[Opensim-users] Old ODE still to keep?

[Leal Duarte]

Sure we could add extra unmanaged dlls

On 04-Dec-19 10:15, Peter Gloor wrote:
> I don't know about others, but personally I don't need legacy ODE any
> longer as I'm already running my regions either on BulletSim or ubODE.
> Looking back I think it was worth the effort in changing the LSL scripts
> where needed. However, not everybody will be able to do this.
>
> My primary home grid, Metropolis, changed from ODE to BulletSim as
> default when they moved to Opensim 0.9 about 9 months ago. I placed a call
> for feedback on their forum today.
>
> Regarding the underlying unmanaged c/c++ support library, wouldn't it be
> possible to keep it and to use a new and better one for ubODE in parallel?
>
> Regards,
> Pius Noel
>
> Am So., 1. Dez. 2019 um 16:52 Uhr schrieb Leal Duarte <ajlduarte at sapo.pt>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>       Old ODE physics module was rendered obsolete with the introduction
>> of BulletSim physics module, back in 2012, and even more with the
>> introduction of ubODE on 0.9x series.
>>
>>       Old ODE engine is very different from the new ones, in particular
>> on lsl vehicle model simulation, reason why we still keep it.
>>
>>       But changes on the rest of the region code, in particular LSL/OSSL
>> functions, made the old content dependent on it, to have other issues.
>>
>>       Its support increases the difficulty of improving the rest of the
>> simulation (in this case also the unmanaged c/c++ support library i.e.
>> modified Open Dynamics Engine.
>>
>>       Please let us know if you still need it, or we can drop it...
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ubit.
>>
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