Advice for space shooter like 3d game.

grollum

Hi guys, i have severall questions regarding a new project i like to start. Baseidea is that a camera flys into a world on a static rail. Different sprites and videos will be positioned on the way and the camera will pass them. Something like a 3d space shooter. If you know the game torus trooper, that come near what i wanrt to realize:

the main points i am thinking about are: - What is the best way to load objects during the flight and during runtime. My idea was to load flying objects if they are in a certain distance to the camera and unload them if they are behind the camera. Is there maybe an tutorial or example on how to do it?  - What is the best way to load small videos? Which formats are best? I had more questions but cant remember atm. ;) Thanks!

Alex-doc

If I'd have to make it similar to Torus Trooper, I would go use a procedural approach: just preload the resources you will need and then spawn them basing on the score. The Player ship will be still and the track/tube mesh procedurally created and scrolled.