What do you think is the best mesh format availble?

[3ddev]

I am new to Irrlicht. What is the best supported format: 3ds, obj, x, md2, bsp, dae, etc. I want to use a format which hopefully supports animations and which can be exported from an open-source 3d editor like blender. Which mesh format do most Irrlicht users find the most versatile and useful?

[messen]

Hi!

Irr is not a mesh format. Am i wrong? Maybe i am.

Bye

[andrei25ni]

For static meshes I use .dmf format.
This is created with Deled ( www.delgine.com) that also has a lightmapper included and some additional options.

But you should do a search on the forum, because this has been discussed before a lot of times.

Cheers!

[juliusctw]

the b3d format that's being developed by luke, check project forum

[afecelis]

I agree with Julius. Totally love b3d, and even not being open-sourced has it's file specs available and works very well with Irrlicht. It's also very flexible as in one format single you can have lightmapped levels as well as animated characters.

[vermeer]

and... Blender is -finally- going to get Lightmaps natively....I wonder if we will be able to bug again Luke with the plugin coding...