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.. _sample-programs-in-the-distribution:

Sample Programs in the Distribution
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The Panda3D Distribution includes quite a few sample programs. The following
is a list of what's included, and which features of the engine each sample
demonstrates. If you are just learning Panda3D, take a look at the ones marked
as "Beginner" difficulty. To run a sample program, you need to install
Panda3D. If you're a Windows user, you'll find the sample programs in your
Start Menu. If you're a Linux user, you'll find the sample programs in
/usr/share/panda3d. On Mac OS X, you'll find them in
/Developer/Examples/Panda3D/.

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| [[Sample Programs: Asteroids]] \* Difficulty: Advanced \* Creating tasks (routines that get called every frame) \* Using 2D graphics                                           |
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| [[Sample Programs: Ball in Maze]] \* Difficulty: Intermediate \* Using the collision detector \* Reading the mouse                                                             |
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| [[Sample Programs: Boxing Robots]] \* Difficulty: Intermediate \* Loading animated actors and playing animations                                                               |
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| [[Sample Programs: Carousel]] \* Difficulty: Beginner \* Relative positioning \* Intervals (automatic movement)                                                                |
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| [[Sample Programs: Cartoon Shader]] \* Difficulty: Intermediate (or Advanced) \* Enables per-pixel lighting \* Explicit Shaders \* Image Postprocessing \* Render-to-Texture   |
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| [[Sample Programs: Chessboard]] \* Difficulty: Intermediate \* Selecting an object with the mouse                                                                              |
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| [[Sample Programs: Disco Lights]] \* Difficulty: Intermediate \* Using vertex lighting \* Enables per-pixel lighting                                                           |
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| [[Sample Programs: Distortion]] \* Difficulty: Advanced \* Creates an interesting shader effect where the entire screen is rendered into a texture.                            |
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| [[Sample Programs: Fireflies]] \* Difficulty: Very Advanced \* Deferred shading - a complex shader-based algorithm                                                             |
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| [[Sample Programs: Fractal Plants]] \* Difficulty: Very Advanced \* Creates a 3D model without loading it from disk                                                            |
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| [[Sample Programs: Glow Filter]] \* Difficulty: Intermediate (or Advanced) \* Enabling per-pixel lighting \* Explicit Shaders \* Image Postprocessing \* Render-to-Texture     |
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| [[Sample Programs: Infinite Tunnel]] \* Difficulty: Intermediate \* Using fog to hide artifacts in the distance                                                                |
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| [[Sample Programs: Looking and Gripping]] \* Difficulty: Intermediate \* Controlling a character's head procedurally \* Causing a character to grip an object                  |
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| [[Sample Programs: Media Player]] \* Difficulty: Beginner \* Loading a texture from an AVI file \* Loading a sound from an AVI file \* Synchronizing audio and video           |
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| [[Sample Programs: Motion Trails]] \* Difficulty: Advanced \* Captures contents of screen and reuses it later.                                                                 |
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| [[Sample Programs: Music Box]] \* Difficulty: Intermediate \* Playing sounds \* GUI buttons and sliders                                                                        |
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| [[Sample Programs: Normal Mapping]] \* Difficulty: Intermediate (or Advanced) \* Enables per-pixel lighting \* Explicit Shaders                                                |
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| [[Sample Programs: Particles]] \* Difficulty: Advanced \* Demonstrates the particle system                                                                                     |
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| [[Sample Programs: Procedural Cube]] \* Difficulty: Advanced \* Creates a 3D model without loading it                                                                          |
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| [[Sample Programs: Roaming Ralph]] \* Difficulty: Advanced \* A character walks around a terrain \* Uses collision system to detect height of terrain                          |
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| [[Sample Programs: Shadows]] \* Difficulty: Advanced \* Explicit Shaders \* Dynamic Shadows: shadow mapping                                                                    |
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| [[Sample Programs: Solar System]] \* Difficulty: Beginner Tutorial \* Tutorial structure shows development steps \* Shows how objects can move relative to other objects       |
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| [[Sample Programs: Teapot on TV]] \* Difficulty: Intermediate \* Render-to-texture \* Places rendered texture on model in scene                                                |
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| [[Sample Programs: Texture Swapping]] \* Difficulty: Intermediate \* Swaps textures on models to create interesting effects                                                    |
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