Irrlicht Engine

Earthquake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE9lbeAEQk4

New version is out: Update 31-10-2016 (version 0.666/rev.4182) Important: - All users should uninstall and reinstall, to get all the latest features ! so we recommend that you UNINSTALL Build A World, and reinstall it. Get the installer from: http://www.buildaworld.net/download New Features: - 4 new...

Mat new skinning code did a 200% performance increase for animated nodes!
Next step for animated nodes, will be instanced animated nodes, and culling.

Yup

We did our own GUI system.... We might release the GUI system at some point.

In a few weeks we will enable the new 12 byte vertex format, down from 36 bytes. Loads of GPU memory to be saved and less data to transfer around

due to a bug, framerate was down ...

so, new fps are:
64.000 power isolators, all controlled individually at 35 fps.
and 262.000 tomato plants at 42 fps.

262.000 tomato plants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuKwbJInFe0

not yet ...

64.000 Objects. 25 fps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbfZuTpFdYU

64.000 Objects. 35 fps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbfZuTpFdYU

BAW tech demo - instancing test

40.000 corn plants and 40.000 tomato plants. 3 LOD levels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTDtJtV1wTY

Now we need some real light and shadows mat ... MAT!!!

internal test movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y6y71hhboI

.........

in progress ... instanced everything.

here are corn, 40.000 plants running 72 fps