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by Frank Dodd
Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:41 am
Forum: Project Announcements
Topic: Irrlicht Wrapper for FreeBasic
Replies: 49
Views: 64411

Re: Irrlicht Wrapper for FreeBasic

Hello, When I try to execute the IrrlichtShaders.bas in the examples folder I get the following error messages - The IrrlichtShaders.bas file is a support file used by some of the other examples it is not intended to be executed directly. Hello, The file - 97_Example_PhysicsNewtonAndOpenDE.bas prod...
by Frank Dodd
Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:41 pm
Forum: Project Announcements
Topic: Removed project
Replies: 5
Views: 1540

Removed project

Due to a change in employment I have had to temporarily remove this announcement, my apologies.
by Frank Dodd
Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:17 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: MouseEvent
Replies: 2
Views: 663

This is just a suggestion without running any code and having not used this class before (looks nice though). As CNrp2DPictureFlowis based on a listbox the click hit will be tested against the AbsoluteRect and inside a square, from a quick scan of the CNrp2DPictureFlow code it looks like all mouse c...
by Frank Dodd
Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:34 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Fading out effect with TRANPARENT_ALPHA_CHANNEL
Replies: 7
Views: 1340

My IrrlichtWrapper contains a LOD node that changes the meshes applied to child nodes at different distances but it also has a fading effect once the node gets over a specified distance. it requires lighting to be turned on. It has some references to custom material effects I have coded into my vers...
by Frank Dodd
Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:00 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Generating run-time poly meshes
Replies: 3
Views: 543

I am going to create a project announcement on this is a few days, I will also upload the code again then too. I've got a spherical mesh now with the quads splitting as the camera gets closer the join function is almost there too for reducing density as the camera moves away. I am using the geomipma...
by Frank Dodd
Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:34 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Generating run-time poly meshes
Replies: 3
Views: 543

Hello AW111, Coincidentally I am looking at a terrain node too. Mine is going to be a spherical terrain for planets that combines a heightmap and noise function for 'planet scale detail' supporting terrain, water and atmosphere layers hopefully. I am just at the test phase at the moment and what I ...
by Frank Dodd
Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:25 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: A lot of objects - a lot of Slowdown?
Replies: 9
Views: 733

I have posted a reply to baz on batching meshes in http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=228331#228331 The example I use for batching meshes batches 2500 object containing a total of about 330,000 polygons without batching and without hardware buffers it runs at 24fps. with batching...
by Frank Dodd
Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:21 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Mesh batching
Replies: 14
Views: 4891

I utilise the Batching Mesh in my IrrlichtWrapper you can use that as a simple example. When dealing with static objects the CBatchingMesh module can offer really massive frame rate improvements as it gets rid of all of the overhead associated with managing a node and setting up a node for rendering...
by Frank Dodd
Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:18 am
Forum: Code Snippets
Topic: New GUI skin [update: new skins, support for 1.5/1.6]
Replies: 112
Views: 74001

Great job on this GUI module. I've only just taken a look at this. Its working very well and is a very easy way to customize the GUI. The errors that Monchito referred to some months ago are due to changes in the interface defined in IGUISkin (although they are only thrown by the latest dodgy GCC co...
by Frank Dodd
Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:20 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: I make smart programs, want to make games. where to start
Replies: 5
Views: 531

My personal recommendation would be the following: - * Study the tutorials supplied with Irrlicht, compile them, tweak them, play around with the code and get an idea of what the engine can do. * Come up with a complete game concept, think about all the aspects of your game and get them written down...
by Frank Dodd
Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:29 pm
Forum: Project Announcements
Topic: pacific_chung free flight simulator in freebasic
Replies: 8
Views: 2477

Excellent work Chung i'm loving your projects!
by Frank Dodd
Sun Jul 04, 2010 3:18 pm
Forum: Advanced Help
Topic: Dynamic mesh creation
Replies: 14
Views: 3253

I'm very surprised that it would be returned like that surely there must be some segmentation. Even if the vertices had been entirely prepared for passing though the appropriate OpenGL calls, some segmentation would be required for the support of hardware buffering for example. What frame rate does ...
by Frank Dodd
Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:35 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Funtion
Replies: 37
Views: 2846

but i'm sure you can't really program an entire game using C-style API. so its quite pointless. I nearly spat my coffee on my keyboard when I read that. Unlike footballers as C gets older it stays just as fast and functional as it ever was :) Wrapping Irrlicht in a C interface carefully actually ad...
by Frank Dodd
Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:10 pm
Forum: Advanced Help
Topic: Dynamic mesh creation
Replies: 14
Views: 3253

Do you mind me asking what library are you using for this? As I'm sure you know most planetary rendering engines utilise some method of reducing the number of vertices they are using and changing each frame. Often the surface is divided into a number of patches and as you move closer to or further a...
by Frank Dodd
Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:10 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Funtion
Replies: 37
Views: 2846

Why do you want this 'Scale' function rather than just call setScale for that object? I have created a similar function myself but it was necessary to allow it to be used by a language that was not object oriented. If you just want to uniformly scale your object you could use the following command: ...