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The linear and angular thresholds set the speed limit (in m/s) and rotation limit (in rad/s)
under which a rigid body will go to sleep (stop moving) if it stays below the limits for a
time equal or longer than the deactivation time (sleeping is disabled is deactivation time is
set to 0).
These settings help reducing the processing spent on Physics during the game.
Previously they were only accessible from python but not working because of a bug.
Now the python functions are working and the settings are available in the Physics panel
of the World settings when using the Blender Game render engine.
Python API:
import PhysicsConstraints
PhysicsConstraints.setDeactivationLinearTreshold(float)
PhysicsConstraints.setDeactivationAngularTreshold(float)
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This patch adds a new "Character" BGE physics type which uses Bullet's btKinematicCharacter for simulation instead of full-blown dynamics. It is appropiate for (player-controlled) characters, for which the other physics types often result unexpected results (bouncing off walls, sliding etc.) and for which simple kinematics offers much more precision.
"Character" can be chosen like any other physics type in the "Physics" section of the properties window. Current settings for tweaking are "Step Height" (to make the object automatically climb small steps if it collides with them), "Fall Speed" (the maximum speed that the object can have when falling) and "Jump Speed", which is currently not used.
See http://projects.blender.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=127&aid=28476&group_id=9
for sample blends and a discussion on the patch: how to use it and what influences the behavior of the character object.
Known problem: there is a crash if the "compound" option is set in the physics panel of the Character object.
from Jason Wilkins (jwilkins)
only applied some parts:
* const correctness
* moved a variable into a move local scope so it is also inside a #if/endif and does not end up conditionally unused
The code was looking to see if the priority was strictly greater than the current priority, but it seems that an equal priority should also override (at least the report seems to suggest that this is the behavior from 2.49).
- Remove strict flags from files, which are using FFmpeg stuff
We're still using some symbols which are marked as deprecated.
Ideally, we shall switch to new API, but it's a bit larger challenge
because we don't want to break compatibility withotu actual need.
- Replace MAKE_ID with BT_MAKE_ID in bullet library.
This is needed to prevent re-definition of MAKE_ID in bullet library.
Seems it's only used to read blender files, so should be quite safe
change.
* Shadow color now usable in the BGE
* Simplified the shadow panel while "Blender Game" renderer is active
* Added variance shadow maps for the BGE
* Buffered shadows on sun lamps in the BGE (orthographic)
* Light textures in the BGE
This bug was caused by r45902. CcdPhysicsController::RelativeRotate() was reading 2 values past the input because it was actually being passed a float[12] when it asked for a float[9] by KX_BulletPhysicsController::RelativeRotate(). Now KX_BulletPhysicsController::RelativeRotate() passes in a float[9] like it should have done to begin with.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/ray_linn/GCC-4.7.0-with-ada/mingw-w64-gcc-4.7.0-runtime-2.0.1-static-ada-20120330.7z/download
Other builds may also work but due to the constantly changing nature of the compiler this cannot be guaranteed. I often had to change compilers while building the libraries and this one is the one that did the job for most of them.
This first support is experimental and considered "advanced". To enable pass -DWITH_MINGW64 during cmake configuration. Also make sure to extract the compiler on C:/MinGW and that MinGW/bin is in your path. To build check out lib/mingw64.
Initially the support is lacking until I get every library compiled correctly. For now you should disable WITH_CYCLES(sorry, I know some people are dying to do benchmarks, but still a few libs to go), WITH_IMAGE_OPENEXR, WITH_OPENCOLLADA, WITH_LIBMV and WITH_CODEC_FFMPEG(links but hangs on startup).
Still the tools are working, the memory limit is increased and due to the experimental nature of the setup, full optimization with SSE2 is available, which makes the build quite fast. Also the compiler and especially, the linker are way faster than regular MinGW.
The wiki docs have also updated. Happy testing!
The steering actuator was filling its m_obstacle member when it was created (i.e., conversion time), which meant it had the wrong pointer after the actuator was replicated. Now m_obstacle is reassigned when the actuator is replicated.
