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[13 Mar 2009 | 3 Comments | ]

When you look for something, there are always more chances that you don’t find it when you need it. It’s only weeks later, when looking for something else that you step on it. (some unwritten laws that I know most of you have encountered many times)
Anyway, here is a great open-source performance tester written in and for ActionScript 3:
http://businessintelligence.me/projects/performance_tester/performanceTester.html
It’s got tests on:

Array loops
Constant lookups
Single or multiple variables declaration
Increment
Division
Associations with objects, arrays and dictionary
Array vs. Vector
Loops
Different types of instantiations (”new Array()” vs. “[]“…)

And even a performance tester between two scripts …

AS3, Game, General game programming, Math, Useful links »

[4 Mar 2009 | 2 Comments | ]

There are many ways to calculate the surface of a polygon. It all depends on what kind of data you have to deal with. If you have only vertices (points) or if you have the segments associated to them as well.
The most evident solution would be to divide the polygon in triangles and calculate the surface of them. But this can quickly become complicated as you will have to test every segment of every triangle and check if they are intersecting with a current polygon’s segment or if it goes …

AS3, Commercial Projects, Featured, Headline, Useful links »

[16 Feb 2009 | 7 Comments | ]

Yeah, that’s right, Love Condom is a brand selling condoms in Belgium and God knows how much it is needed here with all those tourists coming to visit cathedrals, old towns, markets, women and … drink beers !
I let you see the home page right here. I already got some impressions from people here and there and … most of them seem to like it (…good) But I need to warn you that this site and the following pictures might hurt your sensibility, so all of you who are too …

AS3, Game, Useful links »

[18 Aug 2008 | No Comment | ]

Export Blender objects to PaperVision3D, Away3D and Sandy:
http://www.rozengain.com/blog/2008/01/02/export-your-blender-objects-straight-to-away3d-papervision3d-and-sandy/

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[30 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]

Angles and Directions:
http://wiki.tcl.tk/10814