Comments on: SpatialGraph, SceneTree, RenderQueue – sound familiar?

By: KungFooMasta

KungFooMasta — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:27:55 +0000

I’ll admit I think the name “RenderQueue” is confusing, because the class actually manages a bunch of RenderGroups. For the longest time I was looking for some kind of RenderGroupManager. I think semantically some of Ogre’s classes could be renamed for clarity.

I can’t really comment on the design since I haven’t used other engines, but it sounds logical.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:34:07 +0000

Hmm, and he’s a Rockstar developer? Those guys are supposed to be the bees knees – well at least I have plenty first hand experiance to say I think their game engines are superb.
But he then goes on to say he rates the Nebula Engine highly – erk, I hope that was a joke…

By: SunSailor

SunSailor — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:52:58 +0000

Wolfgang has OGRE on his screen for quite a while, but the last time I spoke with him (That’s years ago I must admit), he was very happy about the design, but didn’t recommend to use it due to speed reasons.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:28:51 +0000

@haffax: heh, I never saw this before. And yeah, I’m not sure what engine he looked at, but it doesn’t sound at all like Ogre One material per C++ file? An inheritance chain from a base class? Wha? We have neither of those things.

By: Haffax

Haffax — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:12:13 +0000

Early last year when I discovered his blog I wondered about this post:
http://diaryofagraphicsprogrammer.blogspot.com/2007/12/porting-open-source-engine-to-iphone.html

Somehow seems he tested a completely different Ogre. One C++ file per Material? oO

By: lxcid

lxcid — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:57:50 +0000

Nice to continue to learn the underlying design of OGRE even though I have been using it for around 2 years. I based a lot of my current design on Ogre’s. Thanks!

By: triton

triton — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:46:54 +0000

Indeed, OGRE is very nicely designed. Thanks for such a great engine, Steve.