Downloading and Installing

Note: the Python-Ogre bindings are built against the latest Ogre version 1.6.0RC1

Software

• Python 2.5
• Python 2.6

Python-Ogre

• Python-Ogre Downloads

How to install and setup PyOgre (Deprecated)

These pages are no longer valid - refer http://www.python-ogre.org - although, in a nutshell(on windows), you may either: a) download python 2.5, and pyogre, intall both in that order b) install python 2.6, pyogre, then the pyogre(for py 2.6) update - which involves replacing pyogre files, and copying files into your python site packages

• Installation of PyOgre
• PyOgreDirectorySetup - How to set up a nicer directory structure
• PyOgreBuildingOnWindows - How to get PyOgre from the CVS and build it on your own
• How to build PyOgre on linux - How to compile PyOgre on various distributions
• How to build PyOgre documentation - How to build PyOgre documentation from source

Using Python-Ogre

Learn how to use Python-Ogre. This includes tutorials and code snippets.

There are also many more examples in your C:/PythonOgre/demos folder.

Examples and Tutorials

These all need to be converted to Python-Ogre, although they still remain valid.

• Introduction to PyOgre - A short primer and introduction to PyOgre
• PyOgre Beginner Tutorial 1 - The SceneNode, Entity, and SceneManager constructs
• PyOgre Beginner Tutorial 2 - Cameras, Lights, and Shadows
• PyOgre Beginner Tutorial 3 - Terrain, Sky, Fog, and the Root object
• PyOgre Beginner Tutorial 4 - Frame Listeners and Unbuffered Input
• PyOgre Beginner Tutorial 5 - Buffered Input
• PyOgreExecutable - How to turn PyOgre applications into windows executables with py2exe
• PyOgre Without Configuration Dialog - Start OGRE without the configuration dialog that usually pops up
• Using PyGame with PyOgre - Use PyGame in conjunction with PyOgre

Older Tutorials

• PyOgre Tutorial1 - Step by step guide: Explaining "scene, light, mesh, skydome, camera" building the first pyogre application.

Code Snippets

• PyOgreSimpleTextInterface - Describes "a crude way to input text"
• PyOgreOctreeCollisions - A python point octree class for simple scene culling for collisions

CEGUI for PyOgre

• http://www.cegui.org.uk/modules/news/ - The CEGUI Python binding is currently under construction

New to Python?

Want to use OGRE, but don't like wrestling with your programming language? Then Python is for you. These links will guide you towards becoming a Python master!

Python Tutorials

• Python's official beginners guide

Free Python Books

• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
• Dive Into Python
• An Introduction to Python (by the creator of Python)

Useful 3rd-party Python libraries

• PyOde - ODE binding (Physics library)
• ALPY - (exe) - Abstracted OpenAL binding (Sound library) (GPL)
• PyOpenAL - (exe) - OpenAL Binding (LGPL)
• PySonic - FMOD Binding (Sound/Music library) (Free for noncommercial use)
• PyGame - Game engine that has an audio part you can combine with OGRE.
• Python Imaging Library (PIL) - Adds image processing capabilities.
• wxPython - A wxWidgets binding, useful for integrating PyOgre in an editor. (GUI toolkit)

Digital Content Creation

Here are links to various useful pages about creating digital content, such as textures, levels, and models for PyOgre.

• Tools - Modellers, exporters and OGRE add-on projects
• Tutorials - Smaller guides working with modellers, 2D graphics programs, etc
• External Resources - Links and books specifically about content creation