[ODE] Performance comparisons between different physics engines..

[Nate W]

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Aras Pranckevicius wrote:

> > > Isn't that exactly what ERP controls in ODE? Reduce ERP a smidgen, and
> > > penetrations will be resolved over more than one step.
> > 
> > Kinda, but all other joint errors will be resolved gradually as well, so
> > it will affect all aspects of the simulation, not just penetrations.
> 
> So, maybe it's "soft ERP" in the contact joints?

Possibly... I haven't experimented with that approach.  I guess, like I
said, it's hard to tell what's inherent in the algorithm and what's in the
parameters. :-)

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Nate Waddoups
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