[ODE] problems with amotor
Geoff Carlton
gcarlton at iinet.net.au
Mon May 9 09:35:23 MST 2005
I've used AMotors only briefly, to make a capsule-shaped character stand
upright. For most of the previous post's questions, the answers are
probably - if you want it, you've got to extend ode yourself. A bit of
a pain, but thats what you get with a free library.
I dislike Euler angles, and hence always used the user mode. It worked
ok for me - you just have to provide your own axis vector and then
supply the desired turning velocities. There may be others who have
used it in the other modes and lived to tell the tale, I don't know. I
think the basic problem is that we're bad at rotation math, matrix
operations, and euler angles (I know I am), and since the AMotor exposes
that stuff directly its hard to get a grip on it.
Geoff
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