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Babylon.js Essentials

By : Julien Moreau-Mathis
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Babylon.js Essentials

By: Julien Moreau-Mathis

Overview of this book

Are you familiar with HTML5? Do you want to build exciting games and Web applications? Then explore the exciting world of game and Web development with one of the best frameworks out there: Babylon.JS. Starting from the beginning, the book introduces the required basics for 3D development and the knowledge you need to use the Babylon.js framework. It focuses on the simplicity provided by Babylon.js and uses a combination of theory and practice. All the chapters are provided with example files ready to run; each example file provides the previously learned features of the framework. Finally, developers will be ready to easily understand new features added to the framework in the future.

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Julien Moreau-Mathis
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Babylon.js Essentials
Babylon.js Essentials
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Babylon.js and the TypeScript Language
Babylon.js and the TypeScript Language
The creators
Why is Babylon.js developed using TypeScript?
Introduction to TypeScript - what you have to know
Summary
2
The Fundamentals of Babylon.js and Available Tools
The Fundamentals of Babylon.js and Available Tools
The Babylon.js structure and graphs
Creating your first scene
Summary
3
Create, Load, and Draw 3D Objects on the Screen
Create, Load, and Draw 3D Objects on the Screen
Using Blender to export scenes
Using 3ds Max to export scenes
Loading scenes with Babylon.js programmatically
Summary
4
Using Materials to Customize 3D Objects Appearance
Using Materials to Customize 3D Objects Appearance
Discussing the awesome theory behind the materials
Using the Babylon.js standard material
Using textures with materials
Summary
5
Create Collisions on Objects
Create Collisions on Objects
Checking collisions in a scene
Simulate physics
Configuring in Blender and 3ds Max
Summary
6
Manage Audio in Babylon.js
Manage Audio in Babylon.js
Playing 2D sounds
Playing 3D sounds
Summary
7
Defining Actions on Objects
Defining Actions on Objects
Defining actions on objects
Using conditions to control the actions graphs
Using the Actions Builder in 3ds Max
Summary
8
Add Rendering Effects Using Built-in Post-processes
Add Rendering Effects Using Built-in Post-processes
Using post-processes with Babylon.js
Using post-process rendering pipelines with Babylon.js
The built-in post-processes
Summary
9
Create and Play Animations
Create and Play Animations
Creating animations using Babylon.js
Using easing functions to smooth animations
Importing and managing animated models
Summary

Summary

You are now ready to configure the collisions for your scene and simulate physics. Whether by code or by artists, you can understand the pipeline in order to make your scenes more alive. Don't hesitate to manipulate the example files. There are three important functions, as follows:

  • createScene(): This creates the meshes and materials
  • createCollisions(): This configures the collisions on scene, camera, and meshes
  • createPhysics(): This configures the physics properties of meshes and applies impulses

In the next chapter, it's time to make your scenes more alive by adding audio tracks to it. You'll be able to add sounds, spatialized or not, to your scenes whether by code or by artists with the help of the sound support in 3ds Max and Blender.

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