Game Programming Gems 3 [PDF]

Review
AI Rectangle Navigation A Highly Efficient Alternative to A* Function Pointer-Based Embedded Finite State Machines Terrain Analysis in an RTS; Character Virtualization A Fast Approach to Navigation Meshes A General Trigger System for AI Entities, Objects, and Quests Optimized Machine Learning Techniques Tactical Pathfinding Using A* Audio Obstruction Using Axes-Aligned Bounding Boxes Compression and Effects Using Linear Predictive Coding Using DSP to Create Dynamic Engine Sounds Creating a Compelling 3D Audio Environment Compressing Audio with Vector Quantization Using the Biquad Resonant Filter General Developing Games for an International Market A Platform Independent Function Binding Interface Autolists: Allowing Trivial Listing of Object Instances Handle-Based Smart Pointers Programming a Game Design-Compliant Engine using UML Graphics A Compiler for Programmable Vertex Shading Hardware Using Textures to Approximate a Mathematic Function Computing Optimized Shadow Volumes for Complex Data Sets Billboard Beams; Subdivision Surfaces for Character Animation Mathematics A Fast Approximation to the Slerp() Function Clipping a Convex Polyhedron Against a Plane A Naming Convention for Transformation Matrices Base-2 Logarithm Utility Functions (C++) Constrained Inverse Kinematics Quaternion Compression Coping with Friction in Dynamical Simulations Network and Multiplayer Games A UDP Monitoring and Simulation Tool (Algorithms for) Player Skill Estimates and Rating Wireless Gaming with J2ME Multiplayer Game Development Using Microsoft DirectPlay 8.1 Real-Time-Strategy Network Protocol Template-Based Object Serialization Reducing Latency in Real-time Strategy Games Large-Scale Multiplayer Servers Secure Sockets A Flexible Simulation Architecture for Mass Multi-Player Games
About the Author
Dante Treglia is the lead software engineer at Nintendo of America's Software Development Support Group where he supports the Nintendo GameCube development community.