Senin, 08 April 2013

Wow! eBook: Grome Terrain Modeling with Ogre3D, UDK, and Unity3D - 4 new eBooks


Wow! eBook: Grome Terrain Modeling with Ogre3D, UDK, and Unity3D - 4 new eBooks

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Grome Terrain Modeling with Ogre3D, UDK, and Unity3D

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 08:45 AM PDT

Grome Terrain Modeling with Ogre3D, UDK, and Unity3D

Book Description

Grome is an environmental modeling package that makes the creation and editing of large terrain areas an easy task. Grome has the ability to take huge datasets suitable for MMOs and simulations and this marks it as a welcome tool in a developer’s toolbox.

“Grome Terrain Modeling with Ogre3D, UDK, and Unity3D” shows you how to get to grips with this powerful terrain construction tool. This book walks you through how to create, edit, and export terrains to Unity3D, UDK, and Ogre3D.

“Grome Terrain Modeling with Ogre3D, UDK, and Unity3D” will guide you in creating new Grome terrain projects, splitting terrain into multiple zones, adding textures and ground features, and exporting your creations into a game engine.

You will be guided through the Grome toolset to create potentially massive procedurally generated fractal landscapes, adding multiple texture layers for different seasonal effects, and adding materials for performance enhancing lighting effects.

You will learn how to export your landscapes to the most common 3D engines; Unity3D (PC and mobile), UDK, and Ogre3D. It’s a powerful addition to any production pipeline if your game needs terrain.

What you will learn from this book

  • Start a new GROME project
  • Learn the caveats and tricks of terrain scale in game engines
  • Create heightmaps using procedural functions
  • Use masks and layers to combine effects
  • Paint textures and map them using simple rules
  • Create 3D meshes of heightmaps for mobile games
  • Export heightmaps and splat terrain for Unity3D
  • Export heightmaps and textures for UDK
  • Export Grome scenes for the Ogre3D Graphite engine

Approach
This book is a practical guide with examples and clear steps to explain terrain modeling with Grome.

Who this book is written for
If you’re a developer or artist looking for a guide to walk you through GROME 3.1, then this book is for you. This book will help you from the first step to exporting a terrain as a workable art asset in a game engine.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 162 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849699399
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849699396
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Instant Citrix Security How-to

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 08:35 AM PDT

Instant Citrix Security How to

Book Description

With the rise of cloud computing and virtualization comes a whole new threat to business security. When dealing with highly confidential information you need your security to be bulletproof. This book will help you do that.

“Instant Citrix Security: How-to” will allow you to achieve simplicity in security when dealing with real life examples. This guide will give your systems that extra layer of protection when they need it most. This book could be the difference between secure data and stolen data.

Starting with how to deploy a Citrix Netscaler on DMZ this book presents you with options, their uses, and features that can be enabled. In order to ensure each recipe gives you the most benefit, case studies are included to show you real life implications of your decisions.

This book will guide you through the world of load balancing using both content switching and redirection. We will also discuss load balancing based on geographical location and disaster recovery methods.

The number of features within each module to reduce server load and CPU is astounding and will make your life, the end user, a walk in the park.

What you will learn from this book

  • Set up Netscaler in DMZ Zone with features such as slow start and external authentication.
  • Learn about authentication, authorisation, and auditing features.
  • Learn how to redirect traffic based on the content of traffic hitting the Netscaler as well as advanced features such as modifying the HTTP headers to suit the client needs.
  • Reduce the number of idle connections to reduce memory and CPU usage.
  • Prevent DOS attacks, at any level, even at TCP/IP.
  • Learn about the Application Firewall module.
  • Control surge and ebb traffic.

Approach
Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Get the job done and learn as you go. A how-To book with practical recipes accompanied with rich screenshots for easy comprehension.This easy-to-follow, hands-on guide shows you how to bolster your security with real life cases and step-by-step instructions.

Who this book is written for
This guide gets new users up and running with Citrix Netscaler in simple practical steps and also acts as a refresher to those with some experience of the product and its features.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 74 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849686726
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849686723
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Instant Hyper-V Server Virtualization Starter

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 08:31 AM PDT

Instant Hyper V Server Virtualization Starter

Book Description

Doing more with less and making the most of what we have is the aim of virtualization..

Although resources such as OS and printers are still shared, under the time-sharing model, in a virtualized environment individual virtual servers are isolated from each other, giving an illusion of multiple fully functional systems. Hyper-V server 2008 R2 provides software infrastructure and basic management tools that you can use to create and manage a virtualized server computing environment.

“Instant Hyper-V Server Virtualization Starter” will teach you the basics of virtualization, and get you started with building your first virtual machine. This book also contains tips and tricks for using Microsoft Hyper-V server 2008 R2.

This book is a crash course on getting your virtualization infrastructure working, creating a virtual machine, and making it more robust by anticipating failures. You will also learn how to create a virtual network so that your virtual machines can communicate among themselves and the rest of the world. You will even learn to how to calculate the costs involved in your Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization solution.

What you will learn from this book

  • Learn the basics of virtualization and the fundamentals of Hyper-V
  • Install a Hyper-V role on your Windows server
  • Create your first virtual machine in three steps
  • Make a capacity planning exercise for virtualization
  • Integrate the virtual network into your physical one
  • Make your virtual machine robust against anticipating failures

Approach
Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. This book is a practical, step-by-step tutorial that demonstrates topics ranging from virtual machine installation and virtual network creation to service integration, virtual switch configuration, machine portability, virtual disk management, and more.

Who this book is written for
“Instant Hyper-V Server Virtualization Starter” is especially designed for system administrators and advanced PC enthusiasts who want to venture into the world of virtualization. Knowledge of server operative systems, LAN, and networking is assumed. Having a good background of server administration such as networking services is desirable but not required.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 58 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1782179976
  • ISBN-13: 978-1782179979
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Instant Galleria How-to

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 08:28 AM PDT

Instant Galleria How to

Book Description

Providing beautiful and usable galleries is an important aspect of the Web today. A gallery solution needs to integrate into your web application easily and seamlessly. Users expect mobile sites that function on par with their desktop counterparts—especially for image galleries. In order to accomplish these tasks, you need to use a JavaScript (not Flash) that is extensible and scales to mobile devices.

“Instant Galleria How-to” will teach you how to use Galleria in advanced scenarios to become an expert and integrate Galleria into your next project using themes and plugins to accomplish any task.

This book teaches you how to use and create themes and plugins, using the Galleria API through a series of recipes that include a plethora of code examples. You'll be taken through detailed instructions on the usage of JavaScript to customize Galleria.

You will create your own theme (mobile friendly), plugin, and learn all the configuration options of Galleria. You’ll learn how to customize Galleria by using its extensive API, optimize Galleria, integrate with Google Analytics, create tests for your customization, and integrate into your web application.

You’ll become an expert user of the Galleria framework, which will enable you to deploy beautiful, mobile friendly galleries for your next web project.

What you will learn from this book

  • Create a gallery with Galleria.
  • Configure Galleria.
  • Install themes.
  • Create your own theme.
  • Create mobile friendly themes.
  • Use plugins.
  • Create your own plugins.
  • Use Picasa, Flickr, and Facebook with your galleries.

Approach
Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. This is a how-to book with practical recipes to make you an expert user of Galleria.

Who this book is written for
This book is for Javascript developers and designers looking to learn how to create beautiful galleries for their web projects. It’s assumed you know some JavaScript, JQuery, HTML, and CSS. Readers are expected to have images available to use with the galleries, a text editor, and a modern web browser to develop with.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 70 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849696608
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849696609
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