3DEL: Source & Collision detect.

3D Engines List
Source & Collision detect.

This list contains 31 collision detection engines with source code.

Texture-mapping Engines

25.04.2000 Beam Engine 02.02.2000

The Beam Engine is a 3D engine for Windows from Tobias Johansson ( tobias_johansson@mailcity.com ).

Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
Support for Direct 3D
Mipmapping, created by engine to save diskspace
Lightmapping with raytraced lighting
Gouraud shaded/Environmentmapped objects
Collision detection
Loading of ASC, BMM and MAP files
Coronas
Particles, with nice physics
Octree subdivision
Simple scripting
C++ source

More information, screenshots, a demo and the source can be found on the PolyGone Homepage

12.04.2000 Blitz Engine 05.10.1998

The Blitz Engine is a Windows rendering engine from Richard Turnbull ( rt71@hotmail.com ).

Perspective, lightmapped texture mapping
Sub-pixel and Sub-texel accuracy
Coloured Lighting and dynamic shadowing with filtering
Improved dynamic lighting - via span level RGB interpolation
Span level MIP-mapping
Multitexturing using OpenGLs ARB_multitexture extensions
Surface cacheing at span or surface level
Level of Detail bezier curved surfaces
Texture mapping system for wrapping around curves and creating a smooth edge look as seen in Quake 3
Translucent surfaces with upto 20 simultaneous layers
Reflective surfaces
Environment Mapped Bump Mapping (Matrox G400)
Animated textures
Collision detection including with curves
Span and Z-Buffering
Binary Space Partitioning Tree creation and traversal
Direct Draw and Direct Input Support
Point based particle rendering
Shaded, colored smoke particles
Spherical and standard volumetric fog
Coronas and Lensflares on lights
B-Spline movement system
Hierarchial objects
Portal rendering combined with BSP Tree
Support for OpenGL and Direct3D
Console system
32 bit MMX optimized span level RGB interpolative rasterizer with span level mip mapping.
Network support
Written in Visual C++ 4 and the Netwide assembler (NASM)

More information, screenshots and a demo, SDK 1.2 and source can be found on the Blitz Engine Homepage .

04.04.2000 Coockie's 3D Engine 20.01.1997

C3D is a 3D engine for Pentium PC by Erwin Coumans ( coockie@chello.nl ) aka 'Cookie'.

Perspective texture mapping.
MIP-mapping.
Collision detection.
3D BSP rendering.
Moving objects.
Support for 3D Studio ASC files.
VESA 2.0 linear framebuffer support.
Support for 3Dfx pc 3d cards using Glide.
C/ASM source.

The source can be found at http://members.xoom.com/gamedev/download/sources/demosrc.zip, the demo is found at http://members.xoom.com/gamedev/download/sources/demosrc.zip.

11.02.2000 Blaxxun Contact 3D 11.02.2000

Blaxxun Contact 3D is an OpenSource VRML 97 Viewer from Blaxxun Interactive.

Support for OpenGL and Direct3D
VRML 97 and VRML 2_0 EAI support, Javascript support
Streaming Video support
Trimmed NURBS extension
MIP-mapping and trilinear texture filtering
Sorted alpha blended transparency
Anti-Aliasing
Scene graph support
Collision detection
3D sound
BSP tree support
ActiveX Control and standalone Version
VRML node editor in the standalone GLview application
C++ source with Documentation

More information about the Blaxxun Contact 3D Viewer can be found on the Blaxxun Contact Developers Homepage, the source and documentation can be found on the Blaxxun Contact 3D Source Homepage.

23.12.1999 Quake 1 23.12.1999

ID Software's lead programmer John Carmack has released the full source code of Quake, including the WinQuake, GLQuake, QuakeWorld, and GLQuakeWorld versions.

Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
Transparency and alpha textures
Support for OpenGL
BSP and PVS support
Surface caching
Hierarchical polygonal models
Particle systems
Collision detection
Dynamic lights
Multiplayer network support
Sound support
Console
The C/ASM source for Visual C++ 6 is under GPL (gnu public license)

The source is available at the Q1 Source Download Homepage.

