jaceconflenti/red_rocks

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Steven Jace Conflenti

CSCI 4229 Fall 16

Run with make clean; make; ./redrocks

The best way to view the program is to let the camera cycle on it's own (every four seconds). You can also stop the automatic camera movement with the '`' (tilde) key and view the scene manually. Click and drag with the left mouse button to move in the X-Z plane, or click and drag with the right mouse button to move in the X-Y plane. You can use the arrow keys to further rotate the camera; however, note that the left and right keys are sensitive.

Key bindings:

• ESC Exit
• Spacebar Pause music
• n/m Previous/Next song
• a Toggle performance mode
• s Toggle sky
• d Toggle light movement
• f Cycle light intensity
• [/] Move light
• -/+ Change light elevation
• ` Toggles automatic camera cycling
• 1 Viewing angle 1
• 2 Viewing angle 2
• 3 Viewing angle 3
• 4 Viewing angle 4
• 5 Viewing angle 5
• 6 Viewing angle 6
• 7/8 Decrease/Increase fov
• 9/0 Decrease/Increase dim

Things I Spent Lots of Time On

• Skydome - I spent way too much time trying to create a far too complex sky. Eventually I simplified it, but even the simplified version took me a long time to figure out.
• Stands - I created all elements of the stands by hand. They are very detailed (curved, complex, textured, etc.)
• Rock formations - Modeled them by hand in blender.
• Performance issues - Now the only thing that really saps performance are the trees (also have performance mode).
• Hand creating other objects - Almost everything you see in the scene (besides the spotlights and trees) I created by hand.
• Converting to and getting things working with the right version of SDL - luckily I did this relatively early on or it really would have been painful.