Irrlicht Engine

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I've never done any 3D-programming before. Mostly I do this because I think it's fun to learn new things. My intention is not to make a new GTA. I just want to make a small town (just roads and few houses) and a car that I can controll. This will let me learn about both 3D and physics. When/if I get...

It's working. Thanks for the help!

I've made a simple scene in IrrEdit, consisting of a terrain node, a mesh and two lights. It looks ok in IrrEdit, but when I load the scene in my program I don't get any shading. How it looks in IrrEdit: http://www.welzien.se/misc/IrrEdit.jpg How it looks in my program: http://www.welzien.se/misc/Wo...

I'd just use the same geometry for the ground and buildings, as you'll want to drive on top of buildings and bridges in exactly the same way as you drive on the ground. For anything remotely similar to GTA, I'd go with a 3d party physics engine. I'm a newbie as far as 3D-programming is concerned. I...

Hi. I'm working on a car game where you drive around in a city (like GTA). I'm wondering which way is the best to create the ground. Using a terrain node with a flat heightmap, a hills plane mesh with no hills or just a very big and very thin box.