Wind is a natural phenomenon that interacts with the majority of physical objects to some extent. Yet, in games this is often neglected. This is largely due to the complexity of the physics behind wind, in relation to the impact that it may have on the game experience. Adding to the complexity of wind is the fact that many modern games are networked, meaning multiple players need to share a consistent world view. Wind is inherently chaotic in nature, which is a problem for networked games that heavily favors deterministic behavior. In this thesis we will summarize the current state of the art, in games and briefly other areas. With this knowledge we push forward to improve on the existing solutions. Due to computational limitations of a real time game, we have divided up the problem into two steps. First, we run the complex computational calculations of the wind in a certain scenario in an offline setting, storing the result. Next, when running the game, we utilize the pre-computed wind scenario to let the players experience realistic wind at a low computational cost. We also investigate how to network the wind in a feasible way. The result of the project shows that doing offline computation of wind, by running physical simulations is a feasible solution for adding wind in a game setting.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-420299 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Gustafsson, Christoffer, Björklund, Filip |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | UPTEC IT, 1401-5749 ; 20 034 |
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