stk-code_catmod/README.bullet

Beginning with revision r1325 bullet physics is being used
in SuperTuxKart. A copy of bullet is included in 
the sources and the STK build environment, so it's
not necessary to install your own version.

Even though we officiall switched to bullet physics,
not all 'old' features of STK are fully supported yet.
For now mainly the race track works as expected, all tracks
can be played. Most important bugs:
- not all collectable work
  (zippers don't do much at the moment, rockets and sparks mostly
  work, but are sometimes too high)
- karts are not automatically rescued when touching
  water or lava
- no proper friction handling, so no skidding
  (though skidding potentially works - if the friction is
  set correctly).
- physics parameters have been improved, but might need 
  additional tuning
- rescuing an upside-down kart will return the kart to the middle
  of the track (waypoints) - the kart should be returned to where 
  it ended, just with a proper orientation.
- tuxtrack is using real rigid bodies for the roadcone and roadblock,
  so they are pushed around when hit by a kart. Currently, the
  start orientation is not used, so the heading of the objects
  is currently wrong.
  Furthermore, the cones currently don't stop rolling around.
1) Improved rockets and sparks for bullet physics Parameters for rockets etc. can for now be set in data/*.projectile 2) Fixed bugs causing rockets not to explode (and potentialy start rotating) 3) Added (somewhat temporarily) some cheats to get rockets, homing missiles and sparks as F1/2/3 4) Fixed several memory leaks. 5) Fixed (very rare) occurring crash when deleting phsyics. 6) Started to remove non-bullet physics code 7) Bullet physics is now the default, and it can not be disabled anymore!! Important note: From this revision on, non-bullet physics is NOT supported anymore, and will (most likely) not compile. For now a -DBULLET is still necessary (it is added as default), but the code will be cleaned up in the near future. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/supertuxkart/code/trunk/supertuxkart@1325 178a84e3-b1eb-0310-8ba1-8eac791a3b58 2007-12-08 08:04:56 -05:00			`Beginning with revision r1325 bullet physics is being used`
			`in SuperTuxKart. A copy of bullet is included in`
			`the sources and the STK build environment, so it's`
			`not necessary to install your own version.`
- moved trunk/ to trunk/supertuxkart git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/supertuxkart/code/trunk/supertuxkart@1118 178a84e3-b1eb-0310-8ba1-8eac791a3b58 2007-05-27 12:01:53 -04:00
1) Improved rockets and sparks for bullet physics Parameters for rockets etc. can for now be set in data/*.projectile 2) Fixed bugs causing rockets not to explode (and potentialy start rotating) 3) Added (somewhat temporarily) some cheats to get rockets, homing missiles and sparks as F1/2/3 4) Fixed several memory leaks. 5) Fixed (very rare) occurring crash when deleting phsyics. 6) Started to remove non-bullet physics code 7) Bullet physics is now the default, and it can not be disabled anymore!! Important note: From this revision on, non-bullet physics is NOT supported anymore, and will (most likely) not compile. For now a -DBULLET is still necessary (it is added as default), but the code will be cleaned up in the near future. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/supertuxkart/code/trunk/supertuxkart@1325 178a84e3-b1eb-0310-8ba1-8eac791a3b58 2007-12-08 08:04:56 -05:00			`Even though we officiall switched to bullet physics,`
			`not all 'old' features of STK are fully supported yet.`
- moved trunk/ to trunk/supertuxkart git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/supertuxkart/code/trunk/supertuxkart@1118 178a84e3-b1eb-0310-8ba1-8eac791a3b58 2007-05-27 12:01:53 -04:00			`For now mainly the race track works as expected, all tracks`
1) Improved rockets and sparks for bullet physics Parameters for rockets etc. can for now be set in data/*.projectile 2) Fixed bugs causing rockets not to explode (and potentialy start rotating) 3) Added (somewhat temporarily) some cheats to get rockets, homing missiles and sparks as F1/2/3 4) Fixed several memory leaks. 5) Fixed (very rare) occurring crash when deleting phsyics. 6) Started to remove non-bullet physics code 7) Bullet physics is now the default, and it can not be disabled anymore!! Important note: From this revision on, non-bullet physics is NOT supported anymore, and will (most likely) not compile. For now a -DBULLET is still necessary (it is added as default), but the code will be cleaned up in the near future. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/supertuxkart/code/trunk/supertuxkart@1325 178a84e3-b1eb-0310-8ba1-8eac791a3b58 2007-12-08 08:04:56 -05:00			`can be played. Most important bugs:`
Bullet only: 1) Added bullet collision handling, e.g. rocket hits are now detected by bullet code, bombs will be passed on etc. 2) Rockets are now handled by bullet as well. 3) Moved expected location of bullet from STK/bullet to STK/src/bullet. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/supertuxkart/code/trunk/supertuxkart@1280 178a84e3-b1eb-0310-8ba1-8eac791a3b58 2007-11-03 09:13:26 -04:00			`- not all collectable work`
1) Improved rockets and sparks for bullet physics Parameters for rockets etc. can for now be set in data/*.projectile 2) Fixed bugs causing rockets not to explode (and potentialy start rotating) 3) Added (somewhat temporarily) some cheats to get rockets, homing missiles and sparks as F1/2/3 4) Fixed several memory leaks. 5) Fixed (very rare) occurring crash when deleting phsyics. 6) Started to remove non-bullet physics code 7) Bullet physics is now the default, and it can not be disabled anymore!! Important note: From this revision on, non-bullet physics is NOT supported anymore, and will (most likely) not compile. For now a -DBULLET is still necessary (it is added as default), but the code will be cleaned up in the near future. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/supertuxkart/code/trunk/supertuxkart@1325 178a84e3-b1eb-0310-8ba1-8eac791a3b58 2007-12-08 08:04:56 -05:00			`(zippers don't do much at the moment, rockets and sparks mostly`
			`work, but are sometimes too high)`
			`- karts are not automatically rescued when touching`
			`water or lava`
- moved trunk/ to trunk/supertuxkart git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/supertuxkart/code/trunk/supertuxkart@1118 178a84e3-b1eb-0310-8ba1-8eac791a3b58 2007-05-27 12:01:53 -04:00			`- no proper friction handling, so no skidding`
			`(though skidding potentially works - if the friction is`
			`set correctly).`
Bullet only: 1) Added bullet collision handling, e.g. rocket hits are now detected by bullet code, bombs will be passed on etc. 2) Rockets are now handled by bullet as well. 3) Moved expected location of bullet from STK/bullet to STK/src/bullet. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/supertuxkart/code/trunk/supertuxkart@1280 178a84e3-b1eb-0310-8ba1-8eac791a3b58 2007-11-03 09:13:26 -04:00			`- physics parameters have been improved, but might need`
			`additional tuning`
- moved trunk/ to trunk/supertuxkart git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/supertuxkart/code/trunk/supertuxkart@1118 178a84e3-b1eb-0310-8ba1-8eac791a3b58 2007-05-27 12:01:53 -04:00			`- rescuing an upside-down kart will return the kart to the middle`
			`of the track (waypoints) - the kart should be returned to where`
			`it ended, just with a proper orientation.`
			`- tuxtrack is using real rigid bodies for the roadcone and roadblock,`
			`so they are pushed around when hit by a kart. Currently, the`
			`start orientation is not used, so the heading of the objects`
			`is currently wrong.`
			`Furthermore, the cones currently don't stop rolling around.`