Introduction to 3d Game Programming With Direct X 9.0c: A Shader Approach

by Frank Luna

Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 9.0 A Shader Approach presents an introduction to programming interactive computer graphics, with an emphasis on game development, using real-time shaders with DirectX 9.0. The book is divided into three parts that explain basic mathematical and 3D concepts, show how to describe 3D worlds and implement fundamental 3D rendering techniques, and demonstrate the application of Direct3D to create a variety of special effects. With this Understand basic mathematical tools used in video game creation such as vectors, matrices, and transformations. Discover how to describe and draw interactive 3D scenes using Direct3D and the D3DX library. Learn how to implement lighting, texture mapping, alpha blending, and stenciling using shaders and the high-level shading language (HLSL). Explore a variety of techniques for creating special effects, including vertex blending, character animation, terrain rendering, multi-texturing, particle systems, reflections, shadows, and normal mapping. Find out how to work with meshes, load and render .X files, program terrain/camera collision detection, and implement 3D object picking. Review key ideas, gain programming experience, and explore new topics with the end-of-chapter exercises.

Genres: Programming

544 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2006

Reviews

[Katelyn Jenkins]

A tad outdated, still holds many fundamental concepts related to graphics programming and simulation, especially within the Direct X 9.0 interface.

[Jonathan]

Very good read for anyone interested in programming with shaders and in Direct X 9.0. Best available book when published but now a bit out of date.