Quote:Original post by PolyVox
Well, there are some interesting technologies out there. Probably the most well known is "Digital Molecular Matter" from Pixelux Entertainment. This does 'proper' physical analysis via the finite element method to simulate realistic destruction. It was used in one of the Star Wars games but apart from that I don't know if it has been used in practice. And it is a long way from free.
Quote:Original post by mrwonko
The way isn't quite as long as you thought...
Quote:AMD announced that it's giving away a free version of Pixelux's DMM2 material physics engine to selected game developers
Quote:Original post by PolyVox
Wow, that's pretty cool! Though it's not entirely clear who qualifies for a free copy of Digital Molecular Matter. The announcement on the Bullet physics website says:Quote:AMD announced that it's giving away a free version of Pixelux's DMM2 material physics engine to selected game developers
Quote:Original post by dmmjedi
As you guys know, everyone has wanted a viewer to play around with DMM. With this announcement, we have gone a step beyond that and created a free version that you guys can use to create games.
Quote:Original post by swiftcoderQuote:Original post by ShaelThe problem I see with that type of solution is that 'falling into bits' isn't useful unless tied to a structural integrity solution (such as seen in Red Faction 2).
The Newton Game Dynamics library has destruction in its latest releases. There's a video demo in the forum for it, but heres the version on youtube:
When the user destroys several pillars in that video, the bridge should buckle and collapse, not merrily hang there in mid-air. Unfortunately, I fear that the structural part is the hard part to implement.
