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The wheels should be connected together and then by a central axis. I have no idea on how to do this b.c. im new to this engine. Does anyone have any idea on how to do this?
Also, when compiling the engine, i get this error: <dx8.h> not found. Where can I find this file. Thanks all
You haven't set up directx correctly, do it again.
This is what I want to do for a racing game: add 4 collision points to the main character as wheels.
Well, Irrlicht is a 3D engine. You can draw things on the screen as fast as lighting but you cannot calculate physics with it. Therefore you have to use another libary like ODE or Tokamak.
There are two tutorials on the irrlicht website, read them carefully. Also read the documenation of each lib. Here are the links:
And add a collisionResponseAnimator to the node. One of the tutorials deals with collision response. This won't give you correct physics, but may be simpler than adding a full physics library.
Do I have to have the DX SDK? I have the DX6 SDK. I don't think that'll work.
Anyway. What physics engine would you guys suggest for a racing game? And how can i add a collisionResponseAnimator to the node? and where would this be?
I'm not sure the DirectX 9 SDK is downward compatible - I would go with the 81 SDK to get all the necessary 81 documentation anyway, because in 9 lots of interfaces have changed.
If you don't care about breakage, I think ODE is the better engine in terms of features. It supports mesh collisisons, while with Tokamak everything is done based on bounding boxes alone. ODE also has more joint types and better documentation.
If you do use a physics engine, you will not have to worry about a collisionResponseAnimator, as the physics engine does handles this for you. If you don't, check out the collision example you get by downloading Irrlicht 0.4. It nicely describes everything you need to know about the animator.
do I need a physics engine to do this? can i just use the engine itself without the physics engine? DX is too large to download. (Dialup)... Can I just get the dx8.h file to download? Well, that file needs the other dx files so it wont work... Never mind. THikning outloud.
Thinking outloud with complete disregard for the backspace button..
You don't need to use the physics engine. However, if you don't, that just means you'll have to implement your own physics for when your car hits something.. which could be simplistic physics if you want (eg reverse the car's velocity, shorten it for dampening effects). Using a full physics engine is nice though if you want to spend the time to incorporate it because it makes all movement look realistic, and makes it easy to add new effects (eg knocking around mailboxes if your car hits it).
