Quest 3D

Martin Klusmann, Felix FährmannSeminar – Game EnginesProfessur CoGVis/MMC07.05.09

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Agenda

• Basics• Graphical Interface• Features• System Requirements• Games• References• Demo

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• 3D Engine with IDE• Architecture, Productdesign, Games, Simulationenvironments• Developt by Act-3D B.V. (Netherlands)• Since September 2001• Version 4.2.2.• Commercial licence

Quest 3D

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• Programing using graphical interface

Interface

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Interface (cont'd)

• Programing using graphical interface

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• Object-Oriented Design approach

• Physics, Database, Network, AI, etc.

• Input• VR input devices (data glove, Wiimote, etc.)

• Output• Stereo display• Force feedback

• Plug-in structure with SDK (C++)

• Single executable, installer, webpage

• Scripting via LUA

Features

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• uses ODE and Newton (freeware)

• Basic Physics• Collision Detection• Simple character collision• Rigid Body• Vehicle Physics

Physics

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• Shader 1.0 .. 3.0• Vertex, Pixel• .x import (DX)• HLSL support

• BSP (collision, path finding)• optimized rendering for huge character crowds and massive vegitation

• Forward Kinematics, Keyframe Animation, Skeletal Animation, Morphing, Animation Blending

Shaders, Scene Management, Animation

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• Per-vertex, Per-pixel• Lightmapping, Gloss maps• Dynamic lighting (eight lights; spot, omni, linear)• Import radiosity light maps from MAX and Maya, etc.

• Shadow Mapping, Projected planar• Shadow Volume (hardware or software)

Lighting and Shadows

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• Environment Mapping• Lens Flares, Billboarding• Cloth Simulation• Particle System (Water, Fire, Explosion)• Sky, Fog, Weather• Mirror

Special Effects

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• Mesh Loading• Skinning

• skinned meshes, multiple texture coordinates, vertex colors• Includes Polytrans• Primitive meshes: donut, square etc.• Imported meshes: polygons, lines or points• Use a maximum of 4 billion vertices per surface• Includes X exporters for MAX, MAYA, Lightwave 3D and AutoCAD

Meshes

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• Multi-texturing, Mipmapping, Volumetric, Cube maps• Bumpmapping (environmental bump map, per-pixel shading)• Real-time compressed texture support (DXTC)• Up to eight texture stages (depends on hardware)• Supports JPG, TGA, PNG, BMP and DDS file formats• Automatically creates bump map from height image

Textureing

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• Stereo Rendering, Render-to-Texture, Fonts, GUI• shadow map ray tracer• Supports fonts from 3D Models and 2D textured fonts• Multiple materials per object• Special materials effects through per-pixel shading• Multiple transparency modes

Rendering

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• 2D Sound, 3D Sound• Streaming (mp3)• pitch, volume and panning• Effects can be simulated (doppler, etc.)• Imports wav, mp3 and mid files

Sound & Video

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• Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer• Microsoft DirectPlay network synchronization• Lobby system• Interpolation for good results on slow networks

Networking System

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• Pathfinding, Decision Making, Finite State Machines• path editor to paint paths (painted graph and collision geometry)

AI

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Minimum:• Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista (64 or 32 bit)• 256 MB system memory• 1Ghz Processor• DirectX compatble graphics card• 32 MB graphics memory• 400MB free disk space

System Requirements

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Games

• Audiosurf• Leo• Schiff-Simulator• etc.

www.4colorrebellion.com/.../ 08/02/audiosurf2.jpg

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Thanks for your attention!

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References

http://www.devmaster.net/engines/engine_details.php?id=80 [06.05.09]http://www.quest3d.com/Brochures/Introducing_Quest3D.pdf [06.05.09]http://www.lichtblick4d.com/index.php/software/3d-applikationen/quest3d.html [06.05.09]http://www.quest3d.com/index.php?id=208 [06.05.09]http://www.quest3d.com/index.php?id=208 [06.05.09]http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest3D [06.05.09]