Project #4 private handin
Group members: 
1. NAME: YUXIAO (DAVID) TAN	
2. NAME: JIN-ZHOU (JIMMY) ZHANG
3. NAME: KENNY CHENG	

What:
	
	Advanced Features:
		1. Rendered a terrain using a heightmap approach.  

		2. LOD: We have level of detail control for the terrain detail textures.

		3. Collision detection is used throughout the game for moving on the terrain, moving inside the dungeons and towns,
		for monsters to detect a player nearby, and for triggering damage calculation when attacks hit a character.

		4. Animation: We are using MD2 models for the main character and NPC's.  
		We also have a smoothly animated camera that follows the character.

		5. Fog: We have included for realism in different environments.
		
		6. Self-generated contour thermo maps.
		
		7. Save Load functionality
		
How:
	main.h		: game manager
	block.h		: Contains a class for collision detection blocks with sliding effects
	Camera.h	: Camera object
	CharStat.h	: Manages all the character statistics
	
	hud.h		: Manages all the heads up display functionalities
	Kirito.h	: Class for the main character information
	Md2.h		: Used for loading Md2 models
	MD2Model.h	: A class that keeps information of all the monster character information
	SL.h		: Manages save/load functionality
	
	Terrain.h	: Loads terrain map
	dungeon.h	: Used for drawing the dungeon
	town.h		: draws the town
	vector.h	: Vector struct
	
	Algorithms:

	Terrain:
		We used photoshop to generate a grayscale cloud and save the height values in a raw file, 
		then we used a template code for loading raw files and wrote code to translate the values into a smooth terrain.
	LOD:
		We used a terrain texture and blended it with a detailed texture for realism.  
		We can control the LOD of the texture for the terrain by scaling the detailed texture.
	MD2 Model Animation:
		Linearly interpolated the vertices between frames.
	Minimap generation:
		We read the heightmaps from raw file, and visit the map tiles by tiles with for loops. We set up a few bins of 
		heights and draw each tile to that bins' colorcode. We also marked the contour lines with black. For extra feature
		like castle icons, are manually added.
	
How to:
	keyboard controls:
		WASD for moving and strafing.
		space = menu
		g = picking mode in the dungeon after item pickup
		f = close picking mode
	mouse controls:
		right click = slash attack
		left click = thrust attack
		middle button = spin attack
		Use mouse to control the view


	wiimote controls:
		joy stick for moving and strafing.
		home = menu
		+ = picking mode in the dungeon after item pickup
		- = close picking mode
		c = slash attack
		a = thrust attack
		z = spin attack
		Use b+motion to control the view


External Sources:
http://www.gametutorials.com/

this is a fan game of "Sword Art Online", many arts came from this light novel/anime/psp game.
http://www.swordart-online.net/

kirito models:
http://forum.lowpolyworkshop.com/topic/9813803/1/

monster models:
http://www.md2.sitters-electronics.nl/
http://www.gamefront.com/files/listing/pub2/Quake_2/Models/

victory picture:
http://dailyanimeart.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/sword_art_online___kirito_wallpaper_by_eazyhd-d5lsv9f.jpg