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The Irrlicht Engine is an open source high performance realtime 3D engine written and usable in C++. It is completely cross-platform, using D3D, OpenGL and its own software renderers.

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shadows shader ui heightmap/landscape collisions parallax mapping rendered by irrlicht

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Categories

Games, Software Development, 3D Rendering

License

zlib/libpng License

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  • vvanag Posted 2026-07-23
    I have fond memories of using it 15 years ago for experimenting with 3D rendering. It has a lot of features and it is a good opportunity to restart my hobby experiments.
  • sisija Posted 2023-12-01
    Great Engine, and that although it's OpenSource!
  • jorgerosa Posted 2018-01-19
    A real 3D powerful graphics engine. Very complete, flexible and simple to use.
  • antneat Posted 2017-09-04
    very nice engine, hope it's posted to github in future.
  • clovesrodrigues Posted 2016-12-03
    I cant compile the source code with Directx SDK, need documentation about it, with more informations
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Android, Apple iPhone, BSD, Linux, Mac, Solaris, Symbian OS, Windows, Windows IoT, Windows Mobile

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Developers

User Interface

OpenGL, Project is a 3D engine, Win32 (MS Windows), X Window System (X11)

Programming Language

C#, C++, Visual Basic .NET

Related Categories

C# Games, C# Software Development Software, C# 3D Rendering Software, C++ Games, C++ Software Development Software, C++ 3D Rendering Software, Visual Basic .NET Games, Visual Basic .NET Software Development Software, Visual Basic .NET 3D Rendering Software

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2003-02-18
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