Irrlicht Engine

Now it seems to work although I have no idea what I did differently when it didn't work.

For #2 it is very easy... I alredy post it in forum somewhere:
bill->setMaterialTexture(0, driver->getTexture("sun.tga"));
bill->getMaterial(0).MaterialTypeParam = 0.01f; //this
bill->setMaterialType(video::EMT_TRANSPARENT_ALPHA_CHANNEL);//and this line
You can find it in my atmosphere source ...

I have exactly the same problem as your problem #2.

I want to have a texture that gradually fades out towards the edges but Irrlicht just does a hard cut after a certain alpha value, so everything above a certain alpha value is completely transparent and below that value it's completely opaque ...

for(int i = 0; i<= filelist->getFileCount(); i++)

I think you need a < instead of a <= here.

I use .x exported from gmax or blender and then resave with mview (from directx SDK) it allways worked!

Thanks, this seems to work reasonably well, at least if you choose the right export options in blender.

There's still something strange: When I do setMaterialFlag(EMF_LIGHTING,true); the ...

Hi,

I'd like to create models with Blender and then use them in my Irrlicht-Engine-based game. However, there are several export formats in Blender which are supported by Irrlicht, too. (for example .X and .3ds and .obj)

Which of these formats is recommended? Which one will keep the converted ...