Name: Mastering C++ Game Animation Programming
Author: Michael Dunsky
ISBN: 9781835881934

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Mastering C++ Game Animation Programming

Michael Dunsky

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Part 1 Populating the World with the Game Character Models
1 Working with Open Asset Import Library
Technical requirements
Animating game characters – a primer
What is Open Asset Import Library?
Loading a model file
Extending the UI with an Open File dialog
Adding and removing model instances dynamically
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
2 Moving Animation Calculations from CPU to GPU
Technical requirements
What are compute shaders and why should we love them?
Profiling animation performance
Moving the node computations to the GPU
Testing the implementation by scaling up
How to debug a compute shader
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
3 Adding a Visual Selection
Technical requirements
Implementing a “move to instance” function
Adding a highlight to the selected instance
Selecting a model instance with point and click
Implementing a null object to allow deselection
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
Part 2 Transforming the Model Viewer into an Animation Editor
4 Enhancing Application Handling
Technical requirements
Switching between edit and view modes
Reverting changes before applying
Implementing undo and redo functionality
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
5 Saving and Loading the Configuration
Technical requirements
Textual or binary file formats – pros and Cons
Choosing a text format to save our data
Exploring the structure of a YAML file
Adding a YAML parser
Saving and loading the configuration file
Loading a default configuration file at startup
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resource
6 Extending Camera Handling
Technical requirements
Adding multiple cameras
Creating different camera types
Implementing first- and third-person cameras
Adding stationary cameras
Switching between cameras and configurations
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
Part 3 Tuning Character Animations
7 Enhancing Animation Controls
Technical requirements
Blending between animations with style
Adding new states to the code
Linking states and animations
Saving and loading the states
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
8 Introduction to Collision Detection
Technical requirements
The complexities of collision detection
Using spatial partitioning to reduce complexity
Simplifying the instances for faster collision checks
Adding a quadtree to store nearby model instances
Implementing bounding spheres
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
9 Adding Behavior and Interaction
Technical requirements
Structures to control instance behavior
Adding a visual node editor
Extending the code to support behavior changes
Adding interaction between instances
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
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10 Advanced Animation Blending
Technical requirements
How to animate facial expressions
Adding face animations to code and GPU shaders
Using face animations in node trees
Implementing additive blending
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
Part 4 Enhancing Your Virtual World
11 Loading a Game Map
Technical requirements
Differences between map and model data
Choosing a file format for a map
Importing a game map
Sending the level data to the GPU
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
12 Advanced Collision Detection
Technical requirements
Enhancing collision detection for level data
Using gravity to keep the instances on the floor
Adding inverse kinematics
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
13 Adding Simple Navigation
Technical requirements
An overview of different ways to navigate
The A* path-finding algorithm
Adding navigation targets to the map
Navigating instances to a target
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
14 Creating Immersive Interactive Worlds
Technical requirements
Adding sound effects and background music
Enhancing visuals
Extending immersion with daytime and weather
Summary
Practical sessions
Additional resources
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Mastering C++ Game Animation Programming