Ogre 3D 1.7

Time for action — creating a plane

Until now, we have always loaded a 3D model from a file. Now we will create one directly:

1. Delete all the code inside the createScene() function.
2. Add the following line to define a plane in the createScene() function:

   Ogre::Plane plane(Vector3::UNIT_Y, -10);
   

3. Now create the plane into your memory:

   Ogre::MeshManager::getSingleton().createPlane("plane",
   ResourceGroupManager::DEFAULT_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, plane,
   1500,1500,20,20,true,1,5,5,Vector3::UNIT_Z);
   

4. Create an instance of the plane:

   Ogre::Entity* ent = mSceneMgr->createEntity("LightPlaneEntity", "plane");
   

5. Attach the plane to the scene:

   mSceneMgr->getRootSceneNode()->createChildSceneNode()->attachObject(ent);
   

6. To get anything other than a white plane, set the material ...