Module 2 — Tiny3D first light

Goal

Draw real 3D on the N64 with Tiny3D: viewport (camera + lens), depth, lights, loaded models, and vertex colors — reusing Module 1 vocabulary.

If you’re nervous

Module 1 was the language. Module 2 is speaking it on the console.

You already know:

Module 1	Appears here as
Vectors / points	Camera eye, light direction, positions
Matrices T/R/S	t3d_mat4fp_from_srt_euler / model matrices
View + projection	t3d_viewport_look_at + t3d_viewport_set_projection
Vertices + color	T3DVertPacked and painted terrain
Ambient / modulate	t3d_light_set_* and vertex RGBA

New pieces are mostly plumbing: init Tiny3D, attach color+depth buffers, uncached matrices for the RSP.

Prerequisites

• Module 0 + Module 1
• Toolchain with Tiny3D installed (./scripts/install-toolchain.sh or Setup)
• source scripts/env.sh so N64_INST is set

Confirm:

ls "$N64_INST/include/t3d.mk"
ls "$N64_INST/bin/gltf_to_t3d"

Lessons

Lesson	Idea	ROM
L11 — First quad	Init Tiny3D, viewport, lit spinning quad	Auto spin
L12 — Depth + objects	Two entities, Z-buffer, draw order	A toggles depth
L13 — Orbit camera	Interactive 3D camera	Stick / C-up/dn
L14 — Lighting	Ambient + directional	Stick + A
L15 — Load model	glTF → .t3dm → draw	Stick spin
L16 — Vertex color	Painted terrain grid	A toggles paint

How to study

1. Read the NOOB MAP at the top of each lesson page.
2. Build and run the ROM.
3. Only then dig into API details.
4. Keep L05 hardware in mind: CPU records, RSP/RDP draw, VI shows.

Build flags

Module 2 lessons set:

USE_T3D := 1

in their Makefile so common/lesson.mk links Tiny3D (and does not force Tiny3D into Module 0/1 ROMs).

Build all Module 2 ROMs

source scripts/env.sh
make l11 l12 l13 l14 l15 l16

Start: L11 — First quad.