How to load ... ?

[al]

hi.
can someone tell me how can i load a character using poser 4 with its materials into the engine? which export option u recommend? (i'm new to C so it'll be nice to write the code !)

another question: does a .3ds file stores the materials in itself (like .bsp's) or is it somewhere else?

[puh]

1 Export in .3ds
2 No, it contain links to the materials. But to use it in Irrlicht you must store model in same folder with textures.