22.12.1999 Jet 3D 22.12.1999

Jet 3D is a commercial OpenSource 3D graphics engine from Eclipse Entertainment.

Lightmapped perspective texture mapping
Radiosity lighting
Dynamic shadows
Dynamic RGB lights
Dynamic fog
Dynamic mirror
Dynamic water effects
Animated textures, procedural textures
Portal rendering
Translucent rendering
Spherically mapped sky
Seamless soft-skin polygonal characters
3D sound support
3D editor
Support for Glide, Direct 3D and software rendering
Physics system
Network support
Collision detection
Multiple renders from different cameras can be mixed in a single frame
OpenSource distribution

More information, screenshots and the source can be found on the Jet 3D Homepage.

22.12.1999 Poly Nova 03.09.1999

Poly Nova is a Windows 95/98 3D engine from Chris Raynor of Novasoft Consulting.

Support for Direct3D (7.0 )
Gouraud shaded, perspective texture mapping
Dynamic realtime colored lighting
Z-Buffer support
Support for ambient/directional and point light sources
Collision detection
Scene manager
Floating point math
C++ source for Visual C++

More information, screenshots, executables and the source can be found on the Poly Nova Homepage

08.10.1999 Xonnel 21.08.1998

Xonnel is a 3D engine for MSDOS and Windows from Vindicator ( vindicatorh@usa.net ).

Lightmapped perspective texture mapping.
Mip mapping.
Alpha transparency.
Portal rendering.
True colored lighting.
True Shadows, with redefinable grid sizes through world file.
Collision detection / sliding.
Updated landscape rendering and improved texture structure.
Resolution independand, support for SVGA.
Space Warping ( name given by Crystal Space -- sounds proper ).
Asm script language.
Physics system.
Basic window based portal editor.
Particle system
DJGPP C source code
C Scripting builtin using seer
GUI/Editor/console using BGui

More information, screenshots, documentation and the source can be found on Xonnel Homepage.

28.09.1999 Gizmo3D 28.09.1999

Gizmo3D is a high performance 3D scene graph and visualisation toolkit for Linux, Win32 and Irix from Anders Moden ( anders@linux3d.net ).

Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
Scene graph API which features most nodes of Performer and Cosmo3D
Multipass rendering (lightmapping, projective textures)
Mirrors
Parametric surfaces
Collision detection
Script control with an implemented java interpreter or phyton intepreter to control behaviours (brains) and motion with scripts.
Animation control to provide animation built into the scene graph
Support for WIN32 HWND windows, Unix Xt Widgets and QT QWidgets on both WIN32,Linux and Irix
Image toolkit, DB toolkit and System toolkit
Written in C++

More information, screenshots and the source can be found on the Gizmo3D Homepage.

17.09.1999 Arfnold 2 17.09.1999

Arfnold 2 is a 3D engine for Windows 95/98 by by Andrei Fortuna ( andreif@mail.dntis.ro ) aka 'Stormbringer'.

Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
MIP-mapping
Bilinear texture filtering
Flat & gouraud shading
Support for OpenGL and Direct3D 6.x
Z-Buffer rendering
BSP & PVS
Hierarchical meshes
Transparency
Fog
Colored lights
Support for 3D Studio scenes
Support for Quake2 levels (including monsters)
Collision detection using axis aligned boxes
Uses gamex86.dll from quake2 for monster movement in the quake2 level viewer
Visual C++ 5/6 source

More information, screenshots, a demo and the source can be found on Stormbringer's Homepage.

13.09.1999 3D Pong 08.07.1997

3D Pong is a 3D engine for PCs from Adrian Perez ( fumincuban@aol.com ) aka 'Fumincuban'

Gouraud shaded, translucent, perspective texture mapping.
Collision detection.
3D clipping.
Moving point light source.

The source can be found in the programming section of Fumincuban's Homepage. There are also some informations about the BSP / CSG / portal rendering engine Rayser and Rayser 2.

03.09.1999 Crystal Space 25.08.1997

Crystal Space is a 3D engine for Unix from Jorrit Tyberghein ( Jorrit.Tyberghein@uz.kuleuven.ac.be ).

