Irrlicht Engine

Hello, in example 8 of the Tutorials, (using DX9 or OGL 1.5, Irrlicht 1.1) the shadow freezes when looking at the wall behind you (turn around).

Upon launching, the camera faces the dwarf, if you only move the mouse to look slightly down and to the right... following the shadow as it moves along ...

Sounds like you are using DEV C++

I had the exact same problem.

After hours of trying all sorts of combinations... I eventually submitted to just using the example.dev as a base for my future code.

Here's what I did:
1. I downloaded the DX9 Dev Pack using this great ZIP
http://irrlicht ...

//for example: look for a similar line in the quake example:
scene::IAnimatedMesh* mesh = smgr->getMesh("../../media/OAB3D/OpenArena2.b3d");

// we used a Blitz 3d file, but I believe u can use .3ds as well. You need to make sure your path is correct. And, since your not using a zip... or pk3 I ...

Thanks Bitplane for that Excellent Demo...
Can you tell me roughly how many polys 1000 grass would be in your demo?

I was running around 2000 in OpenGL1.5 and getting about 60FPS on a Geforce 7600GT (stock speed)

And interestingly enough when I switched to DX9...(had to alter your proggy just a ...

Consider also, posting WHAT your findings were... that fixed your problem... so that others with similar problems may also gain from your search.

I am just a beginner, but from the looks of this line:
getTexture("wall.bmp");

that means it will get the texture Whereever the .EXE is compiled at...and thus the directory folder where the .exe currently is launched from.

(yes?)

So, if that's true... then that would mean you have "wall.bmp" in ...

Greetings all,

I am new to Irrlicht and just starting. I currently run Irrlicht 1.1
Luke, what do I need to do to get your additional functionality for 1.1?

I noticed that 1.1 loads b3d, but for example transparancy does not seem to work for the mesh we are using...

http://www.macktek.com/akb3d ...