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n0stradamus

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Registered: 2010-11-08

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Beginning 3D Programming

Hi!

I'm a big fan of scene demos and I've come to the point where I want to try to program simple 3D animations myself.
I fluently speak C++ and would like  to make my animations run on Linux, naturally^^
So far, I've only come across openGL-Tutorials and guidelines, but I wonder whether that is the best entry you can have into the world of 3D Programming.
Are there any openGL-Bindings or even different libraries you could recommend for beginners?

Looking forward to your answers

mikesd

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Re: Beginning 3D Programming

Great tutorials -> http://nehe.gamedev.net/

C/C++ are nice for OpenGL. I have also used pyglet (http://www.pyglet.org/) for prototyping things in Python.

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AlexS

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From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2009-05-16

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Re: Beginning 3D Programming

I've heard good things of panda3D, another python environment for 3D

ewaller

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Re: Beginning 3D Programming

I started by studying and then modifying the demos provided with Qt.  Even if Qt is not your cup of tea, it does provide a nice, safe launch pad.

Edit:  I speak of the OpenGL demos.

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RazrFalcon

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Re: Beginning 3D Programming

The OGRE is very simple.

Last edited by RazrFalcon (2011-05-20 18:08:08)

n0stradamus

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Re: Beginning 3D Programming

Great tutorials -> http://nehe.gamedev.net/

C/C++ are nice for OpenGL. I have also used pyglet (http://www.pyglet.org/) for prototyping things in Python.

I already had a look at the tutorials at gamedev.net, but didn't feel like they were explaining the transformations (sin/cos/etc) very well.
I'm good at maths, but I haven't done _any_ 3D Programming before

pyglet looks really nice, I'll definitively have a look at it, thanks!

I started by studying and then modifying the demos provided with Qt.  Even if Qt is not your cup of tea, it does provide a nice, safe launch pad.

Edit:  I speak of the OpenGL demos.

I should have thought of that, I have done a little Qt in my past, thanks for reminding

The OGRE is very simple.

Thanks, another engine to look at

Thats a lot to go through. I'll get back to you in case I need some more help. Thanks so far!

xdemo

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From: Bristol, UK

Registered: 2010-06-10

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Re: Beginning 3D Programming

This is a nice site:
http://cone3d.gamedev.net/cgi-bin/index … ladv/index

I can't say how helpful the OpenGL tutorials are, but i did follow this persons tutorials on SDL, which made me figure out a great deal of stuff.
If you haven't worked with SDL before it might be worth a shot following their SDL/OpenGL tutorials, the two can work nicely together.

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