[ODE] GIMPACT with doubles

[Francisco Leon]

If you're making a game, why do you need doubles?

Games don't need doubles. And monsters don't need AI,
because they're stupid!!! :D :D :D


--- Remi Ricard <remi.ricard at simlog.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> > i tried to build ODE with doubles and gimpact
> enabled.
> > (premake --target vs2005 --with-doubles
> --with-gimpact --with-tests)
> >
> > I got following errors:
> >
> > ode\src\collision_trimesh_box.cpp(1330) : error
> C2664: 
> > 'gim_trimesh_get_triangle_vertices' : cannot
> convert parameter 3 from 
> > 'dVector3' to 'float []'
> >          Types pointed to are unrelated;
> conversion requires 
> > reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style
> cast
> >   
> -- cut --
> > Is there smething I'm doing wrong? Or if I need
> doubles I just cannot 
> > use gimpact?
> >   
> No, I'm, getting the same error.
> 
> What I did was to #include <ode/config.h> in
> gim_math.h and replace the 
> #define of GREAL float
> by
> #if defined(dSINGLE)
> typedef float GREAL;
> #elif defined(dDOUBLE)
> typedef double GREAL;
> #else
> #error You must #define dSINGLE or dDOUBLE
> #endif
> 
> as it is done in include/ode/common.h
> 
> Then at 2 place you have to change float to GREAL
> and everything compile 
> correctly
> 
> I will create a patch for that soon.
> 
> 
> 
> The problem I see now it vec3f can be a double and
> the "f" can be 
> misleading.
> Should the name change completely to use dVector3
> (which is really an 
> array of 4)
> or have Gimpact have its own gVec3 ??
> 
> 
> Remi
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