Irrlicht Engine

After a long absence from the Irrlicht forum and 3D development, I have started coding a bit in C++ again. I have decided to implement the things I had previously added in version 1.2.x into version 1.8.5. This includes SASS effects for DX9, multihead support for multiple adapters, adapter selection ...

if the "GetSurfaceLevel" call failed the surface pointer is not valid so we dont need to check it...
a "lockRect" call doesnt increment any refcounter so we dont need an unlock call if any failed
okay to make this function safe release the surfaces before return.
an example function but it is ...

maybe the license =)

hi all
the subject says all =)
In the dx drivers.
if there is no lower mipmap level in the texture the function
"createMipMaps" returns false without a "Release()" of the upperSurface.
But the function "GetSurfaceLevel" increments a refcounter!!!!

change from:

if (FAILED(hr) || !lowerSurface ...

hi pd,

this error occurs because i didnt update the vs2005 projectfile. =)
add the missing files with the interfaces to the irrlicht project in vs2005 and clear the project and rebuild.
I have only vs2003...

NOTE: pls use the newest version because ive update some animator
settings to sync the ...

i work on a solution with dx effect files, but the api is broken in my engine dist of irrlicht in some simple cases.
is that a solution for u?
in an effect u can define multiple shader. ps/vs
it works but cur without texture shader. i work on it

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php ...

if i have a little bit more time left i add the 16/32bit streambuffer support depend from the graphic card capabilities to my impl and build a patch for all this stuff... maybe next year *joke* :D

here a night day effect called nightfall from the fxcomposer from nvidia
http://www.sdi-syndrom.de ...

hm. i have reinstalled the whole nvidia sdk and then the fxcomposer after a weirdly crash with no restart. now it works again for me =)

hmm.. i dont know the right description... =)
a bump, hdr and fresnel work together in this effect.
there are two pictures.
the first is a bump map
the second ...

here you can download a small video of the shaded water.

http://www.sdi-syndrom.de/download/water.wmv

here a pic of an ocean effect with a nvidia fxcomposer ocean.fx file.


nearly all fx files from the nvidia fxcomposer works with this impl....


try it out if u want but some api changes =)

the upvector declare which side of a cam is up
vector(0,1,0) this is the standard view. Y is up.
with a manipulating the upvector u can easy simulate a roll effect of a flight plane and so on
nice weekend ya

i know sio.. the states... i work on a solution to save the states...
but it is a little bit more overhaed.. and i am a lazy people... but i do it...
i implement an interface which can be connect with the material to save the states of an already rendered material... i need this too for my open game ...

but what if the graphics card doesn't support 32bit indices?

this the reason why i say ask the adapter what it can be support!! =)

pssst not so loud with the qustion for 32bit indicies...
rather than a system that ask the graphics adapter "can i use 32 bit or 16bit indicies " or multiple 16bit buffers or better hardware buffer dx = streams opengl = fbo =) 16or32 bit..
i work on a solution...
:D
use a patch till then....

Hey
i ve added some new features to the irrlicht engine v1.2
for the the existing features look here
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17277
remember my prev version:
-multiple monitor support
-matrix patch
-32bit patch
-gui patch and so on...

and now i have implement the ...