[ODE] Can't get any lower than this . . . or can you?

[gl]

ODE uses only a gravity acceleration vector - it does not specify a gravity
origin (ie. the center of the earth in this case).  So without something in
the way, things will keep accelerating along the gravity vector.
--
gl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nolan J. Darilek" <nolan@thewordnerd.info>
To: <ode@q12.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 1:00 AM
Subject: [ODE] Can't get any lower than this . . . or can you?


> I did a few simple gravity tests today, and they didn't work as
> expected, so I thought I'd ask for clarification on the gravity
> system. I placed an object at the origin, assigned it a low mass, and
> configured my world for earth-standard gravity . . . but my object
> started falling. I'm assuming that it's doing so n the absence of a
> ground to balance out the forces. Is this assumption correct, or am I
> doing something wrong? Will the object continue falling until its Z
> coordinate rolls over? Or am I just using signed values where I should
> be using unsigned, thus placing my object high above the surface
> instead of immediately atop it?
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