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3d math by Lithium of VLA
/code/3d/docs/3d_math.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
11,835 bytes
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| Explanations of some 3d math concepts - I remember not getting the 3d rotations working correctly when I first started programming, but I'm not sure if that's my fault or the fault of the doc. Most of the docs are some simple linear algebra. They spell out the equations in the end for those who can't completely understand them.
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3d basics by Synergist
/code/3d/docs/3dbasics.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
2,745 bytes
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| Some basic 3d documentation - I'd never want to tell someone that this doc is a good place to start. The person writing this has no concept of structures, which severely ease the programming of complex things such as 3d systems.
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3D Coding tutorial by Ica of Hubris
/code/3d/docs/3dica221.zip
| 30 Jun 1998 (catalog date)
422,704 bytes
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| This tutorial is very easy to understand and describes everything you need to know like the mathematical basics, the different kind of polyfillers, shading methods, camera movement, sorting and backface culling and much much more. A must-have for every 3d coder! Text
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Zed 3D by Zed
/code/3d/docs/zed3d060.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
357,811 bytes
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| A comprehensive doc on many aspects of 3d math and programming - Designed for those comfortable with math. It spells out the math concepts needed and shows their application, but by no means spoon feeds the information to you.
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Zed 3D by Zed
/code/3d/docs/zed3d095.zip
| 19 Jan 1998 (catalog date)
697,450 bytes
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| Zed 3d - a document explaining the maths you'll need for 3d. Word and postscript formats of the same file. Zed has an attention to detail and a great way to explain all the math. I highly recommend this to anyone starting to make a 3d engine who doesn't know where to start (start with the math, not the polygon fillers, believe me! the fillers are trivial in comparison). See the bibliography for where to go next.
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Rotating 3d escher-knot by Oliver Nash
/code/3d/systems/gsescher.zip
| 30 Jun 1998 (catalog date)
19,895 bytes
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| The author says he appreciates a mention when you "steal" his formula, but "his" formula was already used on the amiga a long time ago. It might be useful downloading though if you're a starting 3d coder because the flatshaded 3d engine is very easy to understand. C
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Raw GFX Lib by Ghyll of TGA
/code/3d/systems/tgarx2b1.zip
| 02 Jul 1997 (catalog date)
34,488 bytes
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| An elementary graphics system. The functions are very base and it's a good idea for anyone coding graphics engines either to understand how those functions work or to be given higher level functions to work with.
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Crappy Texture Map by Mandrill
/code/3d/trifill/texmap/ctm.zip
| 19 Jan 1998 (catalog date)
6,214 bytes
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| Crappy Texture Map. At least you know what code should be doing what. The filler looks familiar (the register lay out). The texture 'swims' so I'm not sure this is a routine to emulate.
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Tiled Texture Mapping Tutorial by TheGlide of Spinning Kids
/code/3d/trifill/texmap/tiletmap.zip
| 03 Jun 1998 (catalog date)
4,757 bytes
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| | This is a little document that explains how to code a tiled texture mapper that handles any power of 2 texture sizes. The document contains some little C code to get you started. To fully understand the doc you should have already read MRI's fatmap.txt and fatmap2.txt.
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Birthday source by Sliq
/code/demosrc/intros/birthsrc.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
25,025 bytes
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| Sources for an intro with simple 3d - Comments for the proceedures, easy to read source. Shows influences from Mental Surgery, mainly in the interupt handling. Old sources (1993), but otherwise good.
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Animation Construction Kit 3D (source) by Lary Myers
/code/effects/worlds/acksrc.zip
| 25 Aug 1997 (catalog date)
146,731 bytes
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| A Wolfenstein-like 3d world engine by Lary Myers, including all sources and a good explanation of how it works. To make it run you also have to download ackkit.zip which contains all the data.
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The Mag by Spellcaster
/code/mags/mag11.zip
| 01 Jul 1997 (catalog date)
95,422 bytes
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| A serial coding magazine. Sorting, matrix algebra, geometric transformations, more complex 3d, still adding to that game. (This magazine has come a long way since issue one and is entirely progressive.)
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Tutorial 8 in C by Snowman of Hornet
/code/tutors/denthor/tut08new.zip
| 11 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
42,817 bytes
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| Asphyxia VGA demo trainer:Tut 8 in C:3d basics - Includes Denthor's original tutorial release within and has the compiled exe. Remember, these are only basics. (Snowman added a little of his own to this... I loved vector balls spelling things. :)
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3d Lib by deks
/code/tutors/math/3dlib.zip
| 19 Jan 1998 (catalog date)
6,095 bytes
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| Simple vector and matrix functions. Useless unless you know what they do, and easier to make than use if you do know. Correct code (and math) at the very least.
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3DS converter by MRI of Doomsday
/code/utils/3d/3dsco20.zip
| 25 Aug 1997 (catalog date)
14,233 bytes
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| Rating:
| Reads a 3ds file and outputs an easier to read format. Good utility with full source for reading .3DS files. It's easily tweakable (with a #define) to read from a file or memory and not that difficult to tweak for your own 3d structures. It's also done well enough that adding support for more features of the .3ds format should not be that difficult from a coding standpoint. Specs are admittedly hard to find.
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3DS converter by MRI of Doomsday
/code/utils/3d/3dsrdr13.zip
| 25 Aug 1997 (catalog date)
6,754 bytes
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| Reads a 3ds file and outputs an easier to read format. An update of Jare's 3dsrdr12. Get the above for usefulness, get Jare's original version for posterity or more complete informations.
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