PacktLib: OGRE 3D 1.7 Beginner's Guide

Ogre 3D 1.7

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

Preface

Installing Ogre 3D

Downloading and installing Ogre 3D

Time for action — downloading and installing Ogre 3D

The Ogre 3D samples

Time for action — building the Ogre 3D samples

The first application with Ogre 3D

Time for action — starting the project and configuring the IDE

Loading the first model

Time for action — loading a model

Summary

The Ogre Scene Graph

Creating a scene node

Time for action — creating a scene node with Ogre 3D

Setting the position of a scene node

Time for action — setting the position of a scene node

Rotating a scene node

Time for action — rotating a scene node

Scaling a scene node

Time for action — scaling a scene node

Using a scene graph the clever way

Time for action — building a tree using scene nodes

Have a go hero — adding a following ninja

Different spaces in a scene

Time for action — translating in World space

Translating in local space

Time for action — translating in local and parent space

Rotating in different spaces

Time for action — rotating in different spaces

Scaling in different spaces

Summary

Camera, Light, and Shadow

Creating a plane

Time for action — creating a plane

Adding a point light

Time for action — adding a point light

Adding a spotlight

Time for action — creating a spotlight

Directional lights

Time for action — creating a directional light

The missing thing

Time for action — finding out what's missing

Adding shadows

Time for action — adding shadows

Creating a camera

Time for action — creating a camera

Creating a viewport

Time for action — doing something that illustrates the thing "in action"

Summary

Getting User Input and Using the Frame Listener

Preparing a scene

Time for action — preparing a scene

Adding movement to the scene

Time for action — adding movement to the scene

Modifying the code to be time based rather than frame based

Time for action — adding time-based movement

Adding input support

Time for action — adding input support

Adding movement to the model

Time for action — controlling Sinbad

Adding a camera

Time for action — making the camera work again

Adding wireframe and point render mode

Time for action — adding wireframe and point render mode

Adding a timer

Time for action — adding a timer

Summary

Animating models with Ogre 3D

Adding animations

Time for action — adding animations

Playing two animations at the same time

Time for action — adding a second animation

Let's walk a bit

Time for action — combining user control and animation

Adding swords

Time for action — adding swords

Printing all the animations a model has

Time for action — printing all animations

Summary

Scene Managers

Starting with a blank sheet

Time for action — creating a blank sheet

Getting the scene manager's type

Time for action — printing the scene manager's type

Another scene manager type

Time for action — using another scene manager

Creating our own model

Time for action — creating a model for displaying blades of grass

Adding volume to the blades of grass

Time for action — using more triangles for volume

Creating a field of grass

Time for action — building a field of grass

Exploring the name scheme

Time for action — printing the names

Static geometry

Time for action — using static geometry

Summary

Materials with Ogre 3D

Creating a white quad

Time for action — creating the quad

Creating our own material

Time for action — creating a material

Texture coordinates take two

Time for action — preparing our quad

Using the wrapping mode with another texture

Time for action — adding a rock texture

Using another texture mode

Time for action — adding a rock texture

Using the mirror mode

Time for action — using the mirror mode

Using the border mode

Time for action — using the border mode

Changing the border color

Time for action — changing the border color

Scrolling a texture

Time for action — preparing to scroll a texture

Time for action — scrolling a texture

Animated scrolling

Time for action — adding animated scrolling

Inheriting materials

Time for action — inheriting from a material

Fixed Function Pipeline and shaders

Time for action — our first shader application

Texturing with shaders

Time for action — using textures in shaders

Interpolating color values

Time for action — using colors to see interpolation

Replacing the quad with a model

Time for action — replacing the quad with a model

Making the model pulse on the x-axis

Time for action — adding a pulse

Summary

The Compositor Framework

Preparing a scene

Time for action — preparing the scene

Adding the first compositor

Time for action — adding a compositor

Modifying the texture

Time for action — modifying the texture

Inverting the image

Time for action — inverting the image

Combining compositors

Time for action — combining two compositor effects

Decreasing the texture count

Time for action — decreasing the texture count

Combining compositors in code

Time for action — combing two compositors in code

Something more complex

Time for action — complex compositor

Changing the number of pixels

Time for action — putting the number of pixels in the material

Setting the variable in code

Time for action — setting the variable from the application

Changing the number of pixels while running the application

Time for action — modifying the number of pixels with user input

Adding a split screen

Time for action — adding a split screen

Putting it all together

Time for action — selecting a color channel

Summary

The Ogre 3D Startup Sequence

Starting Ogre 3D

Time for action — starting Ogre 3D

Adding resources

Time for action — loading the Sinbad mesh

Using resources.cfg

Time for action — using resources.cfg to load our models

Creating an application class

Time for action — creating a class

Adding a FrameListener

Time for action — adding a FrameListener

Investigating the FrameListener functionality

Time for action — experimenting with the FrameListener implementation

Time for action — returning true in the frameStarted function

Time for action — returning true in the frameRenderingQueued function

Time for action — returning true in the frameEnded function

Adding input

Time for action — adding input

Our own main loop

Time for action — using our own rendering loop

Adding a camera (again)

Time for action — adding a frame listener

Adding compositors

Time for action — adding compositors

Adding a plane

Time for action — adding a plane and a light

Adding user control

Time for action — controlling the model with the arrow keys

Adding animation

Time for action — adding animation

Summary

Particle Systems and Extending Ogre 3D

Adding a particle system

Time for action — adding a particle system

Creating a simple particle system

Time for action — creating a particle system

Some more parameters

Time for action — some new parameters

Other parameters

Time for action — time to live and color range

Turning it on and off again

Time for action — adding intervals to a particle system

Adding affectors

Time for action — adding a scaler affector

Changing colors

Time for action — changing the color

Two-way changing

Time for action — change depending on the lifetime of a particle

Even more complex color manipulations

Time for action — using complex color manipulation

Adding randomness

Time for action — adding randomness

Deflector

Time for action — using the deflector plane

Other emitter types

Time for action — using a box emitter

Emitting with a ring

Time for action — using a ring to emit particles

At the end, we would like some fireworks

Time for action — adding fireworks