(C++) Irrlicht Skeleton App - All Users

[Conquistador]

Here's a working skeleton app that I use as a start point for my projects. Remember to set the include path for irrlicht.h!

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#include <irrlicht.h>

// Use namespaces
using namespace irr;
using namespace core;
using namespace video;
using namespace gui;
using namespace io;
using namespace scene;

int main()
{
	// Create a new Irrlicht Device
	IrrlichtDevice* Device = createDevice(
		EDT_OPENGL,                            // Device type
		dimension2d<s32>(800, 600),            // Window dimensions
		24,                                    // Color depth
		false,                                 // Fullscreen
		false,                                 // Stencil buffer
		false);                                // V-sync

	// Retrieve the driver, scene manager, etc
	IVideoDriver* Driver = Device->getVideoDriver();
	ISceneManager* SceneManager = Device->getSceneManager();
	IGUIEnvironment* GUIEnv = Device->getGUIEnvironment();

    // Main loop
    while (Device->run())
    {
        // Start the scene
        Driver->beginScene(true, true, SColor(255, 0, 0, 0));
    
        // Draw everything
        SceneManager->drawAll();
        GUIEnv->drawAll();
    
        // End the scene
        Driver->endScene();
    }

    // Drop the device
    Device->drop();

    return 0;
}

[Guest]

is there a reason why you drop the device and return 0 twice?

[RLG unlogged]

I'm thinking that was a copy and paste error. Decent basics, n00bs will love you!

[Quall]

lol, great forum idea btw. The key input thread of the bug reports forum should be moved here.

[Conquistador]

@GFX: That was a paste error, my bad. We's all human
@Quall: Yes, I think that's a good idea, I'll make the post soon.

[hellbound]

opengl is not as good as direct3d (i'm talking about the irrlicht implementation) ... you should change it to direct3d because some beginners might be frustrated that it is not as fast, etc

[dawasw]

hellbound, on every system I tried Irrlicht (I have 3 at home) OpenGL in irrlicht is a way much faster tham Direct3d.

Futhermore Direct3d gives me many bugs in rendering 3d objects and stuff.

So my adivce is to use OpenGL from a start.

[hellbound]

mmm... weird... i changed the grass node demo to d3d 9 and it worked two times faster , without any bugs...

a... btw... by using direct3d are there bugs with heightmaps - i mean when you get further the heightmap looses some complexity?

[afecelis]

Very cool contribution! If only I had run into it 2 years ago!!!
hehehe, just kidding, I survived after all.

I agree with RLG unlogged, noobs will love it!

[hxhieu]

Its giving compiling error but its all ok when you add

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#pragma comment(lib, "Irrlicht.lib") ;

Correct me if I am wrong