Irrlicht Engine

nah it's just particles i'm having trouble with

Here is one particle sample I tried, works in 1.7.2 but not in the SVN update version of 1.8 (revision 4409).

Code:
http://pastebin.com/H2f1EBBK

Dust.png:
http://imagebin.org/240254

I find if I follow my model with the 'sun', the shadow works much better.

I think this qualified as a beginner question: irrlicht 1.7.2 opengl 4+ Here is my 'sun'.. not very far away from my huge terrain (loaded as a model node) but not sure how to get attenuation working either. When my player moves past a certain point, the shadow of it disappears like it is being clipp...

I found this:
material.BlendOperation = video::EBO_ADD;

What if the model is loaded with the material, how do I set it to blend?

When compiled in 1.7.2, it looks ok. When compiled in latest SVN, my particles and water are invisible or missing.

That's true, totally up to the developers. I'm just thinking of all the apps produced on the smart phones and what if any credit or support goes back to the ones who put their efforts into it. I know it's for hobby or love of the idea, but I'm being a bit troll-like and trying to get people to think...

My opinion is, if you're not going to make a true cross-platform port to profit and include Linux, please either A: make a donation(s) to the free open source projects which fueled your efforts, or B: include Linux in your ports.

Thank you for your time.

Thanks for the answers, it helps.

I thought my question was phrased in english. Will this be in immediate mode by default, or optimized using yes VBO's or other.

in pseudocode:

for (i=0; i<255; i++)
node.mesh=load("model.obj");

Render loop()

if I create a bunch of nodes, does it automatically use vertex buffers and whatever optimization is possible like the pipeline I hear so much about? I'm developing on a machine with opengl 2.1.

Sometimes I wonder if I have slight color-'tone' deafness. Single lines are fine, when I'm reading through a dump it's a little difficult to discern the lines.. like this can confuse me. Tell me you don't paste this into an editor to be able to read the lines carefully when debugging. Maybe my monit...

Sorry, you're correct. Was pointing to the 1.7x

Thanks for responding. On two different LCDs within the code tags, the font looks to be a light green and background white.

I didn't see any topic so I'm posting it here. The only thing that drives me crazy is the poor contrast between the forecolor and backcolor of any posted code. Sometimes I have to highlight the codebox to read it. Can I change my colors in this forum?