Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
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Page xviii 2nd and 3rd paragraph |
The descriptions for Chapter 24, 3D Display and Chapter 25, Optical Tracking are reversed. |
Cesar Brod | Jun 30, 2013 | |
Page xix 2nd paragraph |
Nintendo is mispelled in the third line of the 3rd paragraph. The book spells Nentendo. |
Cesar Brod | Jun 30, 2013 | |
Page xix 8th paragraph |
The convention Bold is also printed in Italic. So, the convention should be Bold and Italic, or the print should be fixed. |
Cesar Brod | Jun 30, 2013 | |
Page xxii First paragraph |
The [[my]] seems odd... [[our]] would be better: |
Cesar Brod | Jun 30, 2013 | |
PDF, ePub | Page xii First sentence under the "Mechanics" subsection |
The first sentence of the aforementioned section is: |
Ryan | Oct 12, 2019 |
Printed, PDF, ePub, Mobi, , Other Digital Version | Page n/a n/a |
Code listings on Github at "oreillymedia/physics_for_game_developers_2e" |
Anonymous | Feb 04, 2023 |
Printed | Page Pg 312-37 formula LiftCoefficient / DragCoefficient |
the formula to calculate lift and drag coefficients is printed as: |
Anonymous | Feb 25, 2024 |
Mobi | Page 4 3 |
I am viewing the Mobi file on an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite. |
emddudley | May 03, 2013 |
Printed | Page 11 Source Code |
TotalMass FAC+= Elements[i].mass; |
Ian Ennis | Feb 18, 2014 |
Printed | Page 11 Code |
The line; |
Brad Moffat | Nov 07, 2014 |
Page 16 2nd paragraph, after Table 1-2 |
The formula and the text yield different results. The correct should be 993 N on both. |
Cesar Brod | Jul 19, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 18 Whole page |
Units all written wrong, Ns^2m is written as N-S^2-m, i.e. with minus signs. |
Michael Fairbank | Mar 05, 2016 |
Printed | Page 25 bottom half |
The matrix for I is not aligned. Needs a large bracket. Looks incredibly amateurish |
Michael Fairbank | Mar 05, 2016 |
Printed | Page 105 1st paragraph below Table 6-3 |
The text states that "the only formula that has changed is the formula for T", but the formal for h has also changed in this case. |
kengr | Jul 24, 2015 |
Printed | Page 113 Lower half |
The equation starting |J|= is impossible because |J| is necessarily positive, and the RHS of that equationis necessarily negative. |
Michael Fairbank | Mar 05, 2016 |
Page 316 code listing |
`tmp = vLiftVector.Magnitude();` tmp is overwritten two code lines later by dot product of vDragVector and the Element's vNormal. It appears the line is superfluous. |
Anonymous | Feb 04, 2023 | |
Page 329 Middle of page |
The coefficient formula printed reads: |
Thuan Ta | Mar 28, 2014 | |
Printed | Page 389 bottom quarter of the code segment |
Line of code immediately inside of |
Christopher Hebert | Mar 26, 2019 |