Boids -- The Requirements

These are the requirements to achieve 70% on the final:

Part 1 - 30%

1. An object (this will be the "boid" and there will be about 20 of them).
2. The object must animate.
3. The object must be texture mapped. You will need to check with me to make sure your texture is appropriate.
4. You must use display lists.

Part 2 - 20%

1. Landscape area at least 500 width, 500 height, and 700 length. What is a landscape? This is something akin to a "city". There needs to be buildings (short and tall). The point here is to make obstacles. You'll need to make some up high, or the boids will simply hover along the top. You will need at least 15 obstacles.
2. You need to have a command line switch which will turn off the obstacles and landscape.

Part 3 - 20%

1. Normal camera (left mouse moves left, right, up, and down; middle mouse zooms in and out). Same as project 3.
2. Switching "chase" camera. This camera will follow behind a boid at some distance (suggest 50). It should be oriented such that the camera is always oriented directly behind the boid (on the boid's negative Z axis). Given the information of the boid (x,y,z,pitch,yaw, and roll) you can easily determine the proper location and rotation of the camera. We will discuss this on Wednesday night of finals week.
3. The chase camera should switch to a different boid every 5 or so seconds.

These are the optional requirements to achieve 100% on the final (each is worth 10%):

• Texture mapped landscape (at least 3 different textures).
• Object animation based on the movement of the boid. For instance, if a change in direction occurs, you could have a specific animation take place. An example would be a thruster firing on a spaceship. You must be able to demonstrate this effectively.
• Pause and step for simulation.
• Texture map toggling.
• Object animation based on the accelleration or decelleration of the boid. This will not be easy to compute, however it is possible.
• Correct lighting and normals.