www.it-ebooks.info OGRE 3D 1.7 Application Development Cookbook Over 50 recipes to provide world-class 3D graphics solutions with OGRE 3D Ilya Grinblat Alex Peterson BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI www.it-ebooks.info OGRE 3D 1.7 Application Development Cookbook Copyright © 2012 Packt Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied Neither the authors, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information First published: May 2012 Production Reference: 1270412 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK ISBN 978-1-84951-456-9 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by Rakesh Shejwal (shejwal.rakesh@gmail.com) www.it-ebooks.info Credits Authors Project Coordinator Ilya Grinblat Shubhanjan Chatterjee Alex Peterson Proofreader Aaron Nash Reviewers Matthew Casperson Mario Cecere Thomas Trocha Indexer Senior Acquisition Editor Monica Ajmera Usha Iyer Graphics Lead Technical Editor Manu Joseph Hyacintha D'souza Production Coordinator Technical Editor Lubna Shaikh Alwin Roy Shantanu Zagade Cover Work Alwin Roy www.it-ebooks.info About the Authors Ilya Grinblat started to work 35 years ago as developer of control systems, and some years later, he moved to the development of Computer Aided Design software He was a development manager of the architectural software ARC+, and was working in the development of the 3D city software—a software for 3D editing and management of a 3D printer Last year, he was working in the development of simulators and the 3D GIS software He was using Ogre to develop Civil Simulate—a software for 3D modeling of roads and driving simulation I would like to thank many people from Packt publishing I would also like to thank my wife Irena for giving me the time and support to write this book Alex Peterson is a graphics enthusiast with a background in game programming His work with the Ogre engine is primarily due to programming a universe size game engine, a space skybox creator called Spacescape, and most recently, mobile games Though his current life is filled with his family and running a business, he makes it a point be active musically and spiritually He aims to promote his faith in God through his work to serve others, whether it is by fueling their creativity, entertaining them, or educating them You can find Alex online at http://alexcpeterson.com I would like to thank my Father, my family, my wife Lydia, the Ogre development team, Steve Streeting, the Ogre forum moderators, Sean O'Neil, Chris, Ava Barneys, and all the kind people who have helped me be a part of this work Thank you www.it-ebooks.info About the Reviewers Matthew Casperson has worked in the IT industry for nearly a decade in a variety of roles, and is the author of Away3D 3.6 Essentials In his spare time, he loves nothing more than to experiment with the latest Web and multimedia technologies Many of these experiments can be found on Matthew's personal website at http://goo.gl/2Hgr Thomas Trocha found his passion for the world of computer programming in the mid eighties, using one of the first home computers - TI99/4a Since then, he has studied computer science, and developed his knowledge in a wide spectrum of computer technologies Inspired by the great online 48h game coding competition "Ludum Dare", he shifted to 3D game development, which finally ended up in him founding his own game company ToMaGa www.it-ebooks.info www.PacktPub.com Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more You might want to visit www.PacktPub.com for support files and downloads related to your book Did you know that Packt offers eBook versions of every book published, with PDF and ePub files available? 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Chapter 11 Edit the Library Directories property in the same way Add the library directory \ \ \OgreSDK_vc10_v1 -7 -1\ boost _1_ 42\lib for Boost, and \ \ \ OgreSDK_vc10_v1 -7 -1\ lib\debug for Ogre, then... Materials 13 3 Chapter 6: Learning to Move 15 3 Chapter 7: Implementing Animations 17 5 Chapter 8: Flashy Multimedia 215 Introduction 10 7 Creating weather controls 10 7 Creating lights 11 3 Creating