how fast is irrlitch

dogzer · Post by **dogzer** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:47 pm

hey, i've been using blitz3d but i really want to use something a bit faster.

I'm not a speed freak or anything, just thought that if irrlitch was faster i should use it from now on, although its really hard to leave blitz3d haha.

If anyone knows blitz3d and irrlitch, could you tell me if its faster?
I could stay with blitz3d and make the game really efficient, but i rather make it really efficient with irrlitch, you know what i mean? But first i would like to know if irrlitch is actually fast.

dogzer

Peter Müller · Post by **Peter Müller** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:02 pm

I think Irrlicht is much faster than Blitz3D, but it's not the fastest engine available.
But it's very easy in use.

LordNaikon · Post by **LordNaikon** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:12 pm

i fully agree with my previous speaker in all points!

try irrlicht and you'll become addicted!

Peter Müller · Post by **Peter Müller** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:15 pm

@LordNaikon:
Du Nachbabl0r

etcaptor · Post by **etcaptor** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:39 pm

I have exported one level from Ca3DE engine to quake 3 format and got a very good results with Irrlicht.
I can to say, that Irrlicht is faster, than many other engines.

dogzer · Post by **dogzer** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:55 am

what is Ca3De ?

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 2:10 am

Carsten's 3d engine, another very cool engine that already includes dynamic -per pixel lighting, bump map, and it's constantly changing:

http://www.ca3d-engine.de/

btw, ehhmm, ehhhmmm, I help Carsten out every now and then; there are many artists and programmers who help and support Carsten's work. check it in the thanks page:

http://www.ca3d-engine.de/Thanks.html

the 2nd name, Alvaro F. Celis.....that's me!!!! I created the loading logo!!! and help out with other things.

It's also a very beautiful engine and a dedicated work.

cheers!

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 2:14 am

btw:

There's an interesting tutorial I wrote on how to use Gmax for level editing and exporting to a .map compatible with Ca3de, and also Quake3 (Using Game Level Builder addon).

Someone might find it useful:

http://www.ca3d-engine.de/Downloads/Tut ... AndGLB.pdf

etcaptor · Post by **etcaptor** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:49 am

Very good engine, but not open source.
There are great network support.

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 4:35 am

yep, it's very focused on online deathmatching.

and yep , it's very good.

and yep, it's not free, it's commercial. But it's free for non-commercial use and you get the code to compile your dll. The only drawback (at least for me) is that it uses OpenWatcom as its c++ compiler and it's completely dos based. I know, I know, perhaps it's every programmer's perfect environment and dream come true to develop under these circumstances but I'm very used to windows compilers.

ok

gotta hit the sack

c ya

dogzer · Post by **dogzer** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 9:28 am

ahhrr, too many engines, lol, I'm going to stay with irrlitch cuz peter says its good, so i'll believe him =P.
Just curious, is Ca3D way faster and easyer than irrlitch?

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:58 pm

both are fast. The previous version of Ca3de was as fast as Irrlight (when it just used lightmaps), but the latest version has suffered a small drop down in FPS because of the new rendering techiques used, but everything is being worked on. Carsten is even working on a new global illumination system called "spherical harmonic ligthing", but that's for next releases.

Peter Müller · Post by **Peter Müller** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:35 pm

Search 3dengines.net for engines.

Electron · Post by **Electron** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 11:02 pm

Ogre (also open source) is supposed to befaster than Irrlicht,but a simply moving around in a bsp seemed way slower, so I decided to just stick with Irrlicht. One big slow point in Irrlicht to be aware of though, is shadows. Really make your framerate crawl

Jedive · Post by **Jedive** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 8:17 am

What about NeoEngine? Is it faster than IrrLicht?