Shaded perspective texture mapping.
MIP-mapping.
Sub-pixel and sub-texel accuracy.
Portal rendering.
Static lighting with precomputed shadows.
Dynamic colored lights with shadows
Transparent and semi-transparent textures.
Support for mirrors.
Support for BSP rendering.
Support for curved surfaces.
Support for depth-correct and colored volumetric fog.
Hierarchical Bounding Box collision detection system.
New c-buffer (coverage buffer) type visibility culling.
Sound support (for Windows and Linux only currently).
Moving objects and scripts controlling the movement.
3D triangle mesh sprites with gouraud shading and LOD (Level of Detail)
Skeleton animation for 3D triangle mesh sprites
Support for 8, 15, 16 and 32-bit displays.
Support for unix (linux and solaris are tested) and DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, Windows 95 version, BeOS, NextStep, Rhapsody and OpenStep ports.
Optional MMX support.
New ports to OS/2 and GDI.
OpenGL port works very well now for Linux, Windows, and BeOS.
Hierarchical objects (not used in current programs, but implementation exists)
Glide port works good for Linux and Windows.
Optional Direct3D hardware acceleration for Windows port.
3D sound support
Reading of Quake II MD2 and 3DS objects
Low-level networking support.
C++ source.

More information, screenshots, the source and a unix executable is available on the Crystal Space Homepage.

18.03.1999 GPF (Broken Link ???) 03.09.1998

GPF is a 3D engine for PCs from Matti Dahlbom ( mdahlbom@cc.hut.fi ).

Perspective, gouraud texture mapping.
Mipmapping.
S-Buffer rendering.
Moving objects.
Support for DOS (SVGA) and DirectX.
C++ / ASM source.

More information, a demo and the souce can be found on the GPF Homepage .

01.03.1999 3D Foundation Clases 19.12.1997

3DFC is a 3D portal rendering engine from Leandro Bernsmuller (lebe@geocities.com).

Gouraud shaded, affine texturemapping.
Portal rendering with edge clip buffer.
Colored light sources.
Collision detection between spheres and sectors.
Support for DOS and Linux (using SvgaLib and X11 Windows).
Support for backpropagation neural networks .
Input from keyboard or sockets network communication .
Support for PCX texture files.
C++ sources.

More information, screenshots, the source and executables can be found on the 3D Foundation Classes Homepage.

25.02.1999 Poly Engine 27.09.1996

The PE is a PC 3D Quake-like game engine from Alexey Goloshubin ( alexey@ii.uib.no).

Full object support.
Collision-detection
Physics system
Movable bsp models
Client-server networking (IPX, null-modem)
3D Sound.
VFX1 head-tracking
BSP/ZBuffer rendering
Polygonal objects
Sprites
Support for Quake II maps and models.
Particle systems.
Software renderer
- Supports any resolution
- Span buffer
- Perspective tex-mapping (16-pix subdivision)
- Mip-mapping
- Surface caching (light maps)
- Dynamic lights
Hardware renderer
- Support for OpenGL.
- DirectX port.
- Colored lightmaps
- Colored dynamic lights

More information and the source is available via the Homepage of Alexey Goloshubin .

09.11.1998 Descent I 28.01.1998

Parallax Software Corp. released the original source code to Descent 1.5.

Perspective, shaded texture-mapping.
Collision detection.
Portal rendering (cube scene layout).
Moving lightsources.
3D objects.
3D Sprites.
Object AI.
No sound or modem support.
Level editor.
C/ASM source.
DJGPP 2.0 port available.

More information and the source can be found on the Descent 1 Source Code Homepage .

27.10.1998 JTGame 10.11.1997

JTGame is a C++ interactive 3D game framework based on top of Microsoft Windows, MFC, and DirectX from John Thompson ( john@gildea.net ).

