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Irrlicht 1.8.5 release

Another bugfix release for the Irrlicht 1.8 series. This one is mostly to fix compile problems on newer Linux systems which removed the sysctl.h header. But also a few minor bugfixes. Visit the forum thread for more info about changes. Download the zip here. Enjoy!

Irrlicht homepage URL change – from .net to .io

While updating our forum and switching to https for the Irrlicht homepage we had to move to different sourceforge servers. So previously it was http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net and now it’s https://irrlicht.sourceforge.io There is some automatic forwarding going on, but it’s better to update your bookmarks (the forwarding servers are often overloaded and will give you 503 errors).

IRC channel #irrlicht moves to irc.libera.chat

Please change the server in your IRC clients from freenode to to irc.libera.chat to join the official #irrlicht IRC channel from now on. For any discussions about this move you can use this forum thread.

IMP – Irrlicht Music Player

IMP – Irrlicht Music Player is a music player. Unique in the world, of its own kind. Probably the most expensive CPU music player too, but its all for our fun! Uses the latest Irrlicht 1.8.4. Mostly done with code and help came from irrlicht forums and community. Intends to give a nice ambient to […]

Forum working again

Thanks to our sysop the forum can be used again. It looks like the connectivity troubles had caused too many stale open sessions in the forum database.

Website & forum troubles

Last week SourceForge, which we use for hosting, was having connectivity issues. This caused the Irrlicht homepage and forum to work badly. Over the last days most things started working again – except the forum continues to be broken. Old posts can be read but everything else is currently not working. We try to figure […]

Stunt Marble Racers 2 – alpha release

Stunt Marble Racers 2 is a marble racing game. Race against others in a network game or against yourself using the ghost feature in the Time Trial mode. The game was developed with Irrlicht 1.8.4 and uses XEffects for shadow mapping. – more than a dozen tracks available – network mode for up to 4 […]

Alpha-release “Schwarzerblitz”

Schwarzerblitz is a 3D fighting game focused on fast 1 vs. 1 battles. It has been developed with a customized version of Irrlicht 1.9.0 and runs on Windows machines only. The playable alpha is available for download and features: – six playable characters, with more to come (20+ characters are planned) – nine different stages […]

Irrlicht 1.8.4 release

A new bugfix release for the Irrlicht 1.8 series. This one is mostly about getting it to compile with gcc5 and c++11. Visit the forum thread for more info about changes. Download the zip here. Enjoy!

Irrlicht 1.8.3 released

Unfortunately a bug had slipped into 1.8.2 which prevented Irrlicht from compiling with gcc5. Sorry for that, but here’s a new release which should fix it: Irrlicht version 1.8.3. Same forum thread as for the last release. Have fun!