Irrlicht Engine

Here I am since a little time... :wink:
The wolf is definitely working: stand pose, walk, run, attack (death animation is still missing *coff*).
I'm now working on statics, to have a world cel working with the character (wolf) and houses. I want to take trace of development steps, and post useul ...

Here I am!

The problem actually was simmetry skeleton!
My programmer was right (public congrats to him :wink: )

Let's go with a step-by-step tutorial:

1- Model a single mesh. Be sure all vertices are well-merged (in some XSI versions like 4.2 or newer you can see them as blue lines when in ...

One question...do u know a way to avoid the need of not having to have normal size fonts in windows? I prefer large ones, at 1280x1024...and xsi requires that reoslution...

Control panel -> screen proprieties -> aspect

In the bottom part of that panel you can set the font size for windows.
In ...

Oh yes I hate XSI is so closed! :evil:

Anyway, I have news!
I had a briefing with my graphic programmer and we tried to build a skeleton without "simmetrize skeleton" option. I usually use it to save time when creating bones for arms or legs, but the resulting bones may have something bad for the ...

Here I am!

http://www.nikibatsprite.com/enhan/wolf_test2.rar

Just trying some import/export settings:

dotXSI 3.0, animated, no root, no nurbs
The reimported file is messed up.

dotXSI 3.0, animated/static, root, no nurbs
The reimpoted file is ok but 2 skeleton legs are reverted.

SCN file ...

Ok I will as I quit from office.

Nice to be with you guys :wink:
Here the RAR pack:

http://www.nikibatsprite.com/enhan/wolf_test.rar

static mesh file (dotXSI and "emdl" xsi model format)
animated mesh file (again both formats)
directx export addon I use with XSI 4.2
texture file (you may need to flip it)

I test exported files ...

Many thanks guys!

XSI 4.0 and 4.2 are about the same.
I'll post a link to the mesh file as soon as I come back home.
BTW, feel free to use it if you wish, it's my own mesh and I decided to deliver it for free in exchange of any help exporting it.

Hello everyone!

I'm still testing directx export from softimage xsi (4.2 to be precise).
This is where I got stuck:

I have a simple wolf mesh, but the exported x file comes messed up.
I found out that it comes just after the animation operator (envelope) is set.
The hierarchy is simple as this ...

Solution:

- use non-realtime shaders to preview textures in XSI.

- Models and textures are set up and exported.

- Programmers will set up a quick editor to let me set Irrlicht shaders on .X models.

I'll let you know how it goes!

Ok, maybe I got the point:
When I use the .X exporter, it works alright but XSI registers a warning:

'WARNING : 3000 - Missing OpenGL extension ( ARB_Shadow ) - realtime shadow maps will not be available

I can figure out I'm missing some OpenGL library... is it my graphic card? its drivers? XSI ...

Many thanks to everyone!

Acqually XSI has its own "shader editor", let's say, I will look for plug-ins and let you know!

Hi there! :D
I'm new to Irrlicht but not to 3D graphic and animation (which is my actual job).
I'm very happy about Irrlicht, I just have some doubt left about shaders:

- I use XSI and set up nodes of shader passes (alpha transparency, alpha masking on specular, and such things...).
- Obviously ...