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Acrobat PDF files on the CD-ROM. These chapters cover many aspects of
Java that are particularly useful forgame programming, but not necessarily
specific to game programming. If you're ... technique or programming trick that can help
you program games like the pros.
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The First Game: KONG 17
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elcome to the amazing world of game programming! This book will show you
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The First Game: KONG 7
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Other reasons for breaking a table into ... normal form,
abbreviated as 1NF. If it conforms to the first four rules, the database is considered to
be in fourth normal form (4NF).
First normal form
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... Summary
Java 3D is an application programming interface (API) developed at Sun Microsystems for rendering
interactive 3D graphics using the Javaprogramming language. Java 3D is a client−side Java ... capabilities of the Java 2 JVM.
See the documentation for the java –Xprof argument for details.
3.1.6 Java class decompiler (optional)
When things get really sticky and you can’t understand what Java 3D ... everything we need forJava 3D development. Refer to appendix B and
the bibliography for useful sources of information or additional help.
3.1.1 Java 2 SDK
Check the Sun web site (http:/ /java. sun.com)...
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3.1.3 Documentation
Java 3D programming involves general Java programming, high−performance programming, 3D graphics
algorithms, 2D graphics programming, UI ... Vorobiev
(http://www.manning.com/Robinson/index.html).
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Java 3D JavaDoc—Of course you should ensure that you download the latest API documentation for
Java 3D.
•
Sun collateral Java 3D tutorial—The free Java 3D tutorial from ... been
contributed by the active Java 3D community.
•
Java 3D interest email list—You should subscribe to this excellent forum
(http://archives .java. sun.com/archives /java3 d−interest.html) for asking fellow...
... Summary
Java 3D is an application programming interface (API) developed at Sun Microsystems for rendering
interactive 3D graphics using the Javaprogramming language. Java 3D is a client−side Java ... capabilities of the Java 2 JVM.
See the documentation for the java –Xprof argument for details.
3.1.6 Java class decompiler (optional)
When things get really sticky and you can’t understand what Java 3D ... important concepts in Java 3D—the scenegraph.
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myJava3D.setTitle( "MyJava3D" );
myJava3D.setSize( 300, 300 );
myJava3D.setVisible( true );
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Javasoft's PersonalJava for Windows CE
A binary version of the PersonalJava environment is available for Windows CE Version 2.11. A
version for ... unexpected results. This type of game usually
appeals to adolescents or hard-core RPG gamers.
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Translation is the simplest of the transformations ... sets location).
World space transformations assume that the object starts with a transformation of
(1.0,1.0,1.0) for scaling, (0,0,0) for rotation, and (0,0,0) for translation.
Every object in ... of processing for even a simple scene, which is why
you don't see phong shading used much in real-time 3D games where frame rate perfor-
mance is important. However, there are games made where...