Irrlicht Engine

Well, i kinda gave up on using c8's. stringw suited my needs better..

both stringc and stringw have a c_str() method, just like regular c++ strings... read the documentation next time.
Yea, thanks for that, but .c_str() gives me the problem of
cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const wchar_t *' to 'irr::c8 *'
I did actually read the manual first but i didn't ...

This is bloody annoying. My biggest annoyance with this engine is the strings!

Current dilema: How can i convert a stringc or stringw to a c8?

JP wrote:c8 cstr = "hello";
core::stringw wstr(cstr);

core::stringw::c_str() returns a wchar_t* for you

You're a bloody legend! Thank you!

Quick related question,

THe textbillboard needs a const wchar_t. I have an irr::c8, how can i convert an irr::c8 to a const wchar_t? i tryed a cast like
but it doesnt seem to work? :S Sometimes it returns "0" depending on what the string is.

Ah, i'm so stoopid, it didnt even occour to me that there would be a text based billboard. Durrr.

Thanks!

I'm trying to add some custom text to a billboard, so the user can change what it says. I really can't work out how to do this, or even how to explain it, so i have a picture to explain what i'm trying to do.

This is from Garry's Mod, the text in the bill is changable.

http://img8.imageshack.us ...

Ok great. Turns out it was an exporter error i think. All mesh files are loading fine now, Thanks!!

Well, it was just a flat plane.

Update: It now gives an error at least! "Could not open blah blah..."

Edit: Fixed. used a cube instead of a plane. But i hope it loads other meshes ok..

I have a small problem. Trying to load an ogre .mesh file.. The console says "Loaded media/flat.mesh", but nothing appears? I tryed with an identical 3ds file and that works fine..

IAnimatedMesh* mesh = irrsmgr->getMesh("media/flat.mesh");
if(!mesh)
printf("Mesh Error..\n");
ISceneNode* node ...

Well, i tryed v0.2 ages ago, and i have a question about 0.4:

is it possible to edit an individual tyre's position/size? if so, how? I want to set all the positions and sizes of the tyres manually, instead of using the creatchasis() like in the example. That was my biggest problem with 0.2/0.3, was ...

Ok i fixed the first problem, the gui was drawn too early. i put guienv->draw after smgr-> draw and it was fine.

FadeIn is part of the gui. i dunno why it freezes the gui, but the even reciver works fine before i call fadeIn.

Also, when i do:
smgr->getActiveCamera()->setInputReceiverEnabled(false ...

Two quick questions

Firstly, no matter what i do, i cannot seem to have any gui elements after i've loaded an irr scene. i would like to have some buttons overlaying the irr scene, but they just dont show when i run the scene.

Secondly, After i used Fadein();, my GUI elements (buttons etc) appear ...

Blindside!!

I debugged, as soon as a user joins, it crashes here
line 1399 of Netmanager.cpp... any ideas what's causing this?

its a tie! 13/13

but to be honest i wouldn't use it, the forum is more than enough for me to interact with everyone..