Importing material attributes

[Bucket]

Hello im just asking if there was a way to import the material attrubutes that a model has in to Irrlicht e.g. transparency and colours.

[bitplane]

this should really be done in the mesh loader code, but I don't think it is.
you can either do it manually after loading each mesh, or you could fix the mesh loader(s) and post a patch

[Bucket]

I will look in to the matter because its a pain at the moment

[afecelis]

materials created in 3dsmax (not multi subobject materials) can get their attributes exported using My3d. Check the sample app that comes with the tools for the kind of materials supported:
http://www.my3dproject.nm.ru/

You can also create your level in 3dsmax, create materials for it, export to 3ds and then import your stuff into Giles. Giles will respect your material properties as well. You can also export to My3d from Giles. (export dlls for 3dsmax and giles are included with the Irrlicht engine in the "exporters" folder).

info on Giles:
http://www.frecle.net/giles/

[Bucket]

Thanks, it has helped alot.