This is a squashed commit of the following:
BGE Physics Cleanup: Fix crashes with LibLoading and replication. Also fixing some memory leaks.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Removing KX_IPhysicsController and KX_BulletPhysicsController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Moving the replication code outside of KX_BlenderBulletController and switching KX_ConvertPhysicsObjects to create a CcdPhysicsController instead of a KX_BlenderBulletController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Getting rid of an unsued KX_BulletPhysicsController.h include in KX_Scene.cpp.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Removing unused KX_IPhysicsController and KX_BulletPhysicsController includes.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Removing m_pPhysicsController1 and GetPhysicsController1() from KX_GameObject.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Remove SetRigidBody() from KX_IPhysicsController and remove GetName() from CcdPhysicsController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Moving Add/RemoveCompoundChild() from KX_IPhysicsController to PHY_IPhysicsController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Removing GetLocalInertia() from KX_IPhysicsController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Making BlenderBulletCharacterController derive from PHY_ICharacter and removing CharacterWrapper from CcdPhysicsEnvironment.cpp. Also removing the character functions from KX_IPhysicsController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Removing GetOrientation(), SetOrientation(), SetPosition(), SetScaling(), and GetRadius() from KX_IPhysicsController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Removing GetReactionForce() since all implementations returned (0, 0, 0). The Python interface for KX_GameObject still has reaction force code, but it still also returns (0, 0, 0). This can probably be removed as well, but removing it can break scripts, so I'll leave it for now.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Removing Get/SetLinVelocityMin() and Get/SetLinVelocityMax() from KX_IPhysicsController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Removing SetMargin(), RelativeTranslate(), and RelativeRotate() from KX_IPhysicsController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Using constant references for function arguments in PHY_IPhysicsController where appropriate.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Removing ApplyImpulse() from KX_IPhysicsController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Removing ResolveCombinedVelocities() from KX_IPhysicsController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Accidently removed a return when cleaning up KX_GameObject::PyGetVelocity().
BGE Physics Cleanup: Remove GetLinearVelocity(), GetAngularVelocity() and GetVelocity() from KX_IPhysicsController. The corresponding PHY_IPhysicsController functions now also take Moto types instead of scalars to match the KX_IPhysicsController interface.
BGE Physics Cleanup: Moving SuspendDynamics, RestoreDynamics, SetMass, GetMass, and SetTransform from KX_IPhysicsController to PHY_IPhysicsController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: PHY_IPhysicsEnvironment and derived classes now use the same naming scheme as PHY_IController.
BGE Physics Cleanup: PHY_IMotionState and derived classes now use the same naming convention as PHY_IController.
BGE Phsyics Cleanup: Making PHY_IController and its derived classes follow a consistent naming scheme for member functions. They now all start with capital letters (e.g., setWorldOrientation becomes SetWorldOrientation).
BGE Physics Cleanup: Getting rid of KX_GameObject::SuspendDynamics() and KX_GameObject::RestoreDynamics(). Instead, use the functions from the physics controller.
BGE: Some first steps in trying to cleanup the KX_IPhysicsController mess. KX_GameObject now has a GetPhysicsController() and a GetPhysicsController1(). The former returns a PHY_IPhysicsController* while the latter returns a KX_IPhysicsController. The goal is to get everything using GetPhysicsController() instead of GetPhysicsController1().
A new type of "Sensor" physics object is available in the GE for advanced
collision management. It's called Sensor for its similarities with the
physics objects that underlie the Near and Radar sensors.
Like the Near and Radar object it is:
- static and ghost
- invisible by default
- always active to ensure correct collision detection
- capable of detecting both static and dynamic objects
- ignoring collision with their parent
- capable of broadphase filtering based on:
* Actor option: the collisioning object must have the Actor flag set to be detected
* property/material: as specified in the collision sensors attached to it
Broadphase filtering is important for performance reason: the collision points
will be computed only for the objects that pass the broahphase filter.
- automatically removed from the simulation when no collision sensor is active on it
Unlike the Near and Radar object it