IrrPAL - physics engine wrapper

[netpipe]

working on collecting and integrating more engines.

early work on integration, ODE only sofar compiles for linux using codeblocks.

https://github.com/netpipe/IrrPAL

would appreciate any thoughts on using pal, it seems to support many physics engines.

[CuteAlien]

I can think of 2 use-cases. First one is that seeing the code make it easier to figure out how to integrate physic engines with Irrlicht. Second one is for a quick first comparison of the speed of different engines.

For real projects I wouldn't use a wrapper around physics engine.

[netpipe]

it would be hard to beat bullet i figure but its still neat that you can use other physics engines to accomplish alot of the same things. the wrapper system is very neat and could lead us to new paths with physics engines the ability to change them during load time sounds very interesting also can completely change gameplay with one line change. also makes benchmarks easier like you say.

[netpipe]

https://youtu.be/IhOKGBd-7iw?t=23 shows tokamak as the winner

[GameDude]

Looks neat. I agree that Bullet would be hard to beat. Would this be easy to compile under Windows using Codeblocks convert feature? Like is there anything that would make it hard to compile under Windows without a few adjustments?

[netpipe]

should work ive only compiled for linux sofar.