[ODE] Russ' plans for ODE?

Russ Smith russ at q12.org
Tue Apr 20 14:32:03 MST 2004


> Collision primitives (quality, not quantity) would be at the top of my
> list.

i tend to agree. the trimesh collision is not yet production quality.

> Both Novodex and ODE use the same core library (Pierre Terdiman's
> OPCODE) for trimesh collisions, but Novodex's collision performance is
> a lot more stable and consistent.

the trick is not just generating contact points, but merging/culling
them appropriately before applying them to dynamics. global contact
point management will be an important new feature in ODE.

russ.

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