In the beginning, everything as usual. Include the needed headers,
ask the user for the rendering driver, create the Irrlicht Device:
#include <irrlicht.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace irr;
#pragma comment(lib, "Irrlicht.lib")
int main()
{
// let user select driver type
video::E_DRIVER_TYPE driverType = video::EDT_DIRECT3D9;
printf("Please select the driver you want for this example:\n"\
" (a) Direct3D 9.0c\n (b) Direct3D 8.1\n (c) OpenGL 1.5\n"\
" (d) Software Renderer\n (e) Apfelbaum Software Renderer\n"\
" (f) NullDevice\n (otherKey) exit\n\n");
char i;
std::cin >> i;
switch(i)
{
case 'a': driverType = video::EDT_DIRECT3D9;break;
case 'b': driverType = video::EDT_DIRECT3D8;break;
case 'c': driverType = video::EDT_OPENGL; break;
case 'd': driverType = video::EDT_SOFTWARE; break;
case 'e': driverType = video::EDT_BURNINGSVIDEO;break;
case 'f': driverType = video::EDT_NULL; break;
default: return 1;
}
// create device and exit if creation failed
IrrlichtDevice *device =
createDevice(driverType, core::dimension2d(640, 480),
16, false, false);
if (device == 0)
return 1; // could not create selected driver.
video::IVideoDriver* driver = device->getVideoDriver();
scene::ISceneManager* smgr = device->getSceneManager();
gui::IGUIEnvironment* env = device->getGUIEnvironment(); |
Now, we load an animated mesh to be displayed. As in most examples,
we'll take the fairy md2 model. The difference here: We set the shininess
of the model to a value other than 0 which is the default value. This
enables specular highlights on the model if dynamic lighting is on.
The value influences the size of the highlights.
// load and display animated fairy mesh
scene::IAnimatedMeshSceneNode* fairy = smgr->addAnimatedMeshSceneNode(
smgr->getMesh("../../media/faerie.md2"));
if (fairy)
{
fairy->setMaterialTexture(0, driver->getTexture("../../media/faerie2.bmp")); // set diffuse texture
fairy->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_LIGHTING, true); // enable dynamic lighting
fairy->getMaterial(0).Shininess = 20.0f; // set size of specular highlights
fairy->setPosition(core::vector3df(-10,0,-100));
} |
To make specular highlights appear on the model, we need a dynamic
light in the scene. We add one directly in vicinity of the model.
In addition, to make the model not that dark, we set the ambient light
to gray.
// add white light
scene::ILightSceneNode* light = smgr->addLightSceneNode(0,
core::vector3df(-15,5,-105), video::SColorf(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f));
// set ambient light
driver->setAmbientLight(video::SColor(0,60,60,60)); |
The next is just some standard stuff: Add a user controlled camera
to the scene, disable mouse cursor, and add a test cube and let it
rotate to make the scene more interesting.
// add fps camera
scene::ICameraSceneNode* fpsCamera = smgr->addCameraSceneNodeFPS();
fpsCamera->setPosition(core::vector3df(-50,50,-150));
// disable mouse cursor
device->getCursorControl()->setVisible(false);
// create test cube
scene::ISceneNode* test = smgr->addCubeSceneNode(60);
// let the cube rotate and set some light settings
scene::ISceneNodeAnimator* anim = smgr->createRotationAnimator(
core::vector3df(0.3f, 0.3f,0));
test->setPosition(core::vector3df(-100,0,-100));
test->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_LIGHTING, false); // disable dynamic lighting
test->addAnimator(anim);
anim->drop();
// set window caption
device->setWindowCaption(L"Irrlicht Engine - Render to Texture and Specular Highlights example"); |
To test out the render to texture feature, we need a render target
texture. These are not like standard textures, but need to be created
first. To create one, we call IVideoDriver::createRenderTargetTexture()
and specify the size of the texture. Please don't use sizes bigger
than the frame buffer for this, because the render target shares the
zbuffer with the frame buffer. And because we want to render the scene
not from the user camera into the texture, we add another, fixed camera
to the scene. But before we do all this, we check if the current running
driver is able to render to textures. If it is not, we simply display
a warning text.
// create render target
video::ITexture* rt = 0;
scene::ICameraSceneNode* fixedCam = 0;
if (driver->queryFeature(video::EVDF_RENDER_TO_TARGET))
{
rt = driver->createRenderTargetTexture(core::dimension2d(256,256));
test->setMaterialTexture(0, rt); // set material of cube to render target
// add fixed camera
fixedCam = smgr->addCameraSceneNode(0, core::vector3df(10,10,-80),
core::vector3df(-10,10,-100));
}
else
{
// create problem text
gui::IGUISkin* skin = env->getSkin();
gui::IGUIFont* font = env->getFont("../../media/fonthaettenschweiler.bmp");
if (font)
skin->setFont(font);
gui::IGUIStaticText* text = env->addStaticText(
L"Your hardware or this renderer is not able to use the "\
L"render to texture feature. RTT Disabled.",
core::rect(150,20,470,60));
text->setOverrideColor(video::SColor(100,255,255,255));
} |
Nearly finished. Now we need to draw everything. Every frame, we
draw the scene twice. Once from the fixed camera into the render target
texture and once as usual. When rendering into the render target,
we need to disable the visibilty of the test cube, because it has
the render target texture applied to it.
That's, wasn't quite complicated I hope. :)
while(device->run())
if (device->isWindowActive())
{
driver->beginScene(true, true, 0);
if (rt)
{
// draw scene into render target
// set render target texture
driver->setRenderTarget(rt, true, true, video::SColor(0,0,0,255));
// make cube invisible and set fixed camera as active camera
test->setVisible(false);
smgr->setActiveCamera(fixedCam);
// draw whole scene into render buffer
smgr->drawAll();
// set back old render target
driver->setRenderTarget(0);
// make the cube visible and set the user controlled camera as active one
test->setVisible(true);
smgr->setActiveCamera(fpsCamera);
}
// draw scene normally
smgr->drawAll();
env->drawAll();
driver->endScene();
}
if (rt)
rt->drop(); // drop render target because we created if with a create() method
device->drop(); // drop device
return 0;
}
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