Irrlicht.NET + MONO + Linux

MadDoc · Post by **MadDoc** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:24 am

Hi guys,

I am new to Irrlicht and Irrlicht.NET for about two weeks. Up to now I did not find out, how the .NET interface to the C++ Irrlicht engine can be build with MONO. May be I have missed something ... Can anybody give me a hint?

Regards MadDoc

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:12 pm

i think you can't... mono doesn't support managed c++ / mixed mode assemblies (or how this gets called) and that's what niko uses for irrlicht.net.

rektide · Post by **rektide** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 12:16 am

Is there any Linux compatibility at all? WINE or anything?

There's got to be some way to get Mono running C libraries. How much porting would Irrlicht core require to get the libraries running in Linux?

[Edit] Wait a hot second.... http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/features.html#platforms... the libraries already should work in linx. No porting required. Just ahve to get mono to use them... Course its not quite that simple, but... feasible.

l33ts0n · Post by **l33ts0n** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:22 am

You misunderstand the problem. The Irrlicht.NET wrapper is produced using Managed C++. Managed C++ assemblies are mixed mode assemblies, which means they are part C++ and part .NET.

Obviously Mono can't support these kinds of assemblies, since its purely a .NET runtime.

The way to make Irrlicht.NET work under Linux, with Mono, would be to wrap all the functions using the standard P/Invoke available in both Mono and Microsoft.NET, to allow for one assembly to be used x-plat style.

However, that's a ton of work.

I recommend using SWIG if you're serious about it.