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OGRE 3D 1.7 Beginner's Guide

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OGRE 3D 1.7 Beginner's Guide

Overview of this book

Want to make your own 3D applications, simulations, and games? OGRE 3D, an open source Object-Oriented 3D Graphics Rendering Engine written in C++, which can be utilized to create a variety of 3D applications and is commonly used in game creation, can help you to do so! OGRE 3D 1.7 Beginner's Guide, based on the latest version 1.7, makes it super easy for you to make your own monsters, spaceship shooters, weapons, enemies, and more!OGRE 3D 1.7 Beginner's Guide will teach you to develop 3D applications that are exciting and interesting and if used correctly can result in stunning games and simulations. You will start from the very beginning and then work your way up to complex scenes and stunning effects.In this book you will start with how to download and configure OGRE 3D, then create your first example scene. With the help of this sample scene, you will be introduced to several related topics each of which will be explained through several other examples and by do-it-yourself tasks. After each example there is a section that explains the theory behind the technique used for deeper understanding. You will also use what you learned in one example in another example and repeat each technique several times while learning new ones at the same time to strengthen the topics learned. Within no time you will master the art of game creation. Imagine how great you will feel when all your friends are playing the great-looking games you've created with OGRE 3D and this book.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Ogre 3D 1.7
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Time for action — changing the border color


  1. Copy the last material and name it MyMaterial7.

  2. After setting the texture mode, add the following line to set the border color to blue:

    tex_border_color 0.0 0.0 1.0
    
    
  3. Compile and run the application. This time, we also see only one leaf texture, but the rest of the quad should be in blue.

What just happened?

We changed the border color from black to blue. Similarly, we can use any color as the border color, which can be described with an RGB value. This texture mode can be used when putting logos onto objects like racing cars. We only need to set the border color to the color of the car and then add the texture. If there are little errors or inaccuracies with the texture coordinates, they won't show up because the car and the border color are the same.

Pop quiz — texture modes

  1. What is the difference between the four texture modes – wrap, clamp, mirror, and border?

    a. How texture coordinates are used which have a value between 0 and 1

    b. How texture...