Irrlicht Engine

Hailz all,

i´ve got the following question:

for our little science fiction game i work now for the weapon effcts, i try to simulate a lasershot with particle flow, otherwise i need the PF for explosions and engine burst (i think that this will be the best way with PF), is this ok with PF or have anyone another idea or experience to get this effects better ?

hello
what's PF?

the way i create explosion is with irrlicht's special effect , check out tutorial 8 and see how they created the fire, you can use that to create explosion by changing dif variables

thx for the answer, PF is in 3DS Max Particle Flow, can ya tell me how i can create a laser beam with the irrlicht, need i to create a 3D model like a long small cylinder and texture this (with collision request), or how can i simulate a laser shot/beam ?

Or is this maybe a job for the programmers ?

Another option could be using driver->draw3DLine.

EDIT: And yes, it is a programmer´s problem.

many thx for the fast help

anyway, you could dinamically create a cilinder and a shader for it.