Irrlicht Engine

Thanks guys.

Now, How to make the tracks? Im guessing Ill need a custom scene node that draws the lines?

Does anyone know the name of the Irrlicht function that draws a line? I had a quick look but didnt find anything.

EDIT : Found irr::core::line3d But I dont see how I create the colour of the ...

I simply cannot get it to work.


irr::scene::SMesh* mymesh;
mymesh = new irr::scene::SMesh();

irr::scene::SMeshBuffer *buf = 0;
buf = new irr::scene::SMeshBuffer();


video::S3DVertex* a = new video::S3DVertex(0,0,10, 1,1,0, video::SColor(255,0,255,255), 0, 1);
video::S3DVertex* b = new ...

Thankyou all so much! Thats everything I need to make my chunk class and start building a cubic voxel engine.


One absolutely final thing: adding different textures for each cube face, like the minecraft 'grass' block.

How do I texture each face of the cube?

Im guessing textures are called ...

And lastly, indexs (as in IIndexBuffer) are the same as indices, right?

Also,


scenemgr->drawAll();

u16 indices[] = { 0,2,3, 2,1,3, 1,0,3, 2,0,1 };
video::IVideoDriver* driver = scenemgr->getVideoDriver();

driver->setMaterial(Material);
core::matrix4 AbsoluteTransformation ...

Irrlicht has some a function IMeshManipulator::recalculateNormals which you can use by the way. You only have to be careful that the winding of the vertices for each triangle is correct for this to work I suppose.
Winding?


So as it stands in my head, this is how I will write my voxel thing?

1 ...

Would be pretty tough to "calculate" them, in most cases you should just know or import them.

What I mean is this:

I have a triangle with vertices (0,0,0) (0,1,0) (0,1,1)

What value for the normal do I need to have if I want it to face the sky? likewise to the left?

At this stage, I have no ...

Also, should I use driver->drawVertexPrimitiveList() or a mesh buffer of some sort?

Does that mean that if I have

u16 indices[] = { 0,2,1 };

It will create a triangle that operates between Vertice[0], Vertice[2], Vertice[1]??

Also, how do you calculate the normal?

Additionally: (This is a really simple question but I haven't been able to find the answer ANYWHERE)

Whats the difference between a vertex and an indice? The SD3Vertex Has 4 attributes; Colour, Normal, Position, and Texture. What is the normal (same as in math?)

Hi,

As part of a voxel engine I am trying to make (following this excellent tutorial: https://sites.google.com/site/letsmakeavoxelengine/ which sadly is focused on openGL rather than irrlicht),

I need to specify vertices manually (in a mesh) and have the engine draw them. The world will be ...

Hi all,

I can spilt my problem into three main things, the first being the simplest.

1: How can I create a very very large flat ground? preferably texturable, but not required. I was thinking maybe there is a CreatePlaneNode function or something, but I dont think thats the correct way to do ...