Advanced Animation with DirectX

Advanced Animation with DirectX......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 2
Introduction......Page 11
 Part One: Preparations......Page 14
 Installing the DirectX SDK......Page 15
 Choosing the Debug or Retail Libraries......Page 17
 Setting the DirectX SDK Directories......Page 18
 Linking to the DirectX Libraries......Page 19
 Setting the Default char State......Page 21
 Using the Helper Objects......Page 22
 Checking Out the Helper Functions......Page 28
 Moving On with the Book......Page 41
 Part Two: Animation Basics......Page 43
 Reading Time in Windows......Page 44
 Animating with Time......Page 45
 Moving along Paths......Page 48
 Creating an .X Path Parser......Page 55
 Creating In-Game Cinematic Sequences......Page 60
 TimedAnim......Page 61
 Route......Page 62
 Cinematic......Page 63
 Working with .X Templates and Data Objects......Page 65
 Defining Templates......Page 68
 Creating Data Objects from Templates......Page 70
 Embedding Data Objects and Template Restrictions......Page 71
 Working with the DirectX Standard Templates......Page 72
 Registering Custom and Standard Templates......Page 73
 Opening an .X File......Page 74
 Enumerating Data Objects......Page 75
 Retrieving Data from a Data Object......Page 79
 Constructing an .X Parser Class......Page 82
 Loading Meshes Using D3DX......Page 86
 Loading Meshes with Your .X Parser......Page 89
 Loading Skinned Meshes......Page 90
 Loading Frame Hierarchies from .X......Page 91
 Loading Custom Data from .X......Page 93
 ParseMesh......Page 95
 Part Three: Skeletal Animation......Page 97
 Taking on Skeletal Animation......Page 98
 Using Skeletal Structures and Bone Hierarchies......Page 99
 Loading Hierarchies from .X......Page 100
 Modifying Bone Orientation......Page 102
 Updating the Hierarchy......Page 103
 Working with Skinned Meshes......Page 104
 Loading Skinned Meshes from .X......Page 107
 Creating a Secondary Mesh Container......Page 108
 Mapping Bones to Frames......Page 109
 Manipulating the Skinned Mesh......Page 110
 Updating the Skinned Mesh......Page 111
 Check Out the Demo......Page 113
 Using Key-Framed Skeletal Animation Sets......Page 115
 Using Keys in Animation......Page 116
 Working with the Four Key Types......Page 117
 Reading Animation Data from .X Files......Page 119
 Matching Animations to Bones......Page 126
 Updating Animations......Page 128
 Obtaining Skeletal Mesh Data from Alternative Sources......Page 129
 Check Out the Demos......Page 130
 Blending Skeletal Animations......Page 132
 Combining Transformations......Page 133
 Enhancing Skeletal Animation Objects......Page 134
 Check Out the Demo......Page 139
 Creating Dolls from Characters......Page 141
 Working with Rigid-Body Physics......Page 144
 Creating a Rigid Body......Page 145
 Positioning and Orienting Your Rigid Bodies......Page 147
 Processing the Motion of Rigid Bodies......Page 150
 Using Forces to Create Motion......Page 157
 Connecting Rigid Bodies with Springs......Page 158
 Providing Collision Detection and Response......Page 161
 Defining the Rigid Body State......Page 167
 Containing Bones......Page 168
 Creating the Rag Doll Controller Class......Page 169
 Building Bone Data......Page 172
 Computing the Bone Bounding Box......Page 173
 Setting the Forces......Page 176
 Integrating the Bones......Page 177
 Processing Collisions......Page 179
 Enforcing Bone-to-Bone Connections......Page 181
 Rebuilding the Hierarchy......Page 182
 Check Out the Demo......Page 183
 Part Four: Morphing Animation......Page 185
 Morphing in Action......Page 186
 Morphing the Meshes......Page 187
 Building a Morphed Mesh through Manipulation......Page 189
