Irrlicht Engine

trying to figure out the basics , am i on the right track here?



#include <irrlicht.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include "moon.cpp"
#include <vector>
#include <string>


using namespace std;

using namespace irr;

using namespace core;
using namespace scene;
using namespace video;
using namespace io ...

may be a dumb idea but could you set a timer to see if a second had passed
if so then if the key is pressed set a bool to true if false and false if true?

if(deltatime > 1000)
{
if(keypressed = TRUE)
keypressed = FALSE)
else
keypressed = TRUE
}

nor meant to run, but just tossing a idea out..

its a great language, start with the tutorials, for the camera search for arras cockpit and flight functions,, the camera controls in there reveal alot about how the cameras work =)[/quote]

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/docu/example004.html

covers how to capture keyboard input pretty well

thanks alot, thats got enough to keep me reading for a day or 2

my question then would be, i have the class for the planets, how do i put them into a list and access them from the list

so this would be functioning code?


list<ISceneNode *> lPlanets;
list<ISceneNode *>::Iterator it;



for (it=lPlanets.begin(); it!=lPlanets.end(); it++) {
ISceneNode *pPlanet=*it;

if (pPlanet)
{


// insert function to fill in info for the planet from a text file or db
// ie pPlanet ...

I am trying to simplify the creation of objects in the game. for example the planets.

an i going about the right line of thought with this? the next step would be to save and read from a file/database the information and create the objects with the saved info then to use this loop to create the ...

Im using arrays cockpit flight controls to control the node and make the camera and heres the node setup info


IAnimatedMesh* mesh = smgr->getMesh("../../media/shuttle/shuttle9.3ds");
if (!mesh)
{
device->drop();
return 1;
}
IAnimatedMeshSceneNode* node1 = smgr->addAnimatedMeshSceneNode ...

may be a dumb question but where is deltatime declared and what is it set to?

kewl thanks alot.

thanks for sending me a pm to crack the code.

I guess its a leap between the concept and implementation,, after some trial and error was able to put all the cockpit control into a class and wrap it up nice and neat i hope.

now just trying to find the best way to wrap all the

if(keys[irr::KEY_LEFT])
{
Cockpit.turn(node1, -0.1);
}


cals ...

no, i had to put this all aside for work and family issues and just picking it all back up again.

since im new to programming, any tips on what you can toss in sep files, what should be made into classes, functions and the best way to organize this?

im thinking i should put all the cockpit functions into a class, but when i moved all the functions over to a seperate file started getting errors ...