<s>
Python-Ogre	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
binding	B-Application
for	O
the	O
OGRE	B-Application
3D	O
engine	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
functionality	O
and	O
performance	O
of	O
OGRE	B-Application
(	O
written	O
in	O
C++	O
)	O
with	O
the	O
accessibility	O
and	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
of	O
Python	B-Language
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
rapid	O
development	O
of	O
3D	O
games	O
and	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
OGRE	B-Application
engine	O
more	O
accessible	O
to	O
the	O
beginner	O
,	O
who	O
might	O
otherwise	O
be	O
daunted	O
by	O
the	O
technicalities	O
of	O
writing	O
in	O
the	O
native	O
C++	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
is	O
decreased	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
C++	O
demos	O
,	O
however	O
the	O
original	O
OGRE	B-Application
engine	O
provides	O
such	O
high	O
performance	O
that	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
Python-Ogre	B-Application
is	O
still	O
more	O
than	O
acceptable	O
for	O
all	O
but	O
the	O
most	O
graphics-intensive	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Python-Ogre	B-Application
is	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
Ogre3D	O
engine	O
it	O
is	O
based	O
upon	O
as	O
it	O
comes	O
pre-bundled	O
with	O
Python	B-Language
bindings	O
and	O
demos	O
for	O
many	O
other	O
support	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Python-Ogre	B-Application
has	O
compatibility	O
for	O
all	O
platforms	O
supported	O
by	O
OGRE	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
-	O
Binaries	O
are	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
Python-Ogre	B-Application
forums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
-	O
Build	O
instructions	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
Python-Ogre	B-Application
wiki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
-	O
Build	O
instructions	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
Python-Ogre	B-Application
wiki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Python-Ogre	B-Application
builds	O
on	O
both	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.4	I-Application
“	I-Application
Tiger	I-Application
”	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.5	I-Application
“	I-Application
Leopard	I-Application
”	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Python-Ogre	B-Application
wiki	O
,	O
contains	O
build	O
instructions	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
platforms	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
tutorials	O
and	O
example	O
code	O
snippets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ogre3D	O
hosts	O
the	O
official	O
Python-Ogre	B-Application
forum	O
for	O
helping	O
developers	O
in	O
their	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PyOgre	B-Application
project	O
began	O
in	O
early	O
2005	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
binding	B-Application
for	O
OGRE	B-Application
was	O
first	O
attempted	O
using	O
Boost.Python	O
from	O
the	O
Boost	B-Language
C++	I-Language
Libraries	I-Language
by	O
two	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Ogre3D	O
community	O
,	O
Clay	O
Culver	O
and	O
Federico	O
Di	O
Gergorio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
effort	O
ultimately	O
failed	O
,	O
which	O
prompted	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
SWIG	B-Application
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
C++	O
binding	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2006	O
,	O
Lakin	O
Wecker	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
Python-Ogre	B-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Boost.Python	O
libraries	O
,	O
as	O
was	O
attempted	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
developed	O
alongside	O
the	O
PyOgre	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
PyOgre	B-Application
was	O
halted	O
in	O
mid-2007	O
,	O
and	O
officially	O
succeeded	O
by	O
Python-Ogre	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
summer	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
Andy	O
Miller	O
was	O
actively	O
working	O
on	O
adding	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
Python-Ogre	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
providing	O
support	O
and	O
maintenance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
website	O
at	O
python-ogre.org	O
went	O
offline	O
,	O
but	O
wiki.python-ogre.org	O
is	O
still	O
extant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
libraries	O
are	O
either	O
currently	O
supported	O
,	O
or	O
have	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
in	O
time	O
worked	O
with	O
the	O
Python-Ogre	B-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Demos	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
all	O
libraries	O
listed	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
not	O
all	O
demos	O
function	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
constantly	O
evolving	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
and	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
active	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ogre	B-Application
1.7	O
"	O
Cthugha	O
"	O
experimental	O
build	O
,	O
including	O
full	O
DirectX	B-Application
10	I-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