 Dissecting the Subsets......Page 192
 Creating a Morphing Vertex Shader......Page 194
 Check Out the Demos......Page 197
 Creating .X Morphing Animation Templates......Page 199
 Loading Morphing Animation Data......Page 201
 Rendering the Morphing Mesh......Page 205
 Obtaining Morphing Mesh Data from Alternative Sources......Page 208
 Check Out the Demos......Page 209
 Blending Morphing Animations......Page 211
 Calculating the Differences......Page 212
 Blending the Differences......Page 214
 Building a Blending Morph Vertex Shader......Page 215
 Using the Blending Morph Vertex Shader......Page 220
 Check Out the Demos......Page 222
 Blended Morphing Back in Action......Page 223
 Using Phonemes for Speech......Page 225
 Creating the Base Mesh......Page 227
 Creating Facial Expressions......Page 228
 Creating Viseme Meshes......Page 230
 Automating Basic Features......Page 232
 Building Phoneme Sequences......Page 233
 Using an .X Parser for Sequences......Page 240
 Playing Facial Sequences with Sound......Page 244
 Using DirectShow for Sound......Page 245
 Synchronizing Animation with Sound......Page 246
 Looping Sound Playback......Page 247
 Check Out the Demo......Page 248
 Part Five: Miscellaneous Animation......Page 250
 Working with Particles......Page 251
 Starting with the Basics......Page 252
 Drawing Particles with Quad Polygons......Page 253
 Working with Point Sprites......Page 257
 Improving Particle Rendering with Vertex Shaders......Page 260
 Bringing Your Particles to Life......Page 267
 Moving Particles Using Velocity......Page 268
 Using Intelligence in Processing......Page 269
 Creating and Destroying Particles......Page 270
 Drawing Your Particles......Page 271
 Controlling Particles with Class......Page 274
 Creating Particle Engines in Vertex Shaders......Page 277
 Check Out the Demos......Page 278
 Simulating Cloth in Your Projects......Page 280
 Defining Cloth Points and Springs......Page 281
 Obtaining Cloth Data from Meshes......Page 282
 Applying Force to Create Motion......Page 285
 Rebuilding and Rendering the Cloth Mesh......Page 293
 Restoring the Original Mesh......Page 294
 Adding More Springs......Page 295
 Loading Mass and Spring Data from .X......Page 296
 Building an .X Parser for Cloth Data......Page 297
 Defining Collision Objects......Page 299
 Detecting and Responding to Collisions......Page 302
 Creating a Cloth Mesh Class......Page 305
 Reverting a Soft Body Mesh......Page 314
 Creating a Soft Body Mesh Class......Page 315
 Check Out the Demos......Page 316
 Creating a Texture Transformation......Page 318
 Setting Texture Transformation Matrices......Page 320
 Using Video Media Files for Textures......Page 321
 Importing Video with DirectShow......Page 322
 Creating a Custom Filter......Page 323
 Working with the Custom Filter......Page 329
 Creating an Animated Texture Manager......Page 335
 Applying Animated Media Textures......Page 336
 Check Out the Demos......Page 338
 Wrapping Up Advanced Animation......Page 339
 Part Six: Appendixes......Page 340
 Web Sites to Check Out......Page 341
 Recommended Reading......Page 343
 Paint Shop Pro Trial Version......Page 344
 Microsoft Agent and LISET......Page 345
 Chapter 2: Timing in Animation and Movement......Page 346
 Chapter 7: Implementing Rag Doll Animation......Page 347
 Chapter 10: Blending Morphing Animations......Page 348
 Chapter 13: Simulating Cloth and Soft Body Mesh Animation......Page 349
 Chapter 14: Using Animated Textures......Page 350
 Chapter 11: Morphing Facial Animation......Page 351
 Chapter 8: Working with Morphing Animation......Page 352
 Chapter 14: Using Animated Textures......Page 353