Physics in Torque

#1 I am pretty sure the vehicles use rigidbody physics. There is a resource to allow other objects to use the rigidbody physics as well.

The last time I checked, there is no support for ragdoll physics, but there is a content pack that is ragdoll animations.

That should be about it, :)

Robert

Edit: I think Mike's post is better, see below.

#2 Yes, it has built in physics, but they are not Grade A, for instance, it is not always accurate, and it does not have native ragdoll support. You might want to integrate a 3rd party physics library such as Tokamak or ODE.

Edit: Thanks for beating me to the post :(

#3 I've heard that some guys are adding ODE to Torque. Any idea when this will happen?

#4 Here is a link that tells you how add ODE to Torque.

Edit: Use the site search feature... type ODE and you get eight resources/forum links to read.

#5 XL-ant! cheers

I checked out the in-game physics for Torque and they are pretty impressive anyway. I might not need it to start with... we will see!

#6 Hi,

Is it possible to use the Novodex Physics SDK with Torque. It is something that is mentioned on the Novodex site.

Thanks

#7 Someone is investigating Novodex.

www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=29691

#8 I just posted a related issue here www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=28247.

#9 Anyone working on a Tokamak physics resource like the ODE one? Doesn't ODE have license issues?
I just briefly browsed Tokamak's site and noticed theirs has been released free for commercial or non-commercial use. (version 1.x) How does it compare to ODE?

#10 Don't think there are license issues and ODE is opensource cross platform. Last time I used tokomak it was Win32 only. Which is a major drawback for anyone serious about getting their game publshed with the best chance of success. Tokomak is pretty cool though :).

#11 Ah okay, I'll check ODE out a bit then, might even end up using it :)