Ogre 3D 1.7

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

This time, we want to use the OctreeSceneManager, so we don't need the chooseSceneManager() function:

1. We need an empty application:

   class Example43 : public ExampleApplication
   {
   private:
   public:
   void createScene()
   {
   }
   };
   

2. The first thing we need in the createScene() function is a plane definition. We will use the plane as our ground for blades of grass:

   Ogre::Plane plane(Vector3::UNIT_Y, -10);
   Ogre::MeshManager::getSingleton().createPlane("plane",
   ResourceGroupManager::DEFAULT_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, plane,
   1500,1500,200,200,true,1,5,5,Vector3::UNIT_Z);
   

3. Then instantiate the newly created plane and set a material. We will use the GrassFloor material from the examples:

   Ogre::Entity* ent = ...