Irrlicht on an .NET form

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andyboy_uk

Irrlicht on an .NET form

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Hi there,

I just stumbled across this library and it looks very impressive indeed, Im not actually looking to use the 3d components of this yet, and had a question about using the library in .NET.

What I want to do is have a windows form (normal Vs.NET form) and use Irrlicht as a kind of canvas to do fast 2d/3d drawing.

Its for a map editor for a game, the XML and DB stuff in .NET is great and the interface is more than adequate but the drawing commands are just a bit too slow. This looks ideal, if only I could get it to output to either an existing form, or even better, what about a control like a picturebox.

Would that be possible? Maybe passing the hwnd of the control/window that you want the output to be displayed.

Has anyone done this yet/is it on the way?

Thanks and good work,
Andy D
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hgc
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Post by hgc »

I would like to make exactly the same thing... a Irrlicht view inside a Windows Form. An ActiveX control or a Windows Form control would be fantastic. Does anyone know how to do it?

Thanks in advance,

HGC
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