Irrlicht Engine

Thanks. This makes the decission to implement a public getValue() method instead a public value variable for own classes an easier one, also for values that are needed very often.

I'm not the Irrlicht Pro, so i'm sure others can give you better answers. Personally i would make the sun a very light color, almost white, and i would make it unaffected by lights and ensure it to be unshaded. Could be even a billboard with a circle. So no matter how dark your scene is, your sun wo...

Thanks CuteAlien. That's good to know, even though the "usually" makes me a bit wary. Depending on the compiler? Or are there some special situations where no compiler would translate that method to direct access? I guess i have to read a bit about compilers some time.

Is there a difference in speed when accessing a classes member variable directly, compared to getting the value of the variable via a getValue method (that does nothing else than return value )? If it would be an interpreted language i would say yes, due to the additional lines that had to be proces...

Used the class-list in the docu to find it. It's irr::scene::IGeometryCreator.

Thanks for the detailled info, Mel! I already knew the second part of your explanation (about the base class insect with a run method that works different for ants and spiders) but i wasn't aware about the CD3D9VideoDriver, COpenGLDriver, CNullDriver child-classes you mentioned. I even checked the i...

Thanks for your answer. I do however still not understand why a method that could not be defined, due to the virtual ... =0, still does something. How i understood it is, that a method like this is just declared to ensure, that it will be implemented in a inherited class. But i see driver->setMateri...

I have serious problems in understanding the abstract classes used in C++ respectively implemented in Irrlicht. I understand the usage and usefulness of interfaces, but i am confused about the explanations of abstract classes in miscellaneous C++ tutorials but their to those explanations conflicting...

The bug is related to the GUI-Editor provided in the Irrlicht 1.7.1 package.

There's no vertical scrollbar in the toolwindow of the GUI-Editor. Thus it's not possible to edit all properties of a selected element. Beside the Element-Register it's also relevant for the Env-Register.

Thanks, hybrid!

That was all. I used the same UV coordinates for every single vertex. Now it works. :oops: Thanks! In that moment another question is coming up tho: My trianglelist is representing a square that is set up by lots of small squares (50*50). Each of this small squares shall only use a small, specific p...

I'm desperately trying to have my very first own 3d object textured, but the texture doesn't show up. It's a quadratic arranged trianglelist. 50*50 squares, respectively 5000 Triangles. I started with the CustomSceneNode Tutorial and did some changes in it. The Render-Method looks the following: vir...

By no means, it was not sarcasm. I'm a newbie, so i might seem to be inappropriatly happy with things that are obvious to others. This hint to multiple layers is exactly what i needed.

Thanks, Murloc, your answer helped a lot.

Hi all Is there a way to have multiple materials for one mesh? If no: Eg in Eve Online there are models that use textures of rusty metal, while the metal reflects the light, the rust doesn't. How can this be done? If i have to to split up a mesh to asign multiple materials, is there a way to have a ...