https://github.com/jorgeparavicini/blocks

Blocks is Minecraft in C++ made for educational purposes only
https://github.com/jorgeparavicini/blocks

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Blocks is Minecraft in C++ made for educational purposes only

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jorgeparavicini/blocks
• Owner: jorgeparavicini
• License: other
• Created: 2021-09-13T10:34:27.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-02-08T10:19:50.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-01T13:42:07.552Z (2 months ago)
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.57 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Blocks Engine

This Engine was developed as a way to learn DirectX and modern 3D Graphics. The solution contains two projects, one being the Engine and the other an implementation of Minecraft using the Blocks Engine. 

# Used Technologies

* Direct3D for 3D rendering

* Direct2D for hardware accelerated 2D rendering

* DirectWrite for fast text rendering in the 2D context

* Nvidia PhysX for physics simulation

* Win32 to handle the OS-Communication and Window management

# Important

Currently the Engine only runs in the Debug Mode. PhysX had to be added as fast as possible to comply with a school deadline. To achieve this deadline the multithreading was not implemented correctly and there are multiple raceconditions which i have not had the time to fix yet. These raceconditions log warnings in Debug Mode, however, in Release they are critical errors which stop execution.

# Installation

To install the Engine first clone the repository.

    git clone https://github.com/jorgeparavicini/Blocks.git

Then download [vcpkg](https://vcpkg.io/en/index.html) and install physX. Important is, that the 64 bit version is specified.

    vcpkg.exe install physx:x64-windows 

After this open the solution and run the Blocks project in Debug mode.