[Bf-committers] 1) ESC doesn't abort render 2)Bullet physicsproblems

[Erwin Coumans]

Good idea,
I'm donating a Sony PSP for this (either European, US, or Japanese).

I'm a bit busy, but let's discuss this on the Physics Forum, in the Blender 
section, ok?
Thanks Mal,
Erwin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mal" <mal at candomultimedia.com>
To: "bf-blender developers" <bf-committers at projects.blender.org>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] 1) ESC doesn't abort render 2)Bullet 
physicsproblems


> Hi Erwin,
>
> > Best is to mail me a blend, and I can verify it.
>
> To get you some more sample .blend files to test how people will try to 
> use Bullet, it might be worth running a quick competition, and getting 
> people to make simple physics scenes and scenarios that they would like to 
> see working, but that currently don't work as expected.
>
> This should both give you sample scenes that you can test, and also give 
> you a better idea of how the Blender GE community might use the physics 
> engine initially.  Also, if they get fixed and are useful, they could be 
> included as physics demos in the main build
>
> Some examples might be...
> - Simulating a bowling alley ( having different styles of pins, applying 
> an impulse to a ball right at the start to knock them over )
> - Having a Super Monkey / Marble Madness sphere type game
> - Move a character object around a level, with moving platforms
> - Create some crazy stunts for the new vehicle based game
> - Set up ragdolls to fall through extreme levels
>
> I don't mind donating a prize ( eg a free copy of our 3D Art Gallery 
> Creator software, worth $99 ) to the winner ( the winner might be the best 
> set up scene, or the worst!  Maybe having two prizes would help to award 
> both categories! ).  The smell of a free prize can motivate more people to 
> help out :)
>
> What do you think?  If it would be useful, I can post to the 
> blenderartists forum.
> Mal
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