Hey All,

I've picked up a beginners book on DirectX and it doesn't say much about collision detection, though, I'm not really interested in API specific implementations.

Basically I'm interested in understanding how collision detection works in modern games, both for 2D and 3D worlds.

I had a lot of trouble when I was a kid with 2D collision detect as I had bitmap sprites (with transparency) and I could never get them to insect correctly (take an asteroid for instance, which is oddly shaped).

Are there any good texts covering the topic (and other related topics)?

I have the following book to hand, but it is quite dated, I wasn't sure if they are the most modern methods:

Cheers,

- Calvin

I've picked up a beginners book on DirectX and it doesn't say much about collision detection

That’s because collision detection is unrelated to Direct3D and indeed graphics in general.

I suppouse that he was talking about intersection testing?

Here are some basic functions that might help:
http://www.realtimerendering.com/intersections.html
But as said above use the Math & Physics for those questions and buy a book about math that covers intersection test.

For collision detection you need a physics.

Good. There aren’t any.

I know that for openGL there is one for ray casting from screen space in order to know which object in the 3D world is intersected with mouse position.

I often found it usable when i was a child.