Can I do a Home World II Style Engine Trail

Sean Doherty · Post by **Sean Doherty** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 2:40 am

Here is an image of my game in DirectX:

www.FreelanceGames.com/Graphics/StarCry-S4.jpg

Since you can't do axis aligned bill boards with Irrlicht; is there an easy way to code this effect within the Irrlicht engine? I already have a working DirectX node; but it doesn't loook like I can bring it into the engine as a custom node?

bal · Post by **bal** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 9:06 am

Particles?

Sean Doherty · Post by **Sean Doherty** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:24 pm

Particles can be fairly slow depending on the number of particles in your scene. By using an axis aligned billboard, I am able to produce the engine trail effect by using around 10 QUAD?

Are there any other options?

calimero · Post by **calimero** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:06 am

I post some code in the opendiscussion forum to implement a new node (axial billboard) that may suit your needs.

Tyn · Post by **Tyn** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:10 am

You'd do good to post it in the IrrlichtNX forums as well.

calimero · Post by **calimero** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:16 am

whaouu !! that's a rapid answer.
I prefer to see if people are interested in in order to perhaps write a more robust node or implement different functionnalities. I think it's better to only commit very clear and robust code in the cvs base.