[ODE] executive toy

[James Arthur]

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:24:53 +0200, Michael Lacher
<michael.lacher at hlw.co.at> wrote:
>   I have had serious problems, getting this to work, and so I wanted to
> ask if anyone knows if the ODE is actually capable of correctly
> simulating these things (ie: can the force/energy be transferred from
> the first to the last ball through all the others without disturbing
> them ?) What happened in my simulation was that when the first ball hits
> the rest, all 4 of them start moving in a group, but with only one
> quarter of the velocity ....

Are the balls touching when they begin or are they slightly separated?

James