As sequel to the UT project (http://www.unrealsp.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=893) I started on, I continued the development on 227g.

What it basically is; NVidia PhysX physics engine that works on Unreal 1.

As far as I have written now, it supports simple physics objects like boxes/spheres or even more complex shapes. Also some constraints and joints.

Also I fixed the BSP geometry collision holes the UT version had, and movers have proper collision with the physics objects now.

Futher plans include soft bodies, vehicles and possibly ragdolls.

UT video that Shivaxi recorded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpM8_NG7JvQ

Download beta version for 227g_20: http://www.klankaos.com/downloads/UPhysX.rar (Last update: 17.2.2010)
Latest NVidia PhysX drivers are also needed: http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_9.09.1112.html
And if anyone is interested in helping me out with adding features or bug-fixes, download source code from here: http://www.klankaos.com/downloads/UPhysXSrc.rar (Last update: 16.2.2010)

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Well.. PhysX is used on Unreal Engine 3 and ODE was kinda too hard to implement for Unreal Engine and Havoc is all closed source.
So I figured PhysX is most supported and easiest way to go.

Does that mean that U1 will eventually have the "rubber" ragdolls that UT3 has?

GreatEmerald wrote on 02/13/10 at 19:28:41:

It's better than killing someone with just enough force to knock their corpse away (instead of gibbing them) and watching it fly like a stiff board.

KillerSkaarj wrote on 02/14/10 at 03:15:22:

Updated:

• Added Editor preview feature (select any physics actor in map, change their flag 'bEditorSimulate' to true and enable real-time preview).
• Added UScript notifies for impacts and when joints break.
• Made Buoyancy control how well the physics object floats on water.

Also added a beta download link for 227g_20 (227g beta testers).

Wow, pretty amazing stuff once again dots

I messed around a bit and noticed a couple of things:

- I dropped a box (MultiComponentPhysActor) down a hill into some water. Once it dropped to the bottom, I took a shot, and the box bounced up a little bit for some reason...

- Flying boxes can kill  

In the older UT version I placed some convex physics actors with the UT armor mesh and had some fun with my own custom shelves. Very fun and Half-Life-esque in terms of physics when implemented that way. The only thing that bothers me is that if you have a mesh with different animations, you can't set this current system to use anything except for the default animations, but that would only be a major problem if you had something like a Skaarj statue or something that needed physics for some reason. Like in the UDK, it would be useful to have a physics gun available for in-game testing, so we can also pick up the objects and prod them around, or maybe just a physics control system so scripters can code particular actors that effect the objects in given ways, like the hammer tool in The Ball, or whatever is most intended for the developer and for any projects wishing to utilize these assets. Also, the ability to apply physics to pickups, players, corpses, and scripted pawns would be exceptionally useful for those who wish to add a bit of non-conflicting realism, if they're willing to exclude those who don't have systems built for dealing with the PhysX enhancements.

Thinking about pickup physics... That reminds me of Unreal II Singularity Cannon, it's black holes attract particles and pickups. I wonder if something like that could be done here?..

Bouncing box: Eek, it's alive!!

There was some weird thing I encountered with the tables and boxes- when I stack them, they tend to like..slide off....its weird. I have a video that youtube is taking forever to process (and its only 17 seconds...GJ youtube), and it shows the glitch two times. For now, imagine it like this:

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then they fall off.