[ODE] Walking Viewer

[Roel van Dijk]

Hi

I'm also relatively new to ODE. You could use ODE for the collision detecting. 
But I can't think of any other reason to use ODE for your application. It 
doens't seem to have any physics except for bumping into walls and floors.

If you have very little knowledge about perfoming collision detection (like 
me) then it is a good idea to use ODE. It's realy simple to do the collision 
detection and response. Just have a look at chapter 9 of the documentation 
(http://opende.sourceforge.net/ode-0.035-userguide.html#ref61).

Roel van Dijk

> All;
>
> I know very little about OpenDE and would like some advice as to whether
> I should learn.
>
> We have a relatively simple 3D Viewer application. Currently it has
> trackball, fly and drive navigation modes. Some of our customers have
> started using our viewer for examining building models. What they have
> been asking for is a "Quake-style" (as they call it) navigation mode.
> They want to be able to run around the building (through the halls, up
> the stairs, etc.)
>
> Eventually, they want it to work across a network, such that they will
> be able to see other users walking around the same building.
>
> My question is: is OpenDE a good choice for this kind of feature?
>
> Thank you,
> -andrew
>
> programmer
> 407.658.9888 x140