Alright, I know it's a few months off, but I'm dying to know...
what will the new physics engine (Havok 2.x) do for me, the regular Joe Physics?
Looking at the HL2 engine, it looks like it's basically just more colllision detection and ragdoll physics... considering we dont' have ragdoll physics in SL and don't need it, sounds like we're just going to be able to crash smaller blocks together.
What, theoretically, would be possible in 2.0 that isn't in 1.0?
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Lordfly Digeridoo
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09-16-2003 20:54
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James Miller
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09-17-2003 04:33
It won't cause as much stress on servers. You will be able to actually create physical cars, and the sims won't lag or crash.
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Jack Digeridoo
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09-17-2003 07:22
Will we be able to make a vehicule ride on rails?
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Dionysus Starseeker
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09-17-2003 10:25
I hope we go ragdoll when we fall too far from the sky... I'd do it even MORE often than I already do. Hehe... *amused by his own thoughts*
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09-17-2003 16:42
We will be able to have objects with multiple joints (WOOT I so want this).
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09-17-2003 17:05
I think its just a huge performace boost, which will allow them to add features that would otherwise be nasty - like a rain onf 3000 cut hallow tori.
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