3D Graphics with XNA Game Studio 4.0

Table of contents

1. 3D Graphics with XNA Game Studio 4.0
   1. 3D Graphics with XNA Game Studio 4.0
   2. Credits
   3. About the Author
   4. About the Reviewers
   5. www.PacktPub.com
      1. Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more
         1. Why Subscribe?
         2. Free Access for Packt account holders
   6. Preface
      1. What this book covers
      2. What you need for this book
      3. Who this book is for
      4. Conventions
      5. Reader feedback
      6. Customer support
         1. Errata
         2. Piracy
         3. Questions
   7. 1. Getting Started with 3D
      1. Setting up a new project
      2. The 3D coordinate system
      3. Matrices
      4. Loading a model
      5. Drawing a model
      6. Creating a Custom Model class
      7. Creating a Camera class
         1. Creating a target camera
         2. Upgrading the camera to a free camera
      8. Calculating bounding spheres for models
      9. View frustum culling
      10. Additional camera types: Arc-Ball
      11. Additional camera types: chase camera
      12. Example—spaceship simulator
          1. XNA Graphics Profiles
      13. Summary
   8. 2. Introduction to HLSL
      1. Getting started
      2. Assigning a shader to a model
      3. Creating a simple effect
      4. Texture mapping
      5. Texture sampling
      6. Diffuse colors
      7. Ambient lighting
      8. Lambertian directional lighting
      9. Phong specular highlights
      10. Creating a Material class to store effect parameters
      11. Summary
   9. 3. Advanced Lighting
      1. Implementing a point light with HLSL
      2. Implementing a spot light with HLSL
      3. Drawing multiple lights
      4. Prelighting
      5. Storing depth and normal values
      6. Creating the light map
      7. Drawing models with the light map
      8. Creating the prelighting renderer
      9. Using the prelighting renderer
      10. Summary
   10. 4. Projection and Shadowing Effects
       1. Projective texturing
       2. Shadow mapping—drawing the depth map
          1. Shadow mapping—projecting the depth texture onto the scene
          2. Shadow mapping—performing the depth comparison
       3. Variance shadow mapping—soft shadows
          1. Variance shadow mapping—blurring the depth texture
       4. Variance shadow mapping—generating shadows
       5. Summary
   11. 5. Shader Effects
       1. Fog
       2. Normal mapping
       3. Generating normal maps with Photoshop
       4. Cube mapping: Making a sky sphere
       5. Cube mapping: Reflections
       6. Rendering sky boxes with Terragen
       7. Creating a reflective water effect
       8. Summary
   12. 6. Billboard and Particle Effects
       1. Creating the BillboardSystem class
       2. Drawing Billboards
       3. Creating clouds with spherical billboarding
       4. Non-rotating billboards
       5. Particle effects
       6. Particle fire
       7. Particle smoke
       8. Summary
   13. 7. Environmental Effects
       1. Building a terrain from a heightmap
       2. Multitexturing
       3. Adding a detail texture to the terrain
       4. Placing plants on the terrain
       5. Adding the finishing touches
       6. Summary
   14. 8. Advanced Materials and Post Processing
       1. Advanced Materials
       2. Post processing
       3. Black and white post processor
       4. Gaussian blur post processor
       5. Depth of field
       6. Glow post processor
       7. Summary
   15. 9. Animation
       1. Object animation
       2. Keyframed animation
       3. Curve interpolation
       4. Building a Race Track from a Curve
       5. Moving a car along the track
       6. Hierarchical animation
       7. Skinned animation
       8. Loading a skinned model
       9. Playing a skinned animation
       10. Changing an animation's play speed
       11. Model attachments
       12. Summary