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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Mark T. Sieka, Frankfort, IL (US);
Mark T. Sieka, Frankfort, IL (US);
WMS Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
An outcome of a dice throw and an orientation of the dice can be randomly determined. Based on knowledge of the outcome of the dice throw and the orientation of the dice, die faces that face the player at a beginning time instant of the animated motion can be back calculated. The dice can then be accordingly constrained to a selected one of a number of predefined animations for the dice to efficiently generate a more realistic and accurate graphical representation of the dice throw on the wagering game machine. Such a technique for generating the graphical representation of the dice throw based on 3D modeling and physics of the dice throw precludes managing and maintaining texture maps. Also, the graphical representation of the dice throw can be presented without texture swapping and with less computation because the pre-modeled dice are constrained to the selected animation of the dice.