[ODE] executive toy

[Michael Lacher]

James Arthur wrote:

> 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?
> 
they are exactrly touching (ie: radius 0.5, spaced one unit apart).