Net Warriors in C: Programming 3d Multi-Player Games in C - Couverture souple

Gradecki, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0471110647 ISBN 13 : 9780471110644

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1995

Synopsis

The most successful recent computer games are played on modems and networks, so that players can play against each other. This package contains information and materials that C programmers will need in order to create a three-dimensional multi-player game that works over modems, Ethernet networks and the Internet. The book provides practical C programming techniques, while the accompanying disk contains software tools, a 3D ray-casting graphics engine and C code. The disk also includes a complete game.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Create sophisticated 3D multiplayer games that work over modems, ethernet networks, and the Internet

But who wants to do it from scratch? With this book/CD set, you′ll get a 3D game engine and a set of communications utilities that will help you quickly develop your own games.

On the CD ROM you′ll find:

• Real–time 3D ray–casting engine (written in C) that can be used to create sophisticated 3D games
• Visual map editor and other utilities for creating animated monsters, wild texture–mapped walls, and building elaborate mazes
• Music editor for adding pulse–pounding sound effects and music to your game
• Code for adding modem, ethernet, and Internet communications for multiplayer excitement
• Minotaur: a 3D multiplayer game with real–time graphics (source code and executables)
• Source code and executables for hundreds of games, game demos, game libraries, graphics converters, memory management utilities and more!

Biographie de l'auteur

Joe Gradecki is currently completing his PhD in computer science at the University of Wyoming. He is also the author of The Virtual Reality Construction Kit and The Virtual Reality Programmer′s Kit (both from Wiley).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0471110647
• ISBN 13: 9780471110644
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible