Advanced 3d Game Programming All in One

PART I - Advanced Script Programming
1. A Target-Rich Environment
2. Working with Torque Script
3. Vectors and Matrices
4. 3D Using Torque Scripts

PART II - Artificial Intelligence
5. Easing into Artificial Intelligence
6. Using AI in Games
7. Artificial Enemies
8. Interactive AI
9. Group Behaviors

PART III - Enhanced Game Programming
10. Damage Control
11. Making it Real
12. Spicing it Up
13. Online Game Services Using PHP

PART IV - Enhanced Game Modeling
14. Structure Modeling
15. Shape Modeling
16. Variable Skins

Appendix A - The Torque Reference
Appendix B - Additional Resources

Finney, Kenneth
Kenneth C. Finney teaches in the Game Development and Entrepreneurship program at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, where he runs the Game Development Workshop. Ken has taught game design, level and GUI design, game development, programming, and prototyping at the Art Institute of Toronto where he was lead faculty member in the Game Art & Design program for five years. Ken is the creator of the popular TubettiWorld Online Campaign" Mod and the "QuicknDirty" game management tools for NovaLogic's Delta Force 2 game series. In addition to being an associate developer of the Torque Game Engine at GarageGames, Ken is the author of several books about game programming including 3D Game Programming All In One, 1st & 2nd Editions and Advanced 3D Game Programming All In One. Ken is 50% owner of TubettiWorld Games, Inc. (TWG), an Ontario-based company that is creating a new and unique Action/Adventure game based on the original TubettiWorld design, using Torque Game Engine Advanced. The team that Finney has assembled at TWG was responsible for delivering a 3D action racing game for a major U.S. toy manufacturer in 2008."