Thanks Ole for the report and suggested fix:
http://code.google.com/p/bullet/issues/detail?id=220&can=1&start=200
Applied Character/btKinematicCharacterController.cpp patch:
Thanks Thomas for the patch!
http://code.google.com/p/bullet/issues/detail?id=196#makechanges
- added a normalizedDirection member variable. This is
slightly more efficient than recalculating the normalized
direction every simulation step.
- I overloaded the m_walkDirection member variable to hold
either the walkDirection or the Velocity, and used a boolean
flag to determine which behavior was required.
- The normalization behavior seemed custom, and I needed it
twice, so I moved it to a static helper method.
- I added the setVelocityForTimeInterval() method to the
base interface class. This to me is the scariest change
since people inheriting from it will need to make changes
(if only to add an empty function).
MiniCL includes a cross-platform run-time frontend based on pthreads, Win32 Threads, or libspe2 for Cell SPU.
It is there, to bridge the gap until OpenCL is more widely available.
See Bullet/Demos/VectorAdd, influenced by NVidia OpenCL Jumpstart Guide:
http://developer.download.nvidia.com/OpenCL/NVIDIA_OpenCL_JumpStart_Guide.pdf
1) add AabbCaching versions of btPolyhedralConvexShape and btMultiSphereShape (this speeds up btMultiSphereShape 'getAabb', and reduces size of btBoxShape)
2) btCylinderShape doesn't derive from btBoxShape anymore
+ Minor fixes in drawing for btMultiSphereShape, btBoxShape.
+ Don't re-generate btDebugFont every frame
+ Disabled velocity prediction for btDbvtBroadphase. Previous default can be restored using btDbvtBroadphase->setVelocityPrediction(1./2.);
It is disabled by default, see Demos/Gpu2dDemo/btGpuDemoDynamicsWorld.h for instructions how to enable it
Cleaned up Extras/CUDA folder and libbulletcuda project
+ applied patch to mix double/single precision meshes independent from double/single precision Bullet build
Thanks to Ole for the patch, http://code.google.com/p/bullet/issues/detail?id=213
+ re-enable warming starting in constraint solver, it was disabled by accident
+ fix btConvexHullShape constructor, so accept vertices with non-16-byte striding
Thanks Shawn Baird for report and fix: http://code.google.com/p/bullet/issues/detail?id=204
For example, to only allow linear motion in the X-Z plane, and only rotation around Y axis use:
body->setLinearFactor(btVector3(1,0,1));
body->setAngularFactor(btVector3(0,1,0));
Fix build issues with CodeBlocks, when generating projectfiles using CMake 2.6:
${OPENGL_glU_LIBRARY} should be ${OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY}
Fix build issue with CodeBlocks, comment out xmlfree in Extras/COLLADA_DOM/src/modules/LIBXMLPlugin/daeLIBXMLPlugin.cpp (will leak memory)
btRaycastVehicle and btKinematicCharacterController are derived from btActionInterface now.
Some cosmetic cleanup: changed sourceforce/sf.net url to bulletphysics.com.
Added optional flag btSoftBody::appendAnchor( int node,btRigidBody* body, bool disableCollisionBetweenLinkedBodies=false), to disable collision between soft body and rigid body, when pinned
Added btCollisionObject::setAnisotropicFriction, to scale friction in x,y,z direction.
Added btCollisionObject::setContactProcessingThreshold(float threshold), to avoid collision resolution of contact above a certain distance.
Avoid collisions between static objects (causes the CharacterDemo to assert, when a dynamic object hits character)
currently self-collision is always enabled for soft bodies that use clusters collision detectoin. to disable, call 'softbody.m_clusterConnectivity.clear' after 'generateClusters(...) call.
Usage: set RayResultCallback.m_flags to kF_FilterBackfaces, optionally combined with kF_KeepUnflippedNormal.
Thanks Andy O'Neil for the patch!
Remove the force_inline for some internal constraint solver methods, it makes re-use easier.
Workaround/avoid MSVC 2005 compiler error in LibXML/trionan.c
Revert definition for ATTRIBUTE_ALIGNED16, and try to force sizeof(btSolverConstraint) by using unions with btScalar, for non-btScalar data types.
Use btAssert and not assert.
Don't access btAlignedObjectArray elements, for zero sets
