with sufficient mathematical sophistication could build a physics engine just from the text and equations--even without the accompanying source code. You can't say this about a lot of books!" - Philip J. Schneider, Industrial Light & Magic.