Irrlicht Engine

Looks like a pretty good solution, curious about one thing though:


// Translation position - Movement should be framerate independent.
tPos.Z=direction.Z*4.1f;
tPos.X=direction.X*4.1f;


Your comment says movement should be framerate independent, but you are multiplying by a constant.

If ...

It would certainly help to see some code, I don't know why JP's solution wouldn't be working for you.

This article may interest you for a good timer

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/timing/

I personally don't recommend using the irrlicht timer, I havn't had good experiences with it. The timer represented in that article seems to be a good start at the very least. I also like ...

For the love of all things good, do not use xml as the sole format for an internal engine filetype. Not for storing vertex and index data, anyway. It's far too slow to load. Collada is XML because it's an interchange format. .obj is similarly used as an interchange format. An xml format is good in ...

if you want to bring a mesh format to a life you must create a converter of common meshes to the new format. Irrlicht actualy knows a lot of meshes and loads them so you should find inspiration in its loaders.

Yes I would have to agree with this, after doing some investigation it seems that most ...

I decided to start this project because I ran into one to many problems with irrlicht animated mesh system. Specifically this one -> http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16829

I understand that I'm quite new to this community and this engine, but I'm no stranger to game ...

It seems that my biggest limitation here is the inability to group different portions of a mesh. I remember when I was using Ogre a while back it had the ability to control sub-meshes of an object, and I could perform ray-queries on the sub mesh any way I liked.

I think one major drawback to ...

I understand how to use the triangle selector, and I understand how to use basic collision detection with irrlicht, but I am attempting to do something a bit more advanced then I could find help for. I searched the forums quite extensivley so I aplogize if this is something that has been answered ...

Just wanted to say this worked out great for me, thanks for the info!

That makes sence, I'll try it when I'm in front of a compiler. I'm assuming performing that every time the mouse moves will give me a smooth rotation? I'll try it out when I am at home, thanks much!

Perhaps I was not clear enough...I have already parented the camera to the node. I have basic walking, but I don't have rotation working. I don't know how to take the amount the mouse moved and translate that into how much a character/camera should rotate, I actually want it to slerp...

First of all, great engine, just started using it and its very easy to understand! So thanks :-)

Now, I'm pretty new to 3d game programming, and I'm just trying to educate myself...found this engine is a good place for me to start.

i'm attempting to make an FPS camera system, I know the engine ...