Irrlicht Engine

Notice that the lightmap is incorrect when you rotate the model? The lighting appears the same for all the tombstones (or whatever they are), regardless of their rotation. Yes, that is the nature of ambient occlusion. I wouldn't call this "incorrect" though.

dlangdev: The "final" scene you posted ...

I just upgraded from a really old version of irrlicht. ALL I had to change was the OnEvent thing. Pretty amazing.

//keyboard input
if( event.EventType == EET_KEY_INPUT_EVENT )
{
//check if the key is being pressed or released
if( event.KeyInput.PressedDown )
{
//set pressed down state
m_keys[ event.KeyInput.Key ] = true;
}
else
{
//set released state
m_keys[ event.KeyInput.Key ] = false ...

can you say you are a diverse programmer (databases, scripting, assembly, networking, design patterns, data structures, documentation, project management, OS programming, and more)? if so, skip the degree and start writing sample code.

even if you go to college, you will have to do learning on your ...

i think your graph needs a key.

i actually chose irrlicht as my engine AFTER planning my game. my only goal with irrlicht is to use it for a completed game.

i think most people work on sandbox type projects that arent necessarily worth posting. alot of learning is going on though. there are certain things about irrlicht that make ...

so your suggestion is #3?

how exactly do you control the node drawing order?

krama757 wrote: I am sure that within the mesh viewer program EMF_LIGHTING is false.

set that to "true"?

ok here is my situation-
im creating a 3rd person game and im using gtkradiant for map editing. i load in light data from the bsp. i want to use vertex lighting (from the lights i loaded in) for everything except the bsp geometry (which will be using the lightmap).

the problem im running into-
i ...

when i load lights from my bsp maps they are much much much darker in irrlicht. try multiplying the brightness ten fold.

also you can only have 8 lights on at a time.

auto_ptr<T>

i think belfegor has a good question and it has NOT been answered completely.

dont be douche bags.

you lose your lightmap though

are you compiling release or debug?

i dont want to take this too far off topic but:
...3D apps becoming the primary level design tools in most modern games. It's been going that way for several years now, you only have to look at the level designer positions and the required skills in places like the job section of Gamasutra to see ...