[ODE] Trimesh Temporal Coherence Patches

Adam D. Moss adam at gimp.org
Sun Dec 7 13:43:01 MST 2003


Vadim Macagon wrote:
>>But first, could you tell me why we would want an API function to
>>enable/disable temporal coherence on a per-object basis?
> 
> Because you can specify it per object in Opcode, I thought it's only fair
> that the same flexiblity is offered by ODE. Personally I just needed a way
> to disable temporal coherence for all my meshes so a class setting would've
> suited me even better.
> 
>>Under
>>what conditions is this useful and what are the appreciable benefits
>>in using this function wisely?
> 
> Well I've interpreted this question as:
> When is temporal coherence useful, and when is it not?
> That is something I hope Pierre Terdiman or someone else can answer, as I
> have not used tri-meshes for anything serious yet.

Hi.  Thanks for the response.

Why did you need to disable temporal coherence for all of your
meshes?  I guess the answer to that question would answer why
other people might want to do the same.  This is just an optimisation
'hint' isn't it, not something which is behaviour-affecting?

Thanks,
--Adam
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