OpenGL Game Programming Book

Dodger_ · 2001-07-04T13:38:43

IMHO, it''s worth the $40 I paid for it before it was published, but it''s not worth the current price that Amazon and Fatbrain are selling it for right now. I really wanted to give LaMothe another try(yes I know he''s not the principle author but his influence is apparent). Don''t let the size of the book fool you. At 816 pages and that table of contents, it sounds like quite a source for OpenGL and game programming information. However, roughly half of the book is source code listings(that are not included on the CD) with some book text dedicated to comments in between functions. This book reads a lot like those web pages people call "tutorials" when they provide a brief explanation and a lot of source code but never really explain anything very well. There are some definite gems of information in this book but quite frankly, there are better resources on the internet. If you want some real books about this book''s subject, these three are my favorite: "Game Architecture and Design", Andrew Rollings, Dave Morris; 742pg; The Coriolis Group; ISBN: 1576104257 "Game Programming Gems", Mark DeLoura; 600pg; Charles River Media; ISBN: 1584500492 "OpenGL 1.2 Programming Guide, Third Edition", Woo, Neider, Davis et al; 800pg; Addison-Wesley Pub-Co; ISBN: 0201604582 Yes, combined they are more expensive but they burst with information that you can use. Dodger_

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Started by Dodger_ June 08, 2001 08:10 AM

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July 04, 2001 01:38 PM

I have the same problem on some examples where I click the "X" and nothing happens or it freezes. Wierd...

Congrats Bucket_head

Check this out...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761532986/o/qid=994271539/sr=2-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/104-3801058-4339947
If thats right it looks like the book is out.

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