Introduction

LR01 · Post by **LR01** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:11 pm

Hello IrrLicht Community,

I'm LR01, well that is my nick of course.
I've modeling for some time now, I started with modeling for a quite unknown game, C&C Renegade, which I'm still modeling a bit for.
(it's a modification called: "Command & Conquer Battle for Dune", http://www.battlefordune.co.uk/ )
I've lately taken interest to go further, so I went looking for a engine and the IrrLicht engine is the best I can find so far. Now, I'm modeler as I said so I know know how to code ore program, so I'm not alone here. I have friend who can do the coding and maybe some more people.

Anyway just wanted to say hello since this is probably the engine we will design a game on. What the game will be, we don't know yet but that will come in time.

So you might see me around here.

LR01

JP · Post by JP » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:35 pm

I was just thinking the other day it would be cool to have a new Dune game! Just been reading Children of Dune!

So this is a non-commericial project? Or commercial but not being done by a proper company, just like an indie project? Is this what you'd want to be using Irrlicht for or is Irrlicht just for some side projects?

Dorth · Post by **Dorth** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:55 pm

Heh, anything for a well made dune game. I loved the first one since it used a lot from the books. I also loved a lot Dune 2 and Dune 2000 as the gameplay was nice and acting wasn't too bad. But the most recent one is... beuark. It's a nice game, don't get me wrong, just doesn't have a Dune feel at all.

MasterM · Post by **MasterM** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:50 am

Hey welcome to the forum...

so I went looking for a engine and the IrrLicht engine is the best

irrlicht isnt the best but its one of the best outthere

SwitchCase · Post by **SwitchCase** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:21 am

MasterM wrote:Hey welcome to the forum...
so I went looking for a engine and the IrrLicht engine is the best
irrlicht isnt the best but its one of the best outthere

Define "best".

MasterM · Post by **MasterM** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:45 am

the best i mean is having the most positive qualities over other 3d graphics engine out there(filesize,render time,etc).

FuzzYspo0N · Post by **FuzzYspo0N** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:35 am

Define "best"

keep your panties on and keep your petty arguments for the other petty forums.

Welcome to the forums

i LOVE using irrlicht, im sure you will enjoy it too. Cant wait to see some models and art of yours

rogerborg · Post by **rogerborg** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:39 am

Steady on, old fruit: it's a valid question. Unless you know what you want from an engine, it's hard to evaluate how good it is for your purpose.

FuzzYspo0N · Post by **FuzzYspo0N** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:54 pm

sounded like they had decided that irrlicht was the best for the project already (hence not seeing this post on another forum). My point was to stay on focus and not bring personal whining in the thread (as is tradition it seems).

What the game will be, we don't know yet but that will come in time.

any ideas on genre or style? or what kind of time frame maybe?

SwitchCase · Post by **SwitchCase** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:34 am

Not at all a petty argument FuzzY... the "best" engine is competely subjective to it's application. In no way am I suggesting Irrlicht is some super duper engine better than any other but rather that there's no point finding a 3D engine (or any other engine/library for that matter) and then feeling the need to use it on every project you ever take on. Choosing an engine/library should depend competely on it's suitability for the project at hand and not so much whether it gives better

filesize,render time,etc

over another.

sounded like they had decided that irrlicht was the best for the project already

You then go to quote that they don't know what game they are doing yet.

LR01 · Post by **LR01** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:39 pm

JP wrote:I was just thinking the other day it would be cool to have a new Dune game! Just been reading Children of Dune!

So this is a non-commericial project? Or commercial but not being done by a proper company, just like an indie project? Is this what you'd want to be using Irrlicht for or is Irrlicht just for some side projects?

That is a indie project,

for the irrlicht engine project, we are still discussing the concept of the game

GameDude · Post by **GameDude** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:14 pm

Hello, welcome to the Irr community.