Irrlicht Engine

thanks for your reply ... i will try the svn version and let you know.. Sorry for the late response.
my irrlicht version is 1.7.2 downloaded from the web.

@cute alien : windows 7

i cant break it after hitting alt cuz if the window looses focus it resumes rendering.
Also the gdb debugger does not show any abnormalities.
Though the cpu usage from 100% drops to less than 50% after the rendering freezes..

This is part of the output... Event Occurred Alt key pressed Z:82 time Passed : 4 Z:83 time Passed : 4 Z:84 time Passed : 3 Z:85 time Passed : 33 Z:86 time Passed : 8 Z:87 time Passed : 3 Z:88 time Passed : 3 Z:89 time Passed : 8 Z:90 time Passed : 9 Z:91 time Passed : 2 Z:92 time Passed : 6 Z:93 ti...

In Windows when I press alt and release it .. the rendering freezes and when I press space a menu opens at the title bar. To resume the rendering i have to press alt again or some other key other than space. Also i checked with the key pressed and release events. It seems that after the alt key is r...

How do I find the UpperRightCorner and the LowerLeftCorner of a rotated Rect? I know that I can find the UpperLeftCorner and the LowerRightCorner of the irr rect, from that can I find the URC and the LLC ? The center of rotation is the middle of the rect or could be any of the 4 vertex of the rect.....

Ya .. I learned SDL prior to this and now I moved 2D images using the engine .. so far its pretty simple ...

So, I do not need to use any openGL commands ? because I spent 2 months learning it. I have partially set up my engine but I've gotten many reviews saying that its not an easy thing to develop an engine. I have stumbled upon so many things such as collision detection, control logic, lighting, etc th...

thank you for your reply. @Mel : I would like to know whether I could implement the trick shown here http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/197/trickvr.jpg/ Also, many people are recommending me not to reinvent the wheel, so I am choosing a game engine and not making my own. If Irrlicht can give me wh...

I m planning to make a game that uses 3d objects in the background for collision, control logic,etc while using sprites which will be used as texture mapped onto a cube I m planning for an isometric game along with the switch of view to a side scroller Basically its a game combining diablo and stree...