[HN Gopher] Build Your Own Flight Sim in C++ (1996)
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Build Your Own Flight Sim in C++ (1996)
Author : stefankuehnel
Score : 52 points
Date : 2023-09-02 02:19 UTC (20 hours ago)
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| metadat wrote:
| I wish there were more articles published like this today! So
| cool.
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| BTW, the ePub link can't download:
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| https://ia904505.us.archive.org/epub/index.php?id=build-your...
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| _> No valid doc name could be determined_
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| Bummer, but I'll settle for the PDF. Unfortunate that IA's
| webviewer sucks.
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| Working PDF link: https://archive.org/download/build-your-own-
| flight-sim-in-c-...
| MathMonkeyMan wrote:
| A contemporary explanation of near and far pointers on page 16.
| Today I learned.
| NikkiA wrote:
| There was another similar book, that predated C++ / OOP
| popularity, that made a big fuss on the cover about how it taught
| quaternions.
| TuringTourist wrote:
| Do you happen to recall the title of that book? Or what it was
| about?
| ilimilku wrote:
| I remember having this book. I was probably 14 or 15 years old,
| and I was just getting into aviation after being given my first
| flying lesson. I had a copy of MS Flight Simulator, and I had
| taught myself some C++, but of course the content of the book was
| a bit beyond my capacity at the time. It's nice to relive the
| excitement of getting this book with the idea of being able to
| make my own flight sim. Of course, the sim they make in the book,
| IIRC, was nigh unplayable!
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