[ODE] Physics in halflife 2

[Dominique Louis]

I have to agree is it indeed very impressive.

I like the scene where he is being attacked by the helicoper ( just 
after jumping our of the buggy ) and each machine gun shot has an effect 
on the over turned vehicles.

They used the Havok engine for that I believe.

When ODE's phyics engine is shown off in such a way, nothing will hold 
it back.


Dominique
http://www.DelphiGamer.com := go on, write a game instead;

Joakim Eriksson wrote:
> BTW. The movies can only be retrived from
> http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2/media.html
> However they require you to be a 'complete' member to get them.
> 
> I can describe them a bit. Lets start by saying that they show
> everything you can possibly dream about in a game when it comes to
> physics. It shows soft bodies (Matresses), barrels, bouancy (Diffrent
> depending on what object it is. Barrels sing, boxes, planks dont).
> Ragdoll
> physics, shatter, Reaction forces (One example was a big container
> standing on a wood 'table'. He threw a bomb under it. The bomb broke
> the legs on the table. So the container fell down and cruched
> the enemy.)
> It event has things like the phone lines hanging in the air react to
> the helicopter hovering over them. I have never seen a game with so
> much detail.
> 
> If you dont see these then your missing a LOT.
> 
> Regards
>  Joakim E.