Irrlicht Engine

I have a few questions. I would be very happy if someone could help me.
Also I am already aware of the magic2d library, but since nobody helped me find a way to get it to compile for visual studio, i have decided not to use it.


1. Is there any way in Irrlicht that 2D image scalling can be done?

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please i really need the functions that magic2d lib has for my project.

unless someone can point me to a place that can tell me how to flip. scale, shift alpha of, and make shadows of sprites.

how do i install the magic2D library for visual studio 2005?

there are only instructions on the website for codeblocks which is'nt particully helpful.

ok, why does my transparency not work? i copied the same exact code from the 2d example, funny thing is, is that if i replace it with the little devil sprite from the demo transparency works. I opened my file in photoshop and i have'nt seen anything different in the 2 bitmaps, can someone tell me ...

i saw the time function used in the 2d example as well, i did'nt use it cause i am not sure how it works.
does it reset to zero after it hits a certain number, or do i have to reset it?

hello, I am having a small problem with my animation function.
it goes too fast.



// draw faster flying imp
driver->draw2DImage(images, core::position2d<s32>(240,240),
Test_Sprite(35), 0, video::SColor(255,255,255,255), true);



calls the function Test_Sprite passing the paramenter 35 (for the ...

I am almost a complete noob, the most sophisticated program i have made to this date, is a program i use to preview particle systems with complete control over how they are being rendered/created at runtime. (useful if you want to create a specific effect and want to know exactly how it it'll look ...

Better use custom creation methods by learning how to work with mesh buffer, s3dvertex, and vertex indices.


So the best way of doing that would be deriving a class from ISceneNode
and finding out how to pass it to the mesh buffer after storing the indices?

(being a newbie, everything is hard to ...

is it possible to load maps from a XML file, (kinda like crystalspace does)
within irrlicht?

reason i was asking this was cause, i want to have complete control over the polygons within the mesh (so i can apply different textures and material types for each face if wanted)

i tried to find a ...

whats would be a good way of doing that?

ok i am almost done with version 0.7 of my open engine that i am going to release soon (so look for it in project announcements forum)
I'm just having a problem with accessing the video driver pointer, i built off some off of the tutorials so its defined in main along with the device.
problem is, i ...

i am currently using the latest version of Irrlicht. I don't have much game programming experience, just programming. I have a few questions.

1. how do i read entity's out of the BSP map files?
2. can i use worldcraft to make the levels? (old halflife editor)
3. how does loading work exactly?

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