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irrb 0.4 (Blender Exporter)

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:47 am
by pc0de
irrb is a Blender exporter that exports Blender scene and static mesh data to the native Irrlicht scene (.irr) and mesh (.irrmesh) file formats.

Download links:
http://code.google.com/p/tubras/wiki/irrb

Change Log:
changes.txt

User Guide:
irrbUserGuide-0.4.pdf

Tutorials (Light Mapping & Transparent Materials) are located here:
http://code.google.com/p/tubras/wiki/irrbTutorials

Notes:
02/13/2009 - If you plan on using the binary mesh (.irrbmesh) reader/writer in your own application, you will need to compile those source files against revision 2200 (or later) of the Irrlicht trunk.

Screen Shots:

(irrb-0.4.blend) (irrb-0.4.blend iwalktest video)
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(08-Fog.blend)
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(04-Billboard.blend)
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(03-Skybox.blend)
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Please use this thread to post questions relating to irrb.

Enjoy!

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:58 am
by BlindSide
Oh cool, this is nice. I can't wait for a binary/animated version.

Can you do a lightmapped scene in Blender and export it straight to Irrlicht? (That's what you seem to be doing in the screenshot.)

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:43 am
by MasterGod
I've been waiting for it since Halifax (I think it was him) told us about it, Great Job!
It would be very useful to many so Thanks for sharing.

P.S
How about changing the subject to "IrrBlend - <whatever you wrote there in the black bar in the nice logo you made>"

Oh and can we see the todo list please?

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:04 pm
by pc0de
BlindSide wrote:Can you do a lightmapped scene in Blender and export it straight to Irrlicht?
Yes, you can bake lightmaps into a second UV layer and then export both the diffuse and lightmap layers as an Irrlicht material (lightmap, lightmap_m2, lightmap_m4, etc.).
I'll add this as a tutorial within the next couple of days.
MasterGod wrote:How about changing the subject to "IrrBlend...
I've renamed the exporter to irrb (less key strokes) - probably should change the logo.
The "todo" list is at the top of the docs.

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:10 pm
by MasterGod
Wow, nice.
It seems it's gonna be a dream for any Irrlicht-Blender user.
And I really like the name IrrBlend, I don't think you should change it :wink:

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:44 pm
by pc0de
Sorry to disappoint you but irrb it is - the wiki/source is built around it, plus it reminds me of some fun things I used to do in my youth...

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:37 pm
by Halifax
Yeah wow I am very happy that this is finally at a stable release. And I to can't wait for the animated/binary version also, as this would basically be the complete package then.

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:15 pm
by MasterGod
The 'complete package' as you put it sounds so amazing I would learn Blender just to be able to use it :D

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:55 am
by Luke Dean
Thank you so much for this!
My project stalled months ago because I couldn't find a set of exporters/importers that could nicely get my meshes from Blender to Irrlicht. This tool looks like it could be far more useful than anything I've tried, because it cuts out the intermediate format.
You've given me hope. :)
I look forward to using this.

Since you're soliciting comments on the documentation, I'd like to suggest that when you mention iMeshCvt on the irrb page, you may want to give a link to it, or at least say that it's part of the irrbUtilities. I wasn't sure where to get iMeshCvt when I read the instructions.

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:27 am
by pc0de
Thank you for the kind words and suggestion - docs updated.

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:56 am
by FuzzYspo0N
Just a heads up but Niko (irrlicht creator) featured this on his blog, good work mate.
http://www.irrlicht3d.org/

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:31 pm
by Midnight
and I've also added it to the wiki..

although I haven't worked out why it's failing on me yet :P
http://www.irrlicht3d.org/wiki/index.ph ... .Exporters

8)

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:36 pm
by Midnight
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works great yer teh bestest! 8)

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 5:08 am
by pc0de
Thanks Midnight for adding this to the Exporter list.

FYI, I updated the original post with a link to the irrb tutorials.

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 11:07 am
by MasterGod
Man this thing is so awesome it could completely replace IrrEdit when it's ready! Wow..
Keep it up! You have done great job so far. Kudos.

I'm looking forward to seeing it evolve and become an essential tool for Irrlicht users.