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You can use all of OGRE's functionality using Python instead of C++. If you want to know why you would want to do that, read this.

IMPORTANT PyOgre and Python-Ogre have been discontinued. OGRE >= 1.10 provides Python bindings directly as a component. For Ogre 1.12, rather use

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pip install ogre-python

How to install and setup PyOgre (Deprecated)

These pages are no longer valid

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

Code Snippets

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

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

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

About PyOgre

Here's a diagram that describes PyOgre and how works together with other components to form an application. In Linux, py2exe would be replaced by freeze. On Mac, use py2app.

How to install and setup PyOgre (Deprecated)