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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the Cover Image | |
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| Contributor Bios | |
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| General Programming | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Lock-Free Algorithms | |
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| Utilizing Multicore Processors with OpenMP | |
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| Computer Vision in Games Using the OpenCV Library | |
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| Geographic Grid Registration of Game Objects | |
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| BSP Techniques | |
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| Closest-String Matching Algorithm | |
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| Using CppUnit To Implement Unit Testing | |
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| Fingerprinting Pre-Release Builds To Deter and Detect Piracy | |
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| Faster File Loading with Access-Based File Reordering | |
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| Stay in the Game: Asset Hotloading for Fast Iteration | |
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| Mathematics and Physics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Floating-Point Tricks | |
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| GPU Computation in Projective Space Using Homogeneous Coordinates | |
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| Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using the Cross Product | |
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| Sequence Indexing for Game Development | |
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| Exact Buoyancy for Polyhedra | |
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| Real-Time Particle-Based Fluid Simulation with Rigid Body Interaction | |
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| Artificial Intelligence | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Applying Model-Based Decision-Making Methods to Games: Applying the Locust AI Engine to Quake III | |
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| Achieving Coordination with Autonomous NPCs | |
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| Behavior-Based Robotic Architectures for Games | |
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| Constructing a Goal-Oriented Robot for Unreal Tournament Using Fuzzy Sensors, Finite-State Machines, and Extended Behavior Networks | |
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| A Goal-Oriented Unreal Bot: Building a Game Agent with Goal-Oriented Behavior and Simple Personality Using Extended Behavior Networks | |
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| Short-Term Memory Modeling Using a Support Vector Machine | |
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| Using the Quantified Judgment Model for Engagement Analysis | |
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| Designing a Multilayer, Pluggable Al Engine | |
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| A Fuzzy-Control Approach to Managing Scene Complexity | |
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| Scripting and Data-Driven Systems | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Scripting Language Survey | |
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| Binding C/C++ Objects to Lua | |
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| Programming Advanced Control Mechanisms with Lua Coroutines | |
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| Managing High-Level Script Execution Within Multithreaded Environments | |
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| Exposing Actor Properties Using Nonintrusive Proxies | |
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| Game Object Component System | |
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| Graphics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Synthesis of Realistic Idle Motion for Interactive Characters | |
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| Spatial Partitioning Using an Adaptive Binary Tree | |
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| Enhanced Object Culling with (Almost) Oriented Bounding Boxes | |
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| Skin Splitting for Optimal Rendering | |
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| GPU Terrain Rendering | |
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| Interactive Fluid Dynamics and Rendering on the GPU | |
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| Fast Per-Pixel Lighting with Many Lights | |
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| Rendering Road Signs Sharply | |
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| Practical Sky Rendering for Games | |
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| High Dynamic Range Rendering Using OpenGL Frame Buffer Objects | |
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| Audio | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Real-Time Sound Generation from Deformable Meshes | |
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| A Lightweight Generator for Real-Time Sound Effects | |
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| Real-Time Mixing Busses | |
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| Potentially Audible Sets | |
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| A Cheap Doppler Effect | |
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| Faking Real-Time DSP Effects | |
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| Network and Multiplayer | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Dynamically Adaptive Streaming of 3D Data for Animated Characters | |
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| Complex Systems-Based High-Level Architecture for Massively Multiplayer Games | |
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| Generating Globally Unique Identifiers for Game Objects | |
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| Massively Multiplayer Online Prototype Utilizing Second Life for Game Concept Prototyping | |
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| Reliable Peer-to-Peer Gaming Connections Penetrating NAT | |
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| About the CD-ROM | |
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| Index | |