[ODE] Slow performence in a given scene - optimizable, or "just how it is"?

[Jon Watte (ODE)]

> (this is on an Athlon 64 2800+ - and the bad case is enough to bring
> me down to unplayably jumpy FPS)

Run a real, time-based profile -- and make sure you run it in release 
mode. If you're on Intel hardware, use VTune. If you're on AMD hardware, 
use CodeAnalyst (or switch to Intel hardware ;-)

This will tell you where the actual time is spent. Once you know that, 
you can start making better guesses.

Cheers,

			/ h+