R3D – 3D Extension Library for raylib

R3D is an extension library for raylib that expands its 3D capabilities, including rendering, lighting, kinematics, mesh utilities, and related helpers, without turning raylib into a full engine.

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[!WARNING] It is recommended to use the pre-release tags. While you can use the master branch, unexpected API breaking changes may occur until the first official release is published.

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Key Features

• Hybrid Renderer: Deferred pipeline with forward rendering for transparency.
• Advanced Materials: Complete PBR material system (Burley/SchlickGGX)
• Custom Shaders: Support for surface shaders (materials/decals), sky and screen shaders.
• Dynamic Lighting: Directional, spot, and omni lights with soft shadows
• Image-Based Lighting: Supports environment IBL and reflection probes.
• Post-Processing: SSAO, SSGI, SSR, DoF, bloom, fog, tonemapping, and more
• Kinematics Support: Basic kinematic system with capsule and mesh-based colliders.
• Mesh Utilities: Mesh generation, manipulation, and helper utilities.
• Model Loading: Assimp integration with animations and mesh generation
• Performance: Built-in frustum culling, instanced rendering, and more

Requirements

To build R3D, you must have:

• raylib 5.5+ (optionally provided as a submodule)
• Assimp 6.0.2+ (optionally provided as a submodule)
• Python 3.6+ (used to process shaders during compilation)

To use R3D, the required specifications are:

• OpenGL 3.3+ (with support for GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array)

Bindings

Here is a list with all the ports available:

Feel free to send a PR if you know of any binding/wrapper not in this list.

Installation

If you don't know how to start and want to try it quickly:

git clone --depth 1 --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Bigfoot71/r3d
cd r3d
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DR3D_RAYLIB_VENDORED=ON -DR3D_ASSIMP_VENDORED=ON
cmake --build .

Or you can use r3dStarter made by Jens Roth.

Quick Start

#include <r3d/r3d.h>
#include <raymath.h>

int main(void)
{
    InitWindow(800, 600, "R3D Example");
    SetTargetFPS(60);

    R3D_Init(800, 600);

    // Create scene objects
    R3D_Mesh mesh = R3D_GenMeshSphere(1.0f, 16, 32);
    R3D_Material material = R3D_GetDefaultMaterial();

    // Setup lighting
    R3D_Light light = R3D_CreateDirLight((Vector3) {-1, -1, -1}, WHITE, 1.0f);

    // Camera setup
    Camera3D camera = {
        .position = {3, 3, 3},
        .target = {0, 0, 0},
        .up = {0, 1, 0},
        .fovy = 60.0f,
        .projection = CAMERA_PERSPECTIVE
    };

    // Main loop
    while (!WindowShouldClose()) {
        UpdateCamera(&camera, CAMERA_ORBITAL);
        BeginDrawing();
          R3D_Begin(camera);
            R3D_PushLight(light);
            R3D_DrawMesh(mesh, material, Vector3Zero(), 1.0f);
          R3D_End();
        EndDrawing();
    }

    R3D_UnloadMesh(mesh);
    R3D_Close();
    CloseWindow();
    return 0;
}

License

Licensed under the Zlib License - see LICENSE for details.

Screenshots