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JohnBolton Member since: 4/3/2002 From: Belmont, CA, United States |
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| This book is a nice reference, but not really very good for learning to program shaders. There are lots of errors, however most are not serious. John Bolton Locomotive Games (THQ) Current Project: Destroy All Humans (Wii). IN STORES NOW! |
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ttdeath Member since: 5/18/2004 From: Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
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| What sort of errors are you talking about? I was considering buying the book because of the claimed "completeness", most shader books just quickly present the shader framework, don't exhaust the keywords/their usage, etc. ------------------- My Blog My Company My RentACoder's Profile |
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JohnBolton Member since: 4/3/2002 From: Belmont, CA, United States |
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Posted - 9/7/2005 11:10:38 PM |
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| Here are some typical errors: In the fmod() description: Quote: In the modf() description: Quote:They published the book ahead of schedule, and I think they accomplished that by skipping the proofreading step. I'm not an expert on effects and HLSL (which is why I got the book), but it seems very complete. That's a big plus because (as you said), no other books are as complete. I don't recommend it for someone just learning to program shaders because it doesn't explain a lot of things. For example, there is virtually no description on using pixels shaders, and I can only find two examples of pixel shader code in the entire book. John Bolton Locomotive Games (THQ) Current Project: Destroy All Humans (Wii). IN STORES NOW! |
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ttdeath Member since: 5/18/2004 From: Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
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Posted - 9/8/2005 1:49:33 PM |
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| Pity that it doesn't detail on Pixel Shaders. It needs a complementary book then, something that goes through various levels of difficulty via explained samples. Does any such book come to mind? Or have I just given a great idea for (yet) another shaders' book ? :) |
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Posted - 9/11/2005 6:57:44 PM |
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| The intent of the book was to cover the HLSL and effect framework (i.e integrating shaders into applications) rather than the pure development of shaders. The author's previous book "Shaders for Game Programmers and Artists" covers the topic of shader development. |
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Posted - 9/11/2005 7:55:26 PM |
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| I agree with John Bolton... I think the Editor/Proof reader cut some corners since in just the sample Chapter 1 there are numerous typo's... ie: page 33 the word threat should be treat page 31 the word weexplore should read we explore i know, i know, kinda nit picky but still show's short cuts and incomplete editing. I am still going to get it though... so hope it give me what i'm looking for... |
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Posted - 9/21/2005 5:23:33 PM |
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Posted - 9/21/2005 5:24:43 PM |
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| If you want to be nit-picky you have a ton of examples. How about the 2nd sentence! "Although I did take the summer off to relax and send quality time with my wife." Jeez, fire your proof reader -- just makes you look rather stupid. |
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