Hi All I''m lookin at buying a book teaching me how to create my own games engines & so forth. I looked into this a while back but got so confused with API''s & so on that i never ended up buying anything. I''ve got a book on C++ that i started learning a while back but need to refresh myself with it. But what I''m after is an easy beginers guide that covers creating 3D games engines, directX etc. Somethign that would need nothing more than C++ nowledge to get. A few I''ve looked at are: Windows Game Programming for Dummies (For Dummies) Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus: Fundamentals of 2D and 3D Game Programming I''m just totally lost at the moment & hoping someone could tell me as a beginer what I need to Learn (C++, WIN 32, Direct X) Cheers froma very dazed & confussed Liquid PS. Sori if this is mentioned somewhere else but i couln''t find it and i usually benefit from someone directly telling me in dummie talk Cheers! Peace Out ~ Liquid

Well personally I reccomend you learn C++ and have it down pretty well. Once you get past that, I picked up Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus, and even 3D Game Engine Design. I''m just starting the game programming part, I suggest the gurus book you mentioned, just start going through the book one page a time you''ll do alrite .


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Yea I''m gonna get a games book then makesure I''m up to scratch on C++ & then have the games one as something to work to like.

I''ve been scripting in ASP for ages so I''ve got quite a sound base in Variables, Arrays, Objects & Control Structures so it''s a case of getting back into gear with the code for C++

I''m trying to start modding for Half-Life 2 when it comes out aswell as slowly slowly slowly making my own engine, I''m at Uni fo three years starting september so I don''t plan to finish it by then

There seems like a lot of books on things & I know i don''t want to go straight into a Physics or AI one yet but I''m glad the Games Programming Gurus one teaches u a lil bit.

I think i''ll go for the second edition first so I get a bit of Win API and so I can learn sum foundations like physics.

Then I''ll get the 3rd Edition where you get to create your own engine, this will be hugely helpfull when going to make mods hopefully. I do a lot of modeling & mapping so that shud help at sum point.

Are there any books after that which I can progress onto next?

U''ve been V helpfull :D

Peace Out ~ Liquid

Looked at the Open GL one & it looks like a good addition yea, I''m gonna be modding HL2 so i''m not sure if thats Open GL Friendly or not, I remember HL running better on Open GL but so i heard a while back it was dying out, hope not tho it seemed nifty & a bit more stable than DX but that was a while back.

<< The Red Book or The Blue Book >> Do I need to eat one of them? Where are they?

I just ordered Volume 2 Yay! What exacty will I learn from it, u sed DX, Win 32, Math & Physics... any basic AI? How much 3D is there involved like?

I''m hoping some time in the future I can own a games company so I''m trying to learn everything I can, figured if u wana ask ppl to work for you and do these things you should be able to do it all ureself if you had enuff time (or a stop watch that could stop time). Hopefully I''ll be doing sum voluntary work experience at Core & Free Radical which are in close proximity to where I go Uni in Derby (Core is next to the Railway station).

Cheer for all the help!

Peace Out ~ Liquid

Yep Volume 1 "Fundamentals of 2D & 3D"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672323699/ref=pd_sim_b_dp_2/026-5870019-9825228
And there is AI in it

Got confused with the Volume 2 is revised Volume 1 so is really volume 1 stuff :-S

Peace Out ~ Liquid