[ODE] Cheap Car simulation

[DjArcas]

True, but on my pc (Athlon 2400XP), I can *just* scrape 60fps with about
40-50 cars, before any pileups take place. I really need a cheaper way of
simulating them. Accuracy isn't a huge issue here, as long as they're
roughly car-like in their handling :) I'm sure that stripping out the four
hinge2 joints would mean for a big speed boost.

Adam

http://www.projectorgames.com

Big... bigger... biggest!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aras Pranckevicius" <nearaz@interamotion.com>
To: <ode@q12.org>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [ODE] Cheap Car simulation


> > However, with large numbers of cars, this is far too expensive
> > - especially in 10 or 20 car pileups (too many motors and joints
> involved!).
>
> Are you sure that's because the joint count? If you're experiencing this
> when lots of cars are collided, then that's because of big island size --
> hence you should consider using stepfast routines, as they scale much
> better.
>
>
>
> Aras Pranckevicius aka NeARAZ
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