which, where are the Free 3D Game engines with enough of resource,tutorials in c++?

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I am a complete beginner for 3D game development with knowledge of c++. so I need help on the Free 3D Game engines with enough of resource,tutorials and guidance in c++?

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Can Cafu engine benfit over IRRLicht or IRRLicht beneficial over Cafu whether in language,development or licence?

Posted 8-Apr-12 22:24pm

chaiein

Updated 11-Apr-12 1:36am

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Lakamraju Raghuram 9-Apr-12 4:30am

I think C++ is a bit odd these days for game developement.

chaiein 9-Apr-12 7:31am

do u suggest better to use other languages? but know c++ which is the other language?

JackDingler 9-Apr-12 16:22pm

Gaming engines are usually written in C or C++ with a scripting language, tying the components together and providing the rules for the game play.

Some engines support extensibility in C/C++ and others don't.

Look at the products from Garage Games for instance. You get the full C++ source code for the engine, and it runs a scripting language that has almost full access to every object in the engine.

The advantage with this approach is the ability to extend the engine's capabilities beyond what you can do with the scripting language. For instance, to take advantage of new hardware capabilities or resources.

And of course you can optimize specific script sections into C++ code.

As hardware and memory constraints continue to ease, I'm sure more and more of the gaming logic will move to scripts, though I doubt Microsoft will rewrite DirectX in C#.

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A cheap way to learn the basics is to visit a used book store and find a book that teaches you how to write a game from the ground up.

Good documentation and support tends to come with a price. Most of the free stuff requires quite a bit of assembly.

If you can spare a little money, Garage Games sells their SDK for $99 (last I checked). and they have a good support community and is compatible with art from many different sources.

Posted 9-Apr-12 10:29am

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Espen Harlinn 9-Apr-12 18:00pm

I played around with the Torque game engine some years ago, and as far as it went it was pretty decent.

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unity is a good choice.. see the licensing docs http://unity3d.com/unity/licenses[^]

Posted 9-Apr-12 1:05am

jk chan

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chaiein 9-Apr-12 7:33am

is'nt it for android only?

chaiein 9-Apr-12 7:43am

for unity 3d c++ is not used:(

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Espen Harlinn · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-09T11:45:00

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Have a look at blender[^]

There are lots of tutorials floating around the net - and it's pretty feature complete.

Here is a link to the introduction to the Game Engine[^]

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Posted 9-Apr-12 11:45am

Espen Harlinn

Updated 9-Apr-12 11:55am

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JackDingler 9-Apr-12 17:50pm

Blender isn't a game. It is however, a useful tool for creating art for games.

Espen Harlinn 9-Apr-12 17:54pm

ehrrm Jack, I know it's not a game - it's a feature complete design environment that includes, among other things, a game engine.

JackDingler 9-Apr-12 18:04pm

Yes, but it's not really designed to be a framework for gaming. The engine is designed for testing. And it's not C++, it's written in Python.

It's a good resource. I'm not knocking you for mentioning it.

Espen Harlinn 9-Apr-12 18:10pm

The stuff below the Python interface is written in C++.

I could always have pointed OP in the direction of ogre3d or something similar - but then the learning curve would have been pretty steep.

chaiein 10-Apr-12 4:03am

I came across IRRlicht. what do you all tell about it?

Espen Harlinn 10-Apr-12 4:04am

It's pretty good too

chaiein 10-Apr-12 4:15am

Thank you all for all suggestions :) Now i started with IRRlicht

chaiein 11-Apr-12 7:28am

How about Cafu game Engine? between IRRlicht and cafu which is better?

Espen Harlinn 11-Apr-12 7:38am

I haven't looked the Cafu game engine before, so I really can't say ...

Comparing 3d engines is a daunting task, but you can definitely learn a lot from the process - If I were in your position, that is trying to learn about the stuff, I'd download the source code, compile it, and play a bit around with it.

chaiein 11-Apr-12 8:05am

Ya I agree with u I started downloading to try out!!

Espen Harlinn 11-Apr-12 8:06am

Good luck, and have fun :-D

chaiein 11-Apr-12 23:38pm

Thank you :)

VJ Reddy 5-Jun-12 9:43am

Good work :)

Espen Harlinn 5-Jun-12 9:44am

Thank you, VJ :-D