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3D Game Development with Microsoft Silverlight 3 Beginner's Guide A practical guide to creating real-time responsive online 3D games in Silverlight 3 using C#, XBAP WPF, XAML, Balder, and Farseer Physics Engine Gastón C. Hillar BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Vadim Kudria on 4th October 2009 6352 108th St, , Forest Hills, , 11375 3D Game Development with Microsoft Silverlight 3 Beginner's Guide Copyright © 2009 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. First published: September 2009 Production Reference: 1180909 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. 32 Lincoln Road Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK. ISBN 978-1-847198-92-1 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by Gastón Hillar and Adline Swetha Jesuthas Cover image for illustrative purposes only. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Vadim Kudria on 4th October 2009 6352 108th St, , Forest Hills, , 11375 Credits Author Editorial Team Leader Gastón C. Hillar Abhijeet Deobhakta Reviewers Project Team Leader Tarkan Karadayi Priya Mukherji Richard Griffin Project Coordinator Acquisition Editor Zainab Bagasrawala James Lumsden Proofreader Development Editor Lesley Harrison Darshana D. Shinde Graphics Technical Editor Nilesh R. Mohite Arani Roy Production Coordinators Copy Editor Aparna Bhagat Sneha Kulkarni Shantanu Zagade Indexer Cover Work Hemangini Bari Aparna Bhagat This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Vadim Kudria on 4th October 2009 6352 108th St, , Forest Hills, , 11375 About the Author Gastón C. Hillar has been working with computers since he was eight. He began programming with the legendary Texas TI-99/4A and Commodore 64 home computers in the early 80's. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science in which he graduated with honors, and he also has an MBA (Master in Business Administration) in which graduated with an outstanding thesis. He has worked as a developer, an architect, and project manager for many companies in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Now, he is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author always looking for new adventures around the world. He also works with electronics (he is an electronics technician). He is always researching new technologies and writing about them. He owns an IT and electronics laboratory with many servers, monitors, and measuring instruments. He has written another book for Packt, "C# 2008 and 2005 Threaded Programming: Beginner's Guide". He contributes to Dr. Dobb’s Go Parallel programming portal http://www.ddj.com/go- parallel/ and he is a guest blogger at Intel Software Network http://software. intel.com He is the author of more than 40 books in Spanish about computer science, modern hardware, programming, systems development, software architecture, business applications, balanced scorecard applications, IT project management, the Internet, and electronics. He usually writes articles for the Spanish magazines "Mundo Linux", "Solo Programadores" and "Resistor". He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his son, Kevin. When not tinkering with computers, he enjoys developing and playing with wireless virtual reality devices and electronics toys with his father, his son, and his nephew Nico. You can reach him at: [email protected] You can follow him on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/gastonhillar Gastón's blog is at: http://csharpmulticore.blogspot.com This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Vadim Kudria on 4th October 2009 6352 108th St, , Forest Hills, , 11375 Acknowledgement While writing this book, I was fortunate enough to work with an excellent team at Packt Publishing Ltd, whose contributions vastly improved the presentation of this book. James Lumsden helped me to transform the idea in the final book and to take my first steps working with a new Beginner's Guide. Zainab Bagasrawala made everything easier with both her incredible time management and patience. Darshana Shinde helped me realize my vision for this book and provided many sensible suggestions regarding the text, the format and the flow. The reader will notice her great work. Arani Roy made the sentences, the paragraphs, and the code easier to read and to understand. He has added great value to the final drafts. Special thanks go to Einar Ingebrigtsen (http://www.ingebrigtsen.info), Balder's lead developer. Einar's work inspired this book. He made it possible to have a game engine for Silverlight 3. This book was possible because Einar helped me with each new feature added to Balder. His outstanding knowledge on game development made it possible to work with an excellent engine. I also have to thank Petri Wilhelmsen, another Balder's developer who also helped to improve the engine. I would like to thank my technical reviewers and proofreaders, for their thorough reviews and insightful comments. I was able to incorporate some of the knowledge and wisdom they have gained in their many years in the software development industry. The examples, the pictures and the code include the great feedback provided by Tarkan Karadayi. Tarkan helped me a lot to include better and shorter code to simplify the learning process. I would like to thank Mark Dawson, Kit3D's developer. Mark's work also inspired the development of many simple 3D applications using previous Silverlight versions and his simple yet powerful engine. I wish to acknowledge Bill Reiss, as he worked to show the world that Silverlight games were possible. He was another great source of inspiration for my work on this book. I would like to thank Doug Holland, as his blog posts at Intel Software Network always helped me to stay tuned with tips related to many products used in this book. I must acknowledge David Barnes, Beginner's Guide Series Editor at Packt. His help in my previous book and his wisdom is also part of this new one. I must also thank Shilpa Dube, Rakesh Shejwal and Rajashree Hamine. They helped me in my previous book written for Packt and this new one was much easier bearing in mind their excellent tips. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Vadim Kudria on 4th October 2009 6352 108th St, , Forest Hills, , 11375 I wish to acknowledge Hector A. Algarra, who always helped me to improve my writing. Special thanks go to my wife, Vanesa S. Olsen, my son Kevin, my nephew, Nicolas, my father, Jose Carlos, who acted as a great sounding board and participated in many hours of technical discussions, my sister, Silvina, who helped me when my grammar was confusing and my mother Susana. They were always supporting me during the production of this book. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Vadim Kudria on 4th October 2009 6352 108th St, , Forest Hills, , 11375 About the Reviewer Tarkan Karadayi has been writing code since age 14. He has a Masters in Computer Science and is currently working as a Lead Developer. I would like to thank my wife Anna, my parents and my three sons Taran, Kyle, and Ryan for their love and support. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Vadim Kudria on 4th October 2009 6352 108th St, , Forest Hills, , 11375 This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Vadim Kudria on 4th October 2009 6352 108th St, , Forest Hills, , 11375 I would like to dedicate this book to my son Kevin and my wife Vanesa This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Vadim Kudria on 4th October 2009 6352 108th St, , Forest Hills, , 11375 This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Vadim Kudria on 4th October 2009 6352 108th St, , Forest Hills, , 11375