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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:38 am    Post subject: My new "toy" [quote]

My latest "toy":
3D Game Programming All In One Second Edition by Kenneth Finney

Looks like I may be busy for awhile...1120 pages! Man this book is heavy...heh. Anyone seen this book, or know anything about it?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:51 pm    Post subject: [quote]

Nope, never seen it.

And I'm looking forward to see some 3d rpgs soon, eh?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:27 pm    Post subject: [quote]

BadMrBox wrote:
Nope, never seen it.

And I'm looking forward to see some 3d rpgs soon, eh?

possibly. :)

I'm 120 pages into it... just started reading it today though. heh.

Its a well-written book so far.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:48 pm    Post subject: Re: My new "toy" [quote]

DeveloperX wrote:
My latest "toy":
3D Game Programming All In One Second Edition by Kenneth Finney

Looks like I may be busy for awhile...1120 pages! Man this book is heavy...heh. Anyone seen this book, or know anything about it?


Never seen it, never heard anything about it, but let me know if it's any good - finally learning some 3D maths has been on my to do list forever :)
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:35 am    Post subject: [quote]

Okay, its not a bad book; but the title is misleading.

Its essentially a beginner's guide to using TorqueScript to manipulate the Torque engine that you still have to buy for $100 from garagegames.com

So, its doubtful that I'll be making any 3d rpgs with this.
I'm quickly losing interest in it mainly because I don't want to use an existing 3d engine, but rather learn to build my own, but I'll sell the book (perfect condition with CD and all) for $40.00 USD.

Don't get me wrong, I think the book is a great book, and I do not normally part with any books I purchase. But I am hurting financially right now, and if I have to lose one of my 200+ book collection then I could deal without this massive $54.99 TorqueScript guide.

....back to my Python Game Programming series that I'm writing. :)
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