Irrlicht Engine

What is everyone else using to make their models for IRRLicht?

So far i've been using .3ds files to load my models into Irrlicht and i had no problem at all :)

in my pov 3ds is fine though a little bit limited, so you can use it with Irrlicht.

my first Demo with the engine here : http://ben ...

Yes like Guest suggested,

have you tried to load your model without using "MakePlanarTextureMapping"

when i load a 3ds textured model into irllicht i don't use any command to apply my texture. It seems like 3ds (keeps the uv coords) and apply textures automaticaly that's why when u load into ...

you can try to scroll the map from up to down and have your character moving within the screen area with your camera attached to it.

i began a small 3D shootemup and i found it easier to do that way

3ds has never supported animation.

.3ds does support animation :)

i have already animated a mesh and exported it from 3DSmax in the .3ds format and you can believe me it keeps the animation data of objects but not bones.
You can animate only seperated objects, you can have groups of object to ...

I have the same Problem when i try to load a 3DS with animations. It seems like Irrlicht can't load or play animation data of 3ds files but i can be wrong as i am very new to Irrlicht.
What i' m sure about is that 3DS keeps the aniamtion of objects (though it doesn't support skin).

So same as ...

merci

It works for me, now i can use DIRECTX to render my scenes compiled with DevC++.

and i say hello to the Irrlicht forum users