What is a good level editor for irrlicht?

wildrj · Post by **wildrj** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:41 pm

one that hasnt been metioned was rhino3d i just got it and its fun to use but it is way diffrent then what everyone is used to check it out

http://www.rhino3d.com

John Diasparra · Post by **John Diasparra** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:57 pm

L3DT is really good.

Get L3DT and the plugin to export it as a .DMf, then u can import it into irrEdit and place trees, and what not into the landscape.

shadowslair · Post by **shadowslair** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 5:55 pm

1)I was wondering if there`s a big difference in the performance in the different file formats. Which one offers us best calculation speed, including good and fast collision and lightmaps? A BSP map of about 10 000 trigs runs descently good on my pretty old PC. How about 20 000 or 30 000 without any additional optimisation? .X? .3ds? Any other?

2)Which will be better for huge indoor levels collision? The build-in Irrlicht collision or with some physics( Newton )?

3) Is there a way of scaling up a .BSP map? ( Yeah, I know I can scale down the models too )

Halifax · Post by **Halifax** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:02 pm

shadowslair wrote:1)I was wondering if there`s a big difference in the performance in the different file formats. Which one offers us best calculation speed, including good and fast collision and lightmaps? A BSP map of about 10 000 trigs runs descently good on my pretty old PC. How about 20 000 or 30 000 without any additional optimisation? .X? .3ds? Any other?

Well I wouldn't say that the format exactly dictates how the triangles/lightmaps are rendered, and it definitely won't affect it for collision.

shadowslair wrote:2)Which will be better for huge indoor levels collision? The build-in Irrlicht collision or with some physics( Newton )?

Your best of with the PhysX physics engine, or the Bullet physics engine. Irrlicht's collision is basically just for quick prototyping, and to eliminate the need for beginners to integrate a physics engine/collision engine.

shadowslair wrote:3) Is there a way of scaling up a .BSP map? ( Yeah, I know I can scale down the models too )

Hmm, you could set the scale on the scene node in Irrlicht, could you not?

leebojammin · Post by **leebojammin** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:50 pm

John Diasparra wrote:L3DT is really good.

Get L3DT and the plugin to export it as a .DMf, then u can import it into irrEdit and place trees, and what not into the landscape.

Users should however be aware of the differences between 'stasndard' and all others before they download and use, but at least they offer a 'free' one.

It looks like alot of thought went into irrEDIT so I suspect that is something you should look at seriously as its meant for this engine and it looks like it pretty much does it all.

cheers
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Zedith · Post by **Zedith** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:47 pm

Well I love DeleD. www.delgine.com
It's really good for modelling maps like quake has..

Flexxx · Post by **Flexxx** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:39 pm

The Quake map format organizes the triangles in convex groups...
but Irrlicht does not use this method for optimize the data for rendering or collision detection. So why should I use an editor, which compiles a map to an BSP tree? I know, I don't have to do this, but ist the only reason of this possibility compability? Has the Quake BSP format compared with other formats(for example 3ds, obj, x) any advantage?

geckoman · Post by **geckoman** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:15 am

Hi,

I am new here and I have an additional question to the main question: With using one of these editors, I can only build a Level, but what if I want to place objects like Items, NPCs etc. in it for an RPG Game e.g.? How can I do this?
Btw. I'm not new to programming itself.

If someone feels like answering in German, PM me or something

JP · Post by JP » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:22 am

Make your map in a modelling program and then use IrrEdit to set up your map with items and objects.

geckoman · Post by **geckoman** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:27 am

Thank you. After one week of searching and asking this is the first friendly and really helpfull answer I got in any forum

m3ltd0wn · Post by **m3ltd0wn** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:10 pm

use Blender + irrb (exporter) to make your map, then export it to irr file, then import it in irrEdit and add some motion

and you have a nice level

Josh1billion · Post by **Josh1billion** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:15 pm

I think irrEdit should be at the top of the list in this thread.

(rather than at the bottom of the first page)

wahagn · Post by **wahagn** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:12 pm

if i try to download DeleD 3D Editor with download.com i see: Free to try; $59.95 to buy ....

is it than free if i download it ??

Pyritie · Post by **Pyritie** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:21 pm

EarthSculptor's demo seems to be good for making terrain. It can export a heightmap, texture map... everything you'll need.

Only problem with the demo though is that you can only have maps up to 256x256. Full version is $50 and supports up to 4096x4096.

Also if you run it on vista, turn off desktop composition and stuff otherwise it'll crash a lot! D:

Malgodur · Post by **Malgodur** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:14 am

Hello guys.. im looking for good level editor for me. Im experienced with gtkradiant, made a lot of ET/quake/cod maps... I tried irredit but is seems useless for me. I also worked with milkshape and lighrray 3d, but lightray dont work properly on my Vista...

i wonder is it possible to extend irrlicht quake3 bsp loader, let it load all lights, scene nodes, every game item, character etc....

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