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Getting Started with Blender’s Particle System- A Sequel

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Creating Fire Taking from the same setup we had for the creating the smoke, making a fire is almost a similar process except for a...

Flash 10 Multiplayer Game: Introduction to Lobby and Room Management

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(For more resources on Flash and Games, see here.) A lobby, in a multiplayer game, is where people hang around before they go into a...

Flash 10 Multiplayer Game: The Lobby and New Game Screen Implementation

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(For more resources on Flash and Games, see here.) The lobby screen implementation In this section, we will learn how to implement the room display within...

Flash 10 Multiplayer Game: Game Interface Design

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(For more resources on Flash and Games, see here.) Overview of Pulse library components The Pulse package includes two components Pulse.swc and PulseUI.swc.The Pulse.swc offers the...

Ordering the Buildings in Flash Virtual Worlds

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(For more resources on Flash, see here.) Ordering the buildings The buildings are not well placed on the map. They overlap with each other in a...

Developing and Deploying Virtual World Environment for Flash Multiplayer

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(For more resources on Flash, see here.) Comparing SmartFoxServer Lite, Basic, and Pro SmartFoxServer is a commercial product by gotoAndPlay(). There are three package options of...

Flash Multiplayer Virtual World with SmartFoxServer Using Embedded Web Server and Database

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(For more resources on Flash, see here.) Unlike a deployment environment, it is common to have just once machine acting both as server and client...

Flash Multiplayer Virtual World: Setting up SmartFoxServer with Third-party HTTP and Database Server

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(For more resources on Flash, see here.) We are going to download and install Apache and MySQL server package. These kinds of server package features...

Advanced Effects using Blender Particle System

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(For more resources on Blender, see here.) The list above might be a bit daunting to some users but don't worry, I will discuss as...

Advanced Effects using Blender Particle System: A Sequel

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(For more resources on Blender, see here.) Multiple Particle Systems Sometimes, singular particle systems are not enough to create the effects we want. This is...

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Why should you use Unreal Engine 4 to build Augmented and...

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This is an exciting time to be a game developer. New technologies like Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are here and growing...

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