Feature Request: Support for embedding Irrlicht in FOX/Wx

arixion · Post by **arixion** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:53 pm

I wonder if feature requests come in this forum? I've always wondered wy only windows had the "separate window" feature. Why not linux too? It's not that linux prog library does not have such a feature; it uses handles too. ANyway, Irr's support for GUI elements would not be too necessary if the engine could be embedded in windows of otehr GUI toolkits like FOX and Wx Windows, which have much wider featuresets for GUI and image-handling. It would be even greater if Irrlicht could be encapsulated in a control for each of these toolkits.

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:47 pm

The embedding in Linux does also work, there's just no example. There have been several postings on using this technique under Linux, and also under Windows with several toolkits. Niko is using wx in his new editor.

arixion · Post by **arixion** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:18 pm

ohh? where?

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:05 pm

Niko is posting news on the editor on his blog (see Irrlicht main page). Embedding in GTK was shown in http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=12697
For other threads use the search button as I don't remember them immediately anymore.

arixion · Post by **arixion** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:05 pm

Is there some way to download the editor?? Niko's one, I mean?

JPulham · Post by **JPulham** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:25 pm

I don't think its ready yet... look at the blog... it was week 8 last I checked. It should be anounced on the main page when its ready.

arixion · Post by **arixion** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:42 am

[quote="hybrid"]Niko is posting news on the editor on his blog (see Irrlicht main page). Embedding in GTK was shown in http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=12697
For other threads use the search button as I don't remember them immediately anymore.[/quote]

why doesn't Niko just embed his patch into teh current Irrlicht Engine then??

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:01 am

The patch was not done by Niko, and patches will start to go into Irrlicht maybe in the next weeks or so for one of the next releases. Most patches were postponed to the post-1.0 era.
The changes that are due to the editor will also find their way into Irrlicht (such as more textures). Just keep up-to-date by reading the forums and maybe asking for the extensions you need.