The Irrlicht Lime (or simply "Lime") is a .NET wrapper for the Irrlicht Engine. It wraps most of the API available in native library, easily allowing you to use 2D/3D graphics in your application, written in C#, VB.NET or other .NET language.
Currently Lime is being develop under Visual Studio 2019 with .NET Framework 4.0. It includes bunch of examples and IntelliSense documentation.
Lime is not a distinct "engine", it is a wrapper with almost the same architecture whitch native Irrlicht Engine has. You do not need to download/compile Irrlicht Engine, as wrapper already has it and ready to be used straight from the box.
To see wrapper in action, go to bin folder and run some examples.
To start developing your own applications, all you need is to add a reference on IrrlichtLime.dll to your .NET project.
When running your application, make sure that IrrlichtLime.dll and Irrlicht.dll are placed near your executable.
Please note Irrlicht.dll will not be copied to output folder automatically, as it is native DLL.
The wrapper requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 to be installed.
Also if you get FileNotFoundException while running any example, you need to install
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package.
The solution file IrrlichtLime.sln can be opened using Visual Studio 2019
Community Edition (its free).
| Directory | Description |
|---|---|
bin |
This is the output directory. When you compile Lime and its examples, it fills with binaries. |
examples |
Directory with examples of usage. The examples starting straight with a number are examples from Irrlicht Engine SDK ported from C++ to C#. Other ones (starting with L) are Lime native examples. |
irrlicht |
Contains Irrlicht Engine SDK used for compiling Lime. It has README.md file describing which exact version of the Irrlicht Engine SDK is used. Sub folders stores necessary files: lib, include and dll. |
media |
Media resources for the examples. |
source |
Source code of the Irrlicht Lime. |
Informations about changes can be found in CHANGES.md.
Please note that the textures, 3D models and levels are copyright by their authors and not covered by the Irrlicht Lime license.
The license of the Irrlicht Lime is based on the zlib/libpng license. Even though this license does not require you to mention that you are using the Irrlicht Lime in your product, an acknowledgement would be highly appreciated.
See LICENSE file.