Game Programming Gems 4 (Game
Programming Gems Series) (v. 4) by
Andrew Kirmse
A Great Resource To Add To Your Collection
Uncover the secrets of the game industry’s best programmers with the
newest volume of the Game Programming Gems series. With over 60 all
new techniques, Game Programming Gems 4 continues to be the
definitive resource for developers. Written by expert game developers who
make today’s amazing games, these articles not only provide quick
solutions to cutting-edge problems, but they provide insights that you’ll
return to again and again. They’ll spark your creativity and inspire your
own discoveries. For the past few years, the game industry has been on
an incredible journey of exploration and innovation. In conjunction with this
journey, the scope of the Game Programming Gems series has broadened
as well. With the variety of new platforms available, coverage has been
expanded to include alternative languages and third party APIs. Most code
is written in C++, but some interpreted languages (Java and Python) are

also represented. The graphics articles make use of OpenGL, DirectX,
and the various available shader languages. Volume 4 also includes an all
new physics section that teaches innovative techniques for implementing
real-time physics that will help you create emergent gameplay. To make
searching between all four volumes of the series easy and efficient, we
have added a cumulative index. This new volume is a definite must-have
resource for every game programmer’s library! Section Editors:
Chris Corry, General Programming
Jonathan Blow, Mathematics
Graham Rhodes, Physics
Paul Tozour, Artificial Intelligence
Alex Vlachos, Graphics
Pete Isensee, Network & Multiplayer
Eddie Edwards, Audio Section Highlights: General Programming: the
science of debugging games, large cross-platform libraries, generic tree
container in C++, weak references and null objects, system for managing
game entities Mathematics: using the Mersenne Twister, extracting
frustum and camera information, solving accuracy problems in large world
coordinates, using the covariance matrix for better fitting bounding objects
Physics (New): algorithms for combat killing, vehicle physics simulation for
CPU-limited systems, constraints in rigid body dynamics, interactive water
surfaces Artificial Intelligence: third-person camera navigation, using AI
to enhance dramatic tension, NPC decision making, distributed-reasoning
voting architecture Graphics: GPU shadow volume construction for non-
closed meshes, perspective shadow maps, shadow buffers, motion
capture data compression, terrain occlusion culling with horizons
Network & Multiplayer: efficient MMP game state storage, application of
parallel-state machines in a client-server environment, bit packing, time
and consistency management for multi-server based MMORPGs Audio:
introduction to OpenAL, real-time lip synching, dynamic variables and
audio programming, controlling real-time sound synthesis from game
physics On The CD-ROM
The CD-ROM is packed with source code and listings from the book and
demos to compliment the articles. Windows demos were compiled using
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 (.dsw files) or Microsoft Visual C++ 7.0 (.sln files).
OpenGL utility Toolkit (GLUT v3.7.6), Sun’s J2SE, and Microsoft DirectX 9
SDK are also included. System Requirements
Windows®: Intel® Pentium® series, AMD Athlon or newer processor,
Windows® 98 (64MB RAM) or Windows® 2000 (128MB RAM) or later
required. 3D graphics card recommended for optimal performance.

DirectX® 9 and GLUT 3.7 or newer are also required. For Linux systems
you will also need the Linux kernel 2.4.x or later, XFree86 4.0, and
OpenGL driver, glibc 2.1 or newer. Mesa can be used in place of 3D
hardware support. CONTRIBUTORS
Marwan Y. Ansari
Jonathan Blow
James Boer
Paul Bragiel
Warrick Buchanan
Bill Budge
Waldemar Celes
Chris Corry
Carsten Dachsbacher
Mark DeLoura
Shekhar Dhupelia
Thomas Di Giacomo
Michael Dougherty
George Drettakis
Eddie Edwards
David Etherton
Glenn Fiedler
Peter Freese
Bert Freudenberg
Paul Glinker
Mario Grimani
John Hancock

Søren Hannibal
Matthew Harmon
Oliver Heim
Jim Hejl
Pete Isensee
Toby Jones
Andrew Kirmse
Adam Lake
Jay Lee
Noel Llopis
Thomas Lowe
Frank Luchs
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Carl S. Marshall
Adam Martin
Maic Masuch
Dave McCoy
Ádám Moravánszky
Frederic My
Chris Oat
James F. OBrien
John M. Olsen
Marcin Pancewicz
Kurt Pelzer
Borut Pfeifer

Karén Pivazyan
Nick Porcino
Mark T. Price
Matt Pritchard
Justin Quimby
Steve Rabin
Graham Rhodes
Thomas Rolfes
Greg Seegert
Larry Shi
Jake Simpson
Roger Smith
Russ Smith
Marco Spoerl
Marc Stamminger
Jonathan Stone
Don Stoner
Thomas Strothotte
Natalya Tatarchuk
Pierre Terdiman
Jerry Tessendorf
Paul Tozour
Joe Valenzuela
Jim Van Verth

Scott Velasquez
Alex Vlachos
Tao Zhang
Personal Review: Game Programming Gems 4 (Game
Programming Gems Series) (v. 4) by Andrew Kirmse
Intended for the intermediate to advanced game programmer, this is a
book that will literally have something for everyone. It contains sixty-two
'gems' that is, articles on how to some particular aspect of game
programming. Sophisticated game programming is probably the most
complex programming there is. And this book goes into some pretty
sophisticated programming details. It is written by a collection of the best in
the business today.
For instance:
3.1 - Ten Fingers of Deaty: Algorithms for Combat Killing
5.11 - Heat and Haze Post-Processing Effects
7.2 - A Simple Real-Time Lip-Synching System
There is no question that the main driving force for faster computers is to
make for more realistic gaming. And the faster computers allow more
sophisticated programming to be done to make the grass wave
realistically.
This is probably not a book you're going to sit down and read from cover to
cover. You'll probably scan through and read the ones that are applicable
to just what you need to do next. But then in a couple of weeks, in a couple
of months....
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