Game Engine

Maddog53 · Post by **Maddog53** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:55 pm

Hello all,

I wasn't sure where to post this, so I thought this would be as good a place as any.

I'm doing a bit of research for a company I am a part of and needed some help on video game engines. While I am conducting research I thought I could use help from anyone here who would like to.

The criteria I need investigated for Irrlicht is: performance of the engine, compatibility with the MacOS and/or Linux, ease of having a 3rd person POV, legal risk, quality risk, and the ability to port to a different engine at a later time. Thanks!

Maddog.

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:44 pm

no questions here.

moving to offtopic

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:33 am

Sorry about that. Thanks for moving it.

Maddog.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:56 am

Irrlicht is not a video game engine. It is a 3d engine that can be
used as the base to create a game engine.The majority of info you seek
can be gleaned from the features page and the development page.
When you say " ability to port to a different engine at a later time ",
what is it you are hoping to port?

needforhint · Post by **needforhint** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:59 pm

Anonymous wrote:Irrlicht is not a video game engine. It is a 3d engine that can be used as the base to create a game engine.

I have to disagree so much...irrlicht IS a game engine, and cool one, fast one, editable one..

..it is just missing some tools, but it's easy to get through that, (especialy when the engine is free)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:30 am

WRONG!

game engine:
scripting, sound, network,physics, ai, graphics, input, output, coding stuff like timing, other mainloop and other poop

graphics engine:
graphics, very basic physics, very basic input and output

irrlicht is a GRAPHICS engine, you see the difference?

Midnight · Post by **Midnight** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:40 am

needforhint wrote:I have to disagree so much...irrlicht IS a game engine, and cool one, fast one, editable one.. ..it is just missing some tools, but it's easy to get through that, (especialy when the engine is free)

You sir are clueless.

A few missing tools?!

I've spent almost a year just learning how to rewrite the GUI and thats one of the most completed things right now.

That doesn't even include the list that GFX has there...
Wow you're not afraid of work are you.

klaim · Post by **klaim** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:54 pm

Well, for a full Game Engine portable (win,lin,mac) and verry cheap, take a look at Torque Game engine ( www.garagegames.com)

If i had to make a bigger game than what i want to do now, i would choos TGE. But i need only a good graphic engine, without too much stuff etc, so i need Irrlicht. (personnally).

My pleasure.