[ODE] Simples Car Possible (for traffic)

[Mohsin Hasan]

It seems to me you need a very simple model for detecting car collisions
while having a simple solution to drive your cars around the world. I would
suggest using OpenSteer (http://opensteer.sourceforge.net/) for your city
traffic driving needs. It should automatically handle city traffic with
collision avoidance. If you need better physics, you always have ODE.

-----Original Message-----
From: ode-bounces at q12.org [mailto:ode-bounces at q12.org] On Behalf Of kurimail
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:24 AM
To: ode at q12.org
Subject: Re: [ODE] Simples Car Possible (for traffic)

Thanks for your answer. I had been looking at the raycar model of Jon, but
it is too complex for what i need.

How do i attach the 4-rays to the box?

i am looking for something easier, with no suspension, easy steer...

> The absolute simplest car is a box with four rays downcast.  You could
> get away with a box and a single ray if you were willing to never let
> the cars roll or otherwise topple (and then, assumedly, detect
> conditions that "launch" the car, like explosions, and give it a 4-ray
> model only then).
>
> ... but try the 4-ray model first, and for that, Jon's excellent
> carworld example will show you everything you need to know.
>
> I think the proper URL is still:
> http://www.mindcontrol.org/~hplus/carworld.html, but you might want to
> search the list archives to be sure (I think Jon updated it recently).
>
> On 3/13/06, kurimail <kurimail at arrakis.es> wrote:
>> Hi friends. I would like to know what is the fastest and easiest way to
>> make a car in ode, with fake physics if needed, to simulate traffic.
>>
>> I have my own cars for players running very well with 4 hinge2joints,
>> but
>> i want to add some traffic. If i use hinge2joints for 20 traffic cars,
>> things slow down a lot...
>>
>> Is there any sample of very very basic car setup?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
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