[ODE] notes on the quickstep method

[Eric Froemling]

On May 20, 2004, at 7:46 PM, Russ Smith wrote:

>
> the quickstep method works well so far for stacks of boxes and for some
> mechanisms and structures, but not very well for articulated creatures
> with motors.

I'm using ode for precisely this kind of thing - motorized legged 
creatures and whatnot..  Can these quickstep issues be overcome through 
increased iterations, smaller steps, etc, or is this always a problem?  
Does stepfast suffer from similar issues or is that even worth 
considering anymore?

-Eric