Car Model out of Cubes

[GameDude]

Hey,

Does anyone have a good idea how to make a "model" that resembles a car using cubes? Or is there some other easier way to get something that looks like a car using Irrlicht's built in shapes?

[Radikalizm]

Hey,

Does anyone have a good idea how to make a "model" that resembles a car using cubes? Or is there some other easier way to get something that looks like a car using Irrlicht's built in shapes?

What's wrong with good old low-poly meshes?

[GameDude]

Nothing, I'm just working on a prototype.

[Radikalizm]

Ok then, just 'cubes' is way too vague
How many cubes? Voxel-like format or large format? Uniform cubes or different sizes?

And the fact that you're making a prototype still doesn't really explain why you couldn't use a very simple mesh

[GameDude]

I guess you you have a point, I could use a generic car model. However with cubes, I'm talking about something that resembles a car. Say a rectangle with four wheels on the bottom. Something similar to the bullet physics vehicle demo, if that makes sense.

[Katsankat]

For the hull: addCubeSceneNode(). Then 4 other cubes, setParent(), setPosition() and voila!

Probably not your goal but this can be used for collision detection (the cubes are hidden underneath a real model) : simple shapes for faster calculations.

That being said you got to be good at maths. I did not manage to make it follow the ground.

[Brainsaw]

For the hull: addCubeSceneNode(). Then 4 other cubes, setParent(), setPosition() and voila!

Probably not your goal but this can be used for collision detection (the cubes are hidden underneath a real model) : simple shapes for faster calculations.

That being said you got to be good at maths. I did not manage to make it follow the ground.

That's what physics engines are for. No need to re-invent the wheel, especially as there are lots of wrappers for using some physics engines with Irrlicht.