[ODE] GTA3 and Physics

Erwin de Vries erwin at vo.com
Wed Oct 30 11:19:01 2002


> I'm guessing they are using a very customized physics model for gta3...
They
> might use havoc or similar package for most physics stuff.. but when it
> comes to car physics in games it is much cheaper to have a customized
system
> compared to building up a vehicle correctly with different parts..

This is exactly what comes with Havok. A vehicle SDK. Now i have no idea how
it works behind the scenes, and i've never used it, but my guess is that
they are using many hacks to make it 'just work'.

Erwin