Dex-VT

PART I - Intro & TOC

Dex-VT

About

Dex-VT is an open-source 3d engine written in C++ using STL with good OOP design patterns. It is the official 3rd successor of the successful Dex3D Engine released in 2000. Dex-VT has been rewritten from scratch and has taken on a compartmentized DLL plugin system. There are now 4 libraries to handle tasks ranging from windowing, graphics, to networking with each part replaceable under the same programming interface. As well as being thread-safe, the new architecture features a lightweight, robust, and very efficient framework that is ideal for upward scalable projects.

Dex-VT offers closer-to-the-metal performance than previous versions.

System Requirements

• WinXP / WinNT / Win2000 / WinMe / Win98 / Win95

Download

If your system meets the requirements stated above, you may download Dex-VT here (with source).

(note: this program is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind.. etc etc)

Features

• High triangle throughput (VBO + CVA support)
• Modular design (DLL plugin system / OO architecture / STL containers)
• Software rendering (GDI painter's algorithm)
• Object hierarchy, Euler orientation, RHS Euclidean coordinates, Gimbal-lock free rotation
• 2D sprites (lens flare / foliage / fireballs), HUD system (2D text / 2.5D text)
• Mipmapped textures (high resolution support), masked textures, alpha blended materials (additive / subtractive)
• Heightmapped terrain, skybox, fog
• 3D platonic primitives (box / grid / cylinder / cone / sphere / torus / octahedron / tetrahedron)
• Save/Load system (*.3ds / *.bmp)
• Exports pixel buffers (screenshot / depth map)
• 6 commented tutorials, 1 terrain demo, 1 hierarchy demo, 1 function plotter demo

Screenshots

Render Modes

Project Status

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