History: MinimalPracticalApplication

            !!Minimal Application Using Custom Main Loop
If you have any comments let me know. This code example is briefly discussed here [http://www.ogre3d.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=27924].

{CODE(wrap="1", colors="c++")} #include <Ogre.h> 
 
 using namespace Ogre; 
 
 void initResources(){ 
         ResourceGroupManager &resources=ResourceGroupManager::getSingleton(); 
         resources.addResourceLocation("data","FileSystem"); 
         resources.initialiseAllResourceGroups(); 
 } 
 Root* initOgre(){ 
        Root* root = new Root;
        #if defined(_DEBUG)
		root->loadPlugin("C:/OGRESDK/bin/debug/RenderSystem_GL_d.dll");
                //Linux
                //root->loadPlugin("/usr/local/lib/OGRE/RenderSystem_GL_d");  
        #else
                root->loadPlugin("C:/OGRESDK/bin/release/RenderSystem_GL.dll");
                //Linux
                //root->loadPlugin("/usr/local/lib/OGRE/RenderSystem_GL");  
        #endif


                const Ogre::RenderSystemList& rs = root->getAvailableRenderers();
        if(&rs && rs.size()&&rs.at(0)->getName().compare("RenderSystem_GL")){ 
                 RenderSystem * r=rs.at(0); 
                 root->setRenderSystem(r); 
 
                 r->setConfigOption("Full Screen","No");  
                 r->setConfigOption("Video Mode","800 x 600 @ 16-bit colour"); 
         }else{ 
                 exit(1); 
         } 
 
         initResources(); 
 
         return root; 
 } 
 Camera* createCamera(SceneManager *sceneMgr,RenderWindow *window){ 
         Camera* cam = sceneMgr->createCamera("SimpleCamera"); 
         cam->setPosition(Vector3(0.0f,0.0f,500.0f)); 
         cam->lookAt(Vector3(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f)); 
         cam->setNearClipDistance(5.0f); 
         cam->setFarClipDistance(5000.0f); 
 
         Viewport* v = window->addViewport(cam); 
         v->setBackgroundColour(ColourValue(0.5,0.5,0.5)); 
 
         cam->setAspectRatio(Real(v->getActualWidth())/v->getActualHeight()); 
 
         return cam; 
 } 
 #if OGRE_PLATFORM == OGRE_PLATFORM_WIN32 
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN 
 #include "windows.h" 
 INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE, LPSTR strCmdLine, INT){ 
 #else 
 int main(int argc, char **argv){ 
 #endif 
         Root *root=initOgre(); 
 
         RenderWindow* window = root->initialise(true, "Simple Ogre App"); 
         SceneManager* sceneMgr = root->createSceneManager(ST_GENERIC); 
 
         Camera *cam=createCamera(sceneMgr,window); 
         sceneMgr->getRootSceneNode()->createChildSceneNode()->attachObject(cam); 
 
         int running=1000; 
         while(running--) 
         { 
                 WindowEventUtilities::messagePump(); 
                 root->renderOneFrame(); 
                 printf("%d\n",running); 
         } 
 
         delete root; 
         return 0; 
 } {CODE}