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A Real-Time Procedural Universe, Part Three: Matters of Scale A Real-Time Procedural Universe, Part Three: Matters of Scale

Parts One and Two of Sean O'Neil's series on generating a real-time procedural universe explained how to dynamically generate and render planetary bodies at real-time speeds using a function based on fractal Brownian motion paired with a spherical ROAM algorithm. This installment concentrates on how to scale that up to a star system or even an entire galaxy.

Jul 12, 2002

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Tool Postmortem: Climax Brighton's Supertools Tool Postmortem: Climax Brighton's Supertools

byShawn Hargreaves

Jun 26, 2002

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Complex Matrix Transformations Complex Matrix Transformations

byScott Johnson

May 17, 2002

1 Min Read

GDC 2002: Incredibly Dense Meshes GDC 2002: Incredibly Dense Meshes

byDavid Brickhill

Apr 10, 2002

1 Min Read

GDC 2002: Polygon Soup for the Programmer's Soul: 3D Pathfinding GDC 2002: Polygon Soup for the Programmer's Soul: 3D Pathfinding

byPatrick Smith

Apr 5, 2002

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Dynamic Level of Detail Terrain Rendering with Bézier Patches Dynamic Level of Detail Terrain Rendering with Bézier Patches

Mar 21, 2002

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Broken Sword: Palettized JPEG for Game Boy Advance

Broken Sword: Palettized JPEG for Game Boy Advance

byFrancesco Iorio

Product Review: NXN's Alienbrain 5

Product Review: NXN's Alienbrain 5

Pool Hall Lessons: Fast, Accurate Collision Detection Between Circles or Spheres

Pool Hall Lessons: Fast, Accurate Collision Detection Between Circles or Spheres

byMiles Jackson

Product Review: Perforce

Product Review: Perforce

Exorcising Satan's Rotoscope: Motion Capture from an Animator's Perspective

Exorcising Satan's Rotoscope: Motion Capture from an Animator's Perspective

Exploring Spring Model

Exploring Spring Model

byGustavo Oliveira

Volumetric Rendering in Realtime

Volumetric Rendering in Realtime

Deep Water Animation and Rendering

Deep Water Animation and Rendering

Terrain Reasoning for 3D Action Games

Terrain Reasoning for 3D Action Games

byWilliam van der Sterren

Bringing Dr. Jones to the Infernal Machine: Dealing with Memory Constraints

Bringing Dr. Jones to the Infernal Machine: Dealing with Memory Constraints

byFlorian Sauer

A Real-Time Procedural Universe, Part Two: Rendering Planetary Bodies

A Real-Time Procedural Universe, Part Two: Rendering Planetary Bodies

Using Max Script for Building Game Levels

Using Max Script for Building Game Levels

byShailesh Watsa

Three-Axis Animation

Three-Axis Animation

byJean-Michel Ringuet

Porting Games to Mac OS X

Porting Games to Mac OS X

2D Programming in a 3D World

2D Programming in a 3D World

Tool Postmortem: Ubi Soft Entertainment's GL for Playstation 2

Tool Postmortem: Ubi Soft Entertainment's GL for Playstation 2

Gameboy Advance Resource Management

Gameboy Advance Resource Management

byRafael Baptista

Talking Heads: Facial Animation in The Getaway

Talking Heads: Facial Animation in The Getaway

Image Compression with Vector Quantization

Image Compression with Vector Quantization

byIvan-Assen Ivanov

1500 Archers on a 28.8: Network Programming in Age of Empires and Beyond

1500 Archers on a 28.8: Network Programming in Age of Empires and Beyond

London Wasn't Built in a Day: Content Acquisition for Levels in The Getaway

London Wasn't Built in a Day: Content Acquisition for Levels in The Getaway

Toward More Realistic Pathfinding

Toward More Realistic Pathfinding

A Real-Time Procedural Universe, Part One: Generating Planetary Bodies

A Real-Time Procedural Universe, Part One: Generating Planetary Bodies

BSP Collision Detection As Used In MDK2 and NeverWinter Nights

BSP Collision Detection As Used In MDK2 and NeverWinter Nights

Four Tricks for Fast Blurring in Software and Hardware

Four Tricks for Fast Blurring in Software and Hardware

AI Madness: Using AI to Bring Open-City Racing to Life

AI Madness: Using AI to Bring Open-City Racing to Life

It's Great to be Back! Fast Code, Game Programming, and Other Thoughts from 20 (Minus 2) Years in the Trenches

It's Great to be Back! Fast Code, Game Programming, and Other Thoughts from 20 (Minus 2) Years in the Trenches

byRobert Huebner

What Your Mother Never Told You About Game Programming

What Your Mother Never Told You About Game Programming

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