We as the OgreTeam are very happy to see yet another Ogre book being published by the open-source friendly online publisher PacktPub:
OGRE 3D 1.7 Application Development Cookbook
In contrast to the previously released OGRE 3D 1.7 Beginner’s Guide which aimed at teaching the basics of Ogre from scratch, this new book takes a different approach:
“This is a cookbook with over 50 recipes offering solutions to common application development problems while creating graphics using OGRE 3D, with explained sample code and screenshots added in. Each recipe teaches you about a particular feature of OGRE 3D.”
Quote by PacktPub
The book covers a multitude of different topics, such as:
- Creation of minimal Ogre3D applications
- Creation of Ogre plugins
- Creation of custom Ogre Resource Managers
- Various input methods such as mouse, keyboard and speech
- Object and Scene management (e.g. scene loading from (Land)XML)
- Light and Material handling
- Various kinds of animations
- Multimedia Integration (Video, Sound, Speech)
- Much more, compare table of contents
More details about the book and their authors can be found directly at PacktPub: OGRE 3D 1.7 Application Development Cookbook
There is also a special deal to get both OGRE 3D books from PacktPub as a bundle with a nice discount. So if your are looking to start with Ogre3D, this might be a way to go. But even if you already have experience with our engine, the cookbook can be a good addition to extend your repertoire of techniques.
BTW: The fact that we just released Ogre 1.8, should not stop you from considering either of the two PacktPub books. With the exception of one or two recipes covering Terrain related topics, everything else will still be valid and applicable to Ogre 1.8 as well!