[ODE] rope made of small bodies and hinges

[Nate W]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Wesa Aapro wrote:

> i tried changing ERP and CFM and i got some results, but not enough even
> when set to maximum.

ERP should probably be 1.0, CFM should be very small to get minimum error,
like 0.0001 or so.  But that might invite stability problems.

> any suggestions how to go round this problem? or is there a better way to
> implement rope?

If there's tension on it, it will be pulled straight, right?  In that
case, you could replace it with a single body, attached to each rocket
with a ball joint.  When the tension gets small (pick a threshold, do some
trial-and-error), then replace the single object with a chain of
objects.  No promises, but it might work. :-)

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Nate Waddoups
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