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Beginning OpenGL Game Programming, Second Edition

By Luke (Luke Benstead) Benstead

Book information

Publisher
Course Technology PTR
Year
2009
ISBN
159863528X, 9781598635287
LCC
QA76.76.C672 B425 2009
Open Library ID
OL25007545M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3003120 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
319\319
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46
Библиотека;Компьютерная литература;Разработка игр

Description

The source code that came with the book just flat out doesn't work. You can open the projects, but you can't open the source. I went to the publishers website and downloaded the fix. The project files don't work either, but you can at least see the source code in the src directory now.

Bad/broken source isn't uncommon and though annoying, isn't a big deal. But the total lack of support shown for this book is amazing. Most authors have a website for their books. This guy has a picture of the book and a table of contents and nothing else. The publisher gives a link to an offsite download for the fix, that doesn't 'fix' anything. They leave you with no where to turn and a book that refers to source that you have no chance in hell in getting to work without already knowing what you need to learn.

I'd give it a negative star if I could, it was a complete waste of money. Given time, I've no doubt you can get the source to work, there's plenty of opengl sites to fill in the gaps. However, I bought the book so I wouldn't have to go to these sites. Save yourself some money and go to these sites or find another beginners book.

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