Real-time 3D engine, in Ada, based on OpenGL. Ada Programming. GL, VRML, 3D Studio Max, GMax.
Upload: 3-May-2009
GLOBE_3D stands for
GL Object Based Engine for 3D.
GL stands for Graphics Library, created by SGI.
SGI stands for Silicon Graphics, Inc. .
Short description:
GLOBE_3D is a free, open-source, real-time 3D Engine written in Ada, based on OpenGL.
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Snapshots:
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Videos:
Some click(s) of some
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Features:
- unconditionally portable sources (one set of sources for all platforms)
- real-time rendering; fast with a 3D hardware-accelerated graphics card
- full eye movements and rotations
- displays combinations of colours, materials, textures
- transparency
- multiple area rendering with the portal technique, e.g. for inner scenes
- collision detection
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- binary space partition (BSP)
- input-output of 3D objects or groups of objects linked to each other by portals
- easy management of resources like textures (.bmp, .tga), BSP trees and objects stored in .zip files
- screenshots (.bmp) and video captures (.avi)
- multi-view support
- vectorized geometry support
Goodies:
- randomly extruded surface generator
Tools:
- VRML virtual world compiler, through the wrl2ada translator
- GMax /
3D Studio Max
scene exporter & compiler, through the max2ada translator
- Compilation of game maps or levels from the
Doom 3,
Quake 4
or GTK Radiant level editors
through the d3a (to Ada) translator or the d3g (to .g3d) tool.
Download:
It contains:
- a ready-to-run demo built for Windows and Linux
- the tools mentioned above
- fresh bindings to GL / OpenGL, GLU and FreeGLUT
- a single, standalone and complete set of Ada sources, successfully
built on the following system / cpu / compiler combinations:
| OS | CPU | Compiler |
| MS Windows 95,98,NT,2K,XP | Intel x86 (32 bit) | GNU - GNAT |
| MS Windows 95,98,NT,2K,XP | Intel x86 (32 bit) | Aonix - ObjectAda |
| Linux | Intel x86 (32 bit) | GNU - GNAT |
| Mac OS X | PowerPC (64 bit) | GNU - GNAT |
| OpenBSD | (one of several) | GNU - GNAT |
For any other system, GLOBE_3D should work provided that the system supports (Open)GL and GLU.
Availability of FreeGLUT or OpenGLUT is needed for the demo.
I welcome your scripts, makefiles etc.
Related projects:
- NiEstu - probabily the first Ada bindings to OpenGL: here
- Other Ada bindings to OpenGL: AdaOpenGL
Documentation:
Links:
- More on the Sierpinski sponge (part of the demo) on Stéphane Perret's page
here!
- Some Ada compilers
Contact:
per e-mail
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Newsletter available.
For a little sponsoring...
Visit also the
project on SourceForge!
