is the collision example a reflection of the engine? (how ca

[firesoul453]

Hello
How can I convince my brother like this engine?
He tried several examples and one of them was the collison example. He got stuck in walls several times and had some problems.

I think he's just making an excuse but here's what he said

An example is a a way to test the engine if there are major bugs in the example then there are problems with the engine.

Would you guys agree? I figure you xan t expect a beginners turorial to be perfect but idk.

[CuteAlien]

The built-in collisions are good enough for a quick prototype. For a real game people tend to use a physics engine. The advantages of Irrlicht are that it is very good at getting something working quickly. And it's sources are easy enough to follow that you can dig very deep if you are interested in really learning 3D programming - something you can't do with a closed source engine. It also has it's limit's - thought so far none where I couldn't code my way around them.

[firesoul453]

Ya I mentioned that to him.
He is a good programmer but I think I'll end up working alone.

On a side note, is there any timeline for when 1.9 is supposed to come out? If not any decent guesses?

[CuteAlien]

Sorry no timeline for 1.9, only some open tasks which should be done first. Time we spend on Irrlicht varies a lot (first half of year I could put in more hours, while right now nearly none - no idea yet how it'll turn out next year).