Irrlicht Engine

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:22 pm**

Is there any tutorial how to set up irrlicht on the iPhone?
New to iPhone, but been working with irrlicht on PC..

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:11 pm**

You have to use the ogl-es branch from SVN. The XCode project should work pretty much, just try to compile the library and an app with the iPhone SDK.

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:02 pm**

I changed Base SDK in XCode project to iPhone SDK but still cannot compile library nor any sample. I created emply iPhone project and added engine source files manually - it complied successfully with small tuneup but I still cannot realize how to make a working sample..

Posted: **Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:14 am**

I've compiled Example 3, but got black screen and nothing else. Suppose, the same will be with other samples. I think, it's because of empty UIWindow but I can't understand how to and where initialize it.. Does anybody can help with it?

Posted: **Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:09 pm**

zlobotan wrote:I've compiled Example 3, but got black screen and nothing else. Suppose, the same will be with other samples. I think, it's because of empty UIWindow but I can't understand how to and where initialize it.. Does anybody can help with it?

Same question. I'm new to the iPhone platform, thus I don't really know how to compile a working app.
On Mac OS, I used to have a static (.a) Irrlicht library plus a main.cpp containing the source code of my app, but since the iPhone works in a pretty different way I'm stuck. I've managed to create a new iPhone SDK project and put in all the source files (except jpeglib which, for some reasons, appears to be broken?). It compiles and I can see from the console it loads fine, but the screen remains black. I suppose I need to interface somehow the UIWindow with Irrlicht, but I don't get how to do it.
Probably it'd be better if someone skilled could make an example Xcode project: I think almost everyone could understand and learn from it without keeping asking for help.

Sherry Haibara

P.S.
iPhone Simulator support seems to be broken, Irrlicht compiles fine only for the device.

Posted: **Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:58 pm**

Did you create the iPhone device with an ogl-es driver? That one should handle the interfacing.

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:44 am**

hybrid wrote:Did you create the iPhone device with an ogl-es driver? That one should handle the interfacing.

Absolutely.

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video::E_DRIVER_TYPE driverType = video::EDT_OGLES1;

But I cannot find the place where UIWindow object is created. So a little sample project would be very very welcome

Thanks.

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:19 am**

When compiling your OpenglES driver, did you encounter any of the issues I brought up here - http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=33188
?

I'll let you know if I get it working.

Bino

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:41 am**

I think MacOSX project cannot be applied to compile any iPhone application at all. It's different platforms and frameworks.

I'm trying tuneup CIrrDeviceIPhone.h/cpp/m to make it working but still can't do it.