[ODE] Simulation without drawing

[Ken M]

Aurelien -
It is certainly possible to use ODE in a non-visual simulation.  Just
comment out any "draw" routines, or don't use the drawstuff code at all.

ODE is a completely mathematical physics simulation, making it use 3D is
just taking ODE's internal post-physics computations of rotation and
positional matrices and fitting them to your 3D application.  The basic
"drawstuff" implementation is more of a framework for testing and showcasing
the features than a necessity in an app.  I'm using ODE in a visual
environment, linking it into The Nebula Device, but the basics of the
operation of the library doesn't care a whit about what we do with the
information once we take it out of the equation.

Ken


----- Original Message -----
From: "aurelien dumoget" <aurelien.dumoget@ensta.fr>
To: <ode@q12.org>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:07 AM
Subject: [ODE] Simulation without drawing


> Hi everyones
>
> We are a team of students willing to make physical calculus with ODE.
> To increase the speed of the calculus, we did not draw the bodies, but
> we would also like the "Simulation window" not to open at all.
>
> How can we do that??
> Is there any function or parameter allowing that??
>
> Many Thanks
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