I have a fairly competent rendering engine at the moment and some rudimentary level editing tools in place. Basically, the code has full support for OBJ files, including textures in png format and materials.
The rendering loop consists of a nested red-black tree traversal. The top level tree holds material objects. Each of these objects contains the material properties and a pointer to another tree of faces. So the final rendering loop looks something like this:
myfaces = localobj->getFacesJRB(); // construct a texture JRB and initialize the appropriate textures jrb_traverse(tempmaterials, mymaterials) { thismaterial = (obj_material *)tempmaterials->val.v; if(thismaterial->texture_name != NULL) { if ((jrb_find_str(newtextures, thismaterial->texture_name)) == NULL) { localtexture = (GLuint *)malloc(sizeof(GLuint)); *localtexture = pngBind(thismaterial->texture_name, PNG_NOMIPMAP, PNG_ALPHA, &localpnginfo, GL_REPEAT, GL_LINEAR, GL_NEAREST); if (*localtexture == 0) { printf("Can't load texture file: %s\n", thismaterial->texture_name); exit(1); } newtex = new Texture(*localtexture, strdup(thismaterial->texture_name)); jrb_insert_str(newtextures, strdup(thismaterial->texture_name), new_jval_v((void *)newtex)); } numTextures++; } // end of texture name null conditional } // end of jrb materials traverse if (shadeMethod == GL_SMOOTH) { // compile the display list glNewList(*mydisplaylist, GL_COMPILE); // traverse the materials jrb jrb_traverse(tempmaterials, mymaterials) { thismaterial = (obj_material *)tempmaterials->val.v; myfaces = thismaterial->faces; // set material properties glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_AMBIENT, thismaterial->Ka); glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_DIFFUSE, thismaterial->Kd); glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_SPECULAR,thismaterial->Ks); glMaterialf(GL_FRONT, GL_SHININESS, thismaterial->Ns); if (thismaterial->texture_name != NULL) { temptextures = jrb_find_str(newtextures, thismaterial->texture_name); newtex = (Texture *)temptextures->val.v; glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, newtex->mytexture); } else glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0); // traverse the face jrb jrb_traverse(tempfaces, myfaces) { thisface = (obj_face *)tempfaces->val.v; switch(thisface->face_format) { case VERTEX: case VERTEX_NORMAL: glBegin(renderMethod); for( j =0; jpolygonSize; j++) { glNormal3fv(&thisface->face_normal_array[(thisface->normal[j]*3)]); glVertex3fv(&localobj->obj_vertex_array[(thisface->vertex[j]*3)]); } glEnd(); break; case VERTEX_TEXTURE: case VERTEX_TEXTURE_NORMAL: glBegin(renderMethod); for( j =0; jpolygonSize; j++) { glTexCoord2fv(&localobj->obj_texture_array[(thisface->texture[j]*2)]); glNormal3fv(&thisface->face_normal_array[(thisface->normal[j]*3)]); glVertex3fv(&localobj->obj_vertex_array[(thisface->vertex[j]*3)]); } glEnd(); break; default: printf("\nlogic error in createDisplayList\n"); exit(1); } //end of swtich } //end of face traverse } // end of material JRB render traverse glEndList(); }I've abstracted the OBJs into a WorldObject class and I've abstracted the "level" into a MyWorld class. I also have basic openGL picking enabled, so the mouse cursor can be switched from "cursor on the screen picking mode" or classic first person shooter mode... very similar to how World of Warcraft is setup.
I'm satisfied with the controls. Everything is responsive and fluid. No third person camera views are available yet, only first person with mouse-look.
I've read up on collision detection and have thought about the next step in code development.
I also got a hold of Ultimate Game Design - Building Game Worlds by Tom Meigs. It has nothing in depth mathematically or anything about programming but it appears to be a clear guide through the game publishing process and a high level tools overview. I believe I will benefit from reading it.
I may be receiving some of the Game Programming Gems books as a birthday present soon (Nov. 6). I also might be getting Dark Watch for the XBox from my lovely wife.
I also bought a copy of Land of the Dead for the PC this weekend. This game is a huge amount of fun and I would recommend it to anyone that is looking for a solid budget title ($19.99). It has something different to offer me. The first scene on the farm was awesome. The zombies move slowly, but there are a lot of them. And a .22 rifle that holds 4 bullets and a 6 shot revolver takes time to reload. And ammo is rare. You can run indoors and close the doors to slow them down, but they will slowly punch through. It is great fun and I think anyone that is interested showed go out and support these guys and buy a copy. It is the closest I've seen yet to replicating the classic zombie movie nightmare.