Perspective shaded texture mapping.
3D display objects (worlds, actors, props, simple and compound mesh-based images).
2D display objects (decals, sprites, and backgrounds) .
3D sounds .
Mesh primitives.
Lights .
Cameras .
Animation control .
Fogging.
Hierarchical objects.
Z-Buffer rendering.
High and low level mouse, joystick, and keyboard support.
Automated paths, collision detection, blocking, bouncing .
Automated object translation and orientation for "watching" or "following" ther objects.
Main and multiple scene windows .
Inherit MFC's GUI components, i.e. menus, dialogs, events, etc.
3D sounds using DirectSound.
Full C++ sources included .

More information, screenshots, documentation, sample programs, tutorials and the source of the library can be found on the JTGame Homepage.

08.09.1998 Obsidian 08.09.1998

Obsidian is an open source 3D engine for Linux and OpenGL from Duncan Robertson ( duncan@zog.net.au ) , Jon Holdsworth ( jon@central.warehouse.net ) and David Karla ( dak@zog.net.au ).

Perspective, gouraud shaded texture mapping.
Support for OLinux/SVGALIB and OpenGL (tested on SGI).
Network support.
Polygon sorting.
Collision detection.
Scene editor.

More information, screenshots, binaries and the souce can be found on the Obsidian Homepage .

05.05.1998 Arfnold 05.05.1998

Arfnold is a 3D engine for PCs by Andrei Fortuna ( andreif@mail.dntis.ro ) aka 'Stormbringer'.

Unshaded, perspective texture mapping.
Subtexel/subpixel accuracy.
MIP-mapping.
A basic surface cache (no lightning for now, but there is in old versions).
Conversion of Quake .mdl files.
BSP/PVS capabilities.
Edge span-buffer and z-buffer rendering.
Collision detection.
Moving platforms.
3D objects.
Particle system.
Uses Allegro Game library.
C/C++/ASM source.

More information, a demo and the source can be found on Stormbringer's Homepage.

12.03.1998 Flyby 14.10.1997

Flyby is a complete 3D game engine by Jean-Francois Nadeau (jfxstudios@ixmedia.com ) , F�lix Lapointe (lapointg@total.net ) and Mathieu Routhier (mrouthier@cyberdude.com).

Perspective, shaded texture-mapping.
Support infinite real-time coloured omni and directional lights. (Always use the four nearest lights.)
MIP-mapping dynamic caching algorithm.
3D clipping and backface culling code.
Basic collision detection code.
Z-Buffer rendering.
Support for DirectX and PC 3D cards.
Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 source.

More information, screenshots, binaries, 3D models and source code can be found on the Flyby Homepage.

13.02.1998 Cutting-Edge 3D Game Programming with C++ 13.02.1998

CE3DGP is a book (ISBN: 1-883577-70-5) from John De Goes that contains a 3D engine for DOS and Windows 95.

Perspective, gouraud shaded texture mapping.
Collision detection.
3D morphing.
3D sprites.
C++ source.

More information and reviews are availabe at the CE3DGP Page of the Amazon Bookstore.
The book is currently not available.

30.01.1998 P3D 30.01.1998

P3D is a quake like 3D engine for DOS by Pin Fei Sun ( pfsun@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca ).

Gouraud perspective texture mapping.
BSP rendering.
Collision detection.
Dynamic objects.
Animated textures.
Portal rendering.
Z-Buffer rendering
C++/ASM source.

More information, the source and other 3D demos can be found on the BSP3D Homepage.

22.11.1997 CLIFF 03.11.1997

CLIFF is a PC 3D engine by Komodakis Nikos (komod@csd.uch.gr).

Shaded, perspective texture mapping.
SVGA support.
MIP-mapping.
Lightmap rendering.
BSP rendering, visibility lists, edge-sorting.
Collision detection.
Physics system.
Support for Quake level files.
CLIFF-shell - a shell mechanism (similar to Quake's console).
Animated textures.

More information, screenshots, binaries and the source can be found on the CLIFF Homepage.

14.11.1997 Sofie 14.11.1997

Sofie is a 3D game engine for X11 from Stephan Schiessling ( Stephan.Schiessling@mathematik.uni-regensburg.de ) .

