http://www.dxcreations.com Bring your ideas to life Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:00:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Consider this very standard construct: //assume arr is an array for (var i = 0, i < arr.length; i++) { ... } This is extemely inefficient because the "length" property needs to be looked up on each pass through the loop. One easy fix is to first define a variable for ... http://www.dxcreations.com/?p=111 DXStudio has implemented Javascript as its control language. Of course there are a few departures from the pure ECMA Javascript implementation. Many are to directly control the 2D and 3D assets in your project. A few were added to aid in development. The "print()" command is extremely useful. ... http://www.dxcreations.com/?p=94 Here is a small set of handy utilities from David Shute. // ******************************************************************* function vecToStr(vect, dp) { //returns the given vector as a string in the form "(x, y, z)" //Also accepts an optional parameter representing the number of ... http://www.dxcreations.com/?p=81 There has been a lot of discussion and experimentation surrounding the conversion factor from 3DS Max to DXStudio. Here is a visual tutorial that solves the problem. [caption id="attachment_70" align="alignright" width="300" caption="3DS Max 1:1 Export"][/caption] In our case we using the .DXMesh exporter with a ratio of 1 Max unit to 10 centimeters. Exporting ... http://www.dxcreations.com/?p=68 The standard by which most computer languages are measured by the simplest of functions, "Hello World". In the 1960's a mathematician name John Horton Conway devised a computer simulation to mimic the essence of Life.  Three simple rules control the health or demise of each 'cell'. As the power and capabilities of modern ... http://www.dxcreations.com/?p=48 The people of Ancient Egypt have a reputation for devising very complex puzzles to keep would-be robbers out of their elaborate tombs.  Afterall, the Pharoh must be kept safe until his meeting with the gods! I created Aman 'Rah  in that vein.  You are faced with a complex array of heiroglyphs.  ... http://www.dxcreations.com/?p=14 Yes.  I am prejudiced.  And perhaps you don't really care about my opinion.  That's fine.  Stop reading. Good.  You are (at least a little) interested.  Or maybe just curious. I spent many months doing what I believe was diligent research, in search of the best 3D game development system.  There are many ... http://www.dxcreations.com/?p=1