kondrak

• Expert C Programming: Deep C secrets (van der Linden)
• Effective Modern C++ (Meyers)
• Real-Time Rendering (Akenine-Möller)
• Physically Based Rendering (Pharr)
• Vulkan Programming Guide (Sellers)
• [Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics (Lengyel)](https://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Programming-Computer-Graphic

kondrak

Animation in particular is something I would like to know in detail. I checked out a book and I feel like there's a lot of groundwork I need to familiarize myself with before getting there (lot of math).

Animation and graphics is where math is KEY. Matrix and vector arithmetics must become your friends, same with trigonometry, linear algebra and quaternions. More advanced features in gfx/physics will require you to dive into new math areas but this is something you'll soon discover once you start research on a given topic.

At what point do you call the application an 'engine', as in what exactly are the bare essentials. Is that when you have a way to define game objects, have some physics system set up, and can have scripts running?

kondrak

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Tags: 
struct - a structure
enum - enumeration
namespace - namespace!
var - variable (standalone, member if enclosed with struct/enum/namespace, parameter if enclosed by func). 
      Can be used for typedefs, too.
func - function (standalone, member if enclosed with struct/namespace)
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kondrak

ABI    - Application Binary Interface
API    - Application Programming Interface
CPU    - Central Processing Unit
CRT    - C Runtime
DOD    - Data Oriented Design
GI     - Global Illumination
GNU    - Gnu's Not Unix
GPU    - Graphics Processing Unit
ICE    - Internal Compiler Error
IHV    - Independent Hardware Vendor

kondrak

/ ** This doesn't work ** /
//let class_name = to_wstring("minifb_window");
			
/ ** However calling to_wstring() code not from within external function DOES! **/
let v: Vec<u16> = OsStr::new("minifb_window").encode_wide().chain(Some(0).into_iter()).collect();
let class_name = v.as_ptr();

Possible explanation (see definition of as_ptr()): https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/vec/struct.Vec.html