Epic Paintball

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Epic Paintball

• Ryhan Hassan
• David Baker
• Sarat Tallamraju
• Scott Martin
• OSC SI Game Development Team 08

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Why we chose this Project

• Looked Challenging
• Can always continue improving, even after we
  leave
• Covers a broad range of topics

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Software
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Modeling
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Mesh Creation

• MakeHuman
• Fast Character Creation
• Already Texture Mapped
• Quick Exporting to Apps
• Blender
• Very Powerful Flexible
• Realistic with High Detail

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Mesh Creation

• Character
• Generate Structure using MakeHuman
• Reduce Polygon Count with Blender

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Mesh Creation

• Environment (Blender)
• Buildings
• Reduced Polygon Count by avoiding complex
  structures
• Skydome
• Keeps scale low for camera rendering, while
  giving a realistic panoramic view
• Terrain
• Changing Inclination for a more practical
  environment

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Texturing

• TurboSquid
• Get Basic Texture
• GIMP
• Create/Modify Texture
• Blender
• Apply Texture

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Animating

• Blender
• Forward Kinematics
• Keyframing Animation
• Interpolation
• Export Chicken for .Eggs
• Model File System

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Programming
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Physics

• Collisions
• Vector Node Pointing at Ground
• Collision Detection Function
• Jumping
• Vt-1/2gt2, g9.8m/s/s
• Iterated (looped over time)

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Controls

• Key Mapping
• W,A,S,D for Movement
• Mouse-Controlled Camera Movement
• Shift for Running, J for Jumping, Space for
  Shooting
• Calling Animations

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Networking

• CTRL-C AND V
• Server/Client System
• Initialization Function
• Shutdown Function
• Transmission Control Protocol
• Packets
• Sending/Receiving
• User Datagram Protocol

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so in the end
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Accomplishments

• 3D World
• Multiple Players via Networking
• Implemented Animations

• Learned how to use Python Blender (kinda)
• Solely used Freeware
• Crashed every Laptop in the workstation

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Acknowledgements

• Pete Carswell
• Prasad Calyam
• Elaine Pritchard
• Daniel Eyster
• Brianna Austin
• TurboSquid

• GIMP
• Blender
• Wings3d
• Python (IDLE)
• Panda3d
• MakeHuman

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Questions?

• None? Excellent