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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Feature List
3. Runtime development key short-cuts
4. Console Command Reference

Introduction

GIANTS Engine is a real-time 3D game engine with corresponding content pipeline tools. Its flexible and modular design supports multiple platforms and game genres.

Feature List (GIANTS Engine SDK)

Graphics

• Flexible culling, sorting and rendering
• Particle systems
• Level-of-detail (hierarchy, geometry and shader)
• Dynamic shader generation
• Dynamic directional, point, spot and ambient lights
• Dynamic shadows
• Reflections and refractions
• Customizable shaders
• Multi layered terrain
• Scene graph representation
• Flexible foliage system

Physics

• Rigid Body physics
• Advanced character control
• Articulated vehicle dynamics
• Ragdoll dynamics
• Customizable joints
• Triggers
• Contact reports
• Automated collision geometry generation

Animations

• Hierarchical scene graph animation
• Skeleton animation
• Animation sequence blending and interpolation
• Animation sequence instancing

Artificial Intelligence

• Automated navigation mesh generation
• Path finding
• Containment queries

Tools

• Flexible and powerful content pipeline tool chain
• Full featured editor
• 3D modeling tool exporters (including animation, hierarchy, physics, materials, shaders and user attributes)
  • Autodesk Maya
  • Autodesk 3ds MAX
  • Blender
• Remote runtime target debugger
  • Connection via TCP/IP
  • Script debugger
  • Physics debugger

Miscellaneous

• Streaming support
• Generic scripting support
• Unicode support
• Flexible XML-based file formats
• Multi-Threading support
• 3D audio support
• Detailed runtime stats and profiling system
• Extensive documentation and tutorials

Runtime development key short-cuts

Key	Function
~ or `	Toggle console
F2	Show frame rate
F3	Toggle frame rate limiter
F4	Wireframe mode
F5	Toggle debug rendering
F7	Toggle camera
F8	Toggle stats
F9	Connect to physics visual debugger (PVD)
F10	Connect to remote debugger

Console Command Reference

enableFramerateLimit

Description

Enable/disable frame per second limiter

exit, quit or q

Description

Quits application

framerateLimitFPS

Description

Frame per second limit attribute

globalClipDistance

Description

Global clipping distance. Additional distance clipping per object (at center of object).

globalCullOverride

Description

Global cull override. If true no visibility culling is used.

listEntities

Description

Print detailed entity list

listResources

Description

Print detailed resource list

reload

Description

Reloads resource with given name

reloadAll

Description

Reload all resources with given type

showDebugAudioSource

Description

Show debug audio sources

showDebugLightSources

Description

Show debug lights

showDebugRendering

Description

Show debug rendering. Global switch for all debug rendering.

showShapeBoundingVolume

Description

Show shape bounding volumes

showTransformGroupFrames

Description

Show debug transform group frames

showFps

Description

Show frames per second

sortGeometry

Description

Sort render queue by material sort id

parallelRenderingAndPhysics

Description

Enable parallel rendering and physics