There seems to be some interest in using the Irrlicht engine with Java, so I thought you might like to check out this binding.
I have only been working on it for a couple of days, so it is still very much a work in progress. However, I do have some examples up and running, including user-input. All of the details are in the readme.
Bindenlicht - Java binding for Irrlicht
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William Finlayson
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Sounds nice, but the titel is a bit strange. Literally translated it would be "to-bind-light". I think Bindelicht whould sound a bit beter, but you can lso consider 'Lichtbindung' which is a pun useing the german word "Lichtbrechung" = Refraction (Literaly Lightbreaking):
Lichtbindung (Lightbinding)
I'm a native german speaker.
Lichtbindung (Lightbinding)
I'm a native german speaker.
To-Bind-Light, or Bindenlicht, sounds pretty accurate to me, since I take it the light part in Irrlicht refers to the claim that it's lightening quick that's on the main page, binding that speed to Java. Yep, sounds alright to me. Plus Lichtbindung sounds horrible I think, a very harsh word I think. Binderlicht is far softer on the ears. Of cause any word containing the word dung cannot be good 
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William Finlayson
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It's here!
Thanks for the critique Policeman and Tyn, however, sourceforge have now granted my project under the name Bindenlicht, so for better or worse, it's staying
So, here's the link Bindenlicht
Please take a look, and let me know if it runs, or if there are any problems with the package, not only is this the first time I've had an 'official' public project, but I'm pretty new to Irrlicht. I've hopefully included all the information required to run it.
This is the original release, and it's pretty limited. I am packaging up a new one as I type this, so I'll have a go at getting it uploaded later today. It included several new examples based on Irrlicht tutorials.
One thing I was wondering - is it a good idea to include Irrlicht.dll with the binary release? I would guess that anybody wanting Bindenlicht already has Irrlicht, and could do without the extra filesize, but on the other hand, that is the version that I tested it with, so at least I know that it should work.
So, here's the link Bindenlicht
Please take a look, and let me know if it runs, or if there are any problems with the package, not only is this the first time I've had an 'official' public project, but I'm pretty new to Irrlicht. I've hopefully included all the information required to run it.
This is the original release, and it's pretty limited. I am packaging up a new one as I type this, so I'll have a go at getting it uploaded later today. It included several new examples based on Irrlicht tutorials.
One thing I was wondering - is it a good idea to include Irrlicht.dll with the binary release? I would guess that anybody wanting Bindenlicht already has Irrlicht, and could do without the extra filesize, but on the other hand, that is the version that I tested it with, so at least I know that it should work.
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William Finlayson
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0.1.4
Windows binaries for 0.1.4 have been uploaded now, extra examples, lots of cool stuff in there. The source will be up tomorrow, too tired right now
It might be getting a bit hefty for folk with dial-up, so in the next release I'll sperate the media files from the build, as they shouldn't change often if at all.
It might be getting a bit hefty for folk with dial-up, so in the next release I'll sperate the media files from the build, as they shouldn't change often if at all.
Wow, how could I have missed that, I can go to the grave happy that I knew that now 
Does noone use the Java extensions for .net then? I would have thought that the engine bringing out this .net thing would have pretty much stopped development for these types of wrappers but it seems people still want them.
Does noone use the Java extensions for .net then? I would have thought that the engine bringing out this .net thing would have pretty much stopped development for these types of wrappers but it seems people still want them.
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William Finlayson
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.NET
The reason I don't use .NET, would be that to the best of my knowledge, Linux support for .NET still isn't quite there. While on the other hand, Linux has a rock-solid JRE, if not several. If anyone has managed to get Irrlicht working in Linux with .NET, then I would love to hear about it. But if you're going to use a cross-platform engine, with a cross-platform language, it would seem strange to lock yourself to Windows.
Plus, it's teaching me a lot about using Irrlicht, porting the tutorials certainly gets the information in
Plus, it's teaching me a lot about using Irrlicht, porting the tutorials certainly gets the information in
Wow this is awesome! I just testing all the demos and they work flawlessly. So, my question is, since Java has the ability to run in a lot of places...does this enable Irrlicht to run on a cell phone and all the other things Java 2 can run on. Obviously it would be like .000004 FPS on a cell phone but..where else could it run?
Thanks and great work!
Thanks and great work!
G'Day.
Compilation
Hi
I'm glad to hear about this project.
How should I compile it?. I can't see any ant build file, Eclipse project or whatever. I personally will die for Eclipse project files.
Another thing, I see that you used swig to do the wrapping may you release also the .swig file(s). I would like to look at them for edicational purposes (I tried to do the same some time ago) and also because with the .swig everyone can contribute new methods in case the maintener is busy or lose interest in project.
Thank you and good luck.
I'm glad to hear about this project.
How should I compile it?. I can't see any ant build file, Eclipse project or whatever. I personally will die for Eclipse project files.
Another thing, I see that you used swig to do the wrapping may you release also the .swig file(s). I would like to look at them for edicational purposes (I tried to do the same some time ago) and also because with the .swig everyone can contribute new methods in case the maintener is busy or lose interest in project.
Thank you and good luck.
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William Finlayson
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Wow, thanks for all the attention, I thought it had kind of died until this flurry of posts.
I'm glad the demos ran fine for you all
As to what devices it could run on, you would need the following to get it running:
Java runtime environment with JNI support,
An Irrlicht library compiled for that device,
the ability to compile the C++ wrapper library on the device.
Seeing as Irrlicht is only available on Linux and Windows, those are the only platforms it works on currently.
I didn't realize there would be interest in the swig file, but I'll be happy to put it in the next source bundle. The build process is a bit of a mess, so I didnt include anything with the source package. The way I released it, you need to do the following for the Java:
javac bindenlicht/*.java
And all the c++ files get built into libbindenlicht.dll/so
I'm using Dev-C++ for the C side, and just the command line for Java, but I am looking into adding some proper build files. I could release the .dev project file, but I'll need to edit out all the absolute file references first. Certainly I'll put in a standard make file, and I'll look at Eclipse/Ant.
I'm glad the demos ran fine for you all
As to what devices it could run on, you would need the following to get it running:
Java runtime environment with JNI support,
An Irrlicht library compiled for that device,
the ability to compile the C++ wrapper library on the device.
Seeing as Irrlicht is only available on Linux and Windows, those are the only platforms it works on currently.
I didn't realize there would be interest in the swig file, but I'll be happy to put it in the next source bundle. The build process is a bit of a mess, so I didnt include anything with the source package. The way I released it, you need to do the following for the Java:
javac bindenlicht/*.java
And all the c++ files get built into libbindenlicht.dll/so
I'm using Dev-C++ for the C side, and just the command line for Java, but I am looking into adding some proper build files. I could release the .dev project file, but I'll need to edit out all the absolute file references first. Certainly I'll put in a standard make file, and I'll look at Eclipse/Ant.
If you use, or are willing to try, Eclipse you can check http://www.skwash.com. Is plugin that integrates support for swig. Sorry for sounding like an Eclipse evangelist