DotScene Overview

DotScene (aka .scene) is just a standardized XML file format.

This file format is meant to be used to set up a scene in Ogre. It is useful for any type of application/ game. Editors can export to .scene format, and apps can load the format.

Besides Ogre, the jMonkeyEngine also supports loading .scene files.

What is DotScene?

DotScene file does not contain any mesh data, texture data, etc. It just contains elements that describe a scene.

A simple .scene file example:

<scene formatVersion="">
    <nodes>
        <node name="Robot" id="3">
            <position x="10.0" y="5" z="10.5" />
            <scale x="1" y="1" z="1" />
            <entity name="Robot" meshFile="robot.mesh" static="false" />
        </node>
        <node name="Omni01" id="5">
            <position x="-23" y="49" z="18" />
            <rotation qx="0" qy="0" qz="0" qw="1" />
            <scale x="1" y="1" z="1" />
            <light name="Omni01" type="point">
                <colourDiffuse r="0.4" g="0.4" b="0.5" />
                <colourSpecular r="0.5" g="0.5" b="0.5" />
            </light>
        </node>
    </nodes>
</scene>

User Data

To add logic properties to the scene you can use the <userData> node as following:

<entity meshFile="Cube.mesh" name="Cube" >
    <userData>
        <property data="1.0" name="mass" type="float" />
        <property data="1.0" name="mass_radius" type="float" />
    </userData>
</entity>