Irrlicht Engine

google?
you might try moving a shodow object (dunno if your car is jumping)

for the soft-edge shadows: dunno if it works, but you might want to try placing a bunch of lights in a group

first question: I don't think there will be dramatical changes in each version, but looking at the files distibution, about next month a new version will come out. I don't know what your termine is, but you might want to wait for new functions last: might want to look at screen filters? just returni...

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the point is WHAT dll you copy (there are several in the package)
reading that you're using visual c++, I think you need the one in the bin/Win32-VisualStudio map
which did you use?

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