jMonkeyEngine 3.0 Cookbook

Cover
 Copyright
 Credits
 About the Author
 About the Reviewers
 www.PacktPub.com
 Table of Contents
 Preface
 Chapter 1: SDK Game Development Hub
 Introduction
 Setting up a project
 Importing a model
 Using Scene Composer
 Modifying heightmaps with Terrain Editor
 Adding a sky box and lighting
 Adding water using a filter
 Adding some ambient audio
 Creating bitmap fonts with Font Creator
 Retrieving an attachment node
 Using ParticleEmitter --
Soaring Birds
 An advanced ParticleEmitter class
 Chapter 2: Cameras and Game Controls
 Introduction
 Creating a reusable character control. Attaching an input AppState objectFiring in FPS
 Firing non-instant bullets
 Creating an RTS camera AppState object
 Selecting units in RTS
 Making the camera follow units
 Following a character with ChaseCamera
 Adding a game controller or joystick input
 Leaning around corners
 Detecting cover automatically in a third-person game
 Chapter 3: World Building
 Introduction
 Using noise to generate a terrain
 Lighting your world and providing it with dynamic lights
 Deforming a terrain in real time
 Automating trees'' distribution
 Endless worlds and infinite space. Flowing water with cellular automataThe essentials of a cube-based world
 Chapter 4: Mastering Character Animations
 Introduction
 Previewing animations in SDK
 Creating an animation manager control
 Extending the animation control
 Handling jump animations
 Creating a custom animation --
leaning
 Creating a subanimation
 Lip syncing and facial expressions
 Eye movement
 Location-dependent animation --
edge check
 Aligning feet with ground --
inverse kinematics
 Chapter 5: Artificial Intelligence
 Introduction
 Creating a reusable AI control class
 Sensing --
vision
 Sensing --
hearing. Decision making --
Finite State MachineCreating the AI using cover
 Generating NavMesh in SDK
 Pathfinding --
using NavMesh
 Controlling groups of AI
 Pathfinding --
our own A* pathfinder
 Chapter 6: GUI with Nifty GUI
 Introduction
 Initializing Nifty and managing an options menu
 Loading the screen
 Creating an RPG dialog screen
 Implementing a game console
 Handling a game message queue
 Creating an inventory screen
 Customizing the input and settings page
 Using offscreen rendering for a minimap
 Chapter 7: Networking with SpiderMonkey
 Introduction
 Setting up a server and client. Handling basic messagingMaking a networked game --
Battleships
 Implementing a network code for FPS
 Loading a level
 Interpolating between player positions
 Firing over a network
 Optimizing the bandwidth and avoiding cheating
 Chapter 8: Physics with Bullet
 Introduction
 Creating a pushable door
 Building a rocket engine
 Ballistic projectiles and arrows
 Handling multiple gravity sources
 Self-balancing using RotationalLimitMotors
 The principles of a bridge-building game
 Networked physics
 Chapter 9: Taking Our Game to the Next Level
 Introduction.