Perspective, non-shaded texture mapping.
MIP-mapping.
BSP rendering.
Multiple objects with physics (Mass, velocity...).
Collision detection.
2D sprites (for explosions).
Support for X11-Windows (with MIT-Shm-Extension) on Linux.
Support for 8 and 16 bit color.
Joystick support.
C++ source.

More information, screenshots, documenation, binary and the source can be found on the Sofie Homepage.

22.10.1997 EGLE 15.08.1997

EGLE ( Enhanced OpenGl Engine ) is a 3D game engine by Phil Frisbie ( pfrisbie@geocities.com ).

Perspective texture mapping.
MIP-mapping.
BSP, Z-Buffer and z-sorting rendering.
Anti-aliasing.
32 bit color support (RGBA).
Collision detection.
Uses OpenGL API (Mesa/3DFx) .
Support for Quake level files.
ANSI C, no C++ or Windows specific code. EGLE should compile on any system that has OpenGL and GLUT.

More information, screenshots and the source and binary can be found on the EGLE Homepage.

08.07.1997 Player Project 08.07.1997

The Player Project is a C++ class wrapper to Direct 3D and OpenGL from Eric Victor Powers ( powerg@deltanet.com ).

Simple collision detection.
Hierarchical objects.
Multiple lights.
Material support.

More information and the source can be found on the Player Project Homepage.

06.06.1997 World Of Fantasy 30.12.1996

WOF is a Quake viewer for PCs by Frank Willemsen (frankw@xs4all.nl) and Corin Langosch ( corinl@metronet.de ).

Perspective texture mapping with MIP-mapping.
Portal rendering.
BSP rendering.
Z-buffer and span-buffer.
Light-maps and Surface cache.
Realtime lightning effects (like flicker) and dynamic lighting (for fireballs).
SVGA support.
Improved collision detection.
Polygonal objects.
Moving doors and elevators.
Multiple viewports.
Water effect a la Quake.
Support for Quake level files.
C/C++ source.

More information, a demo and screenshots can be found on the WOF Homepage, the source of an older version is available on the old World Of Fantasy Homepage.

14.05.1997 Fire & Forget 3D (Link Problems) 14.05.1997

The FF3D is a 3D game engine for the PowerMac from Alex Clarke ( ma5adc@bath.ac.uk ).

Perspective shaded, texture mapping.
16 bit color rendering.
Dithering.
Transparancy.
Colored lighting.
Collision detection.
Particle systems.
3D objects.
Terrain rendering.
32 bit Z-buffer rendering.
Support for RAVE rendering.
Support for 3D glasses.
C++ / ASM source.

More information, screenshots, a demo and source code to the span-buffer renderer can be found on the Fire & Forget 3D Homepage.

15.04.1997 TAG 01.10.1996

The TAG (TBA Advanced Graphics engine) is a commercial 3D engine for the Acorn Archimedes from TBA software (tba@tbalond.demon.co.uk).

Gouraud shaded, perspective texture mapping.
2D sprites.
Sound and music support.
Collision detection.
3D editor.
Multiplayer support.
'Virtual machine' for running compiled P-code linked to each object .

More information can be found on the TBA Software Index Homepage. There was also a news from TBA Software in rec.games.programmer that contained a perspective texture mapping scanliner using the TAG library.

Non-realtime Engines

02.02.2000 World Foundry 02.02.2000

World Foundry is a 3D Game Develeopers Kit for Windows 95 / 98 / NT and Linux from Kevin T. Seghetti ( kts@worldfoundry.org ).

Perspective correct texture mapping
Animated textures
Depth cueing
Collision detection
Support for OpenGL and Direct3D
LOD support
Animation playback system
Scripting language

More information, screenshots and the sources for the GDK can be found on the World Foundry Homepage.

08.09.1999 Craft 3D 08.09.1999

Craft 3D is a 3D game engine for Windows 95 / NT from Tony Hart ( TonyHart@griffydam.freeserve.co.uk ).

Perspective correct texture mapping
Fogging
Collision detection
Support for 3DFX opengl
Craft 3D editor available

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the Craft 3D Homepage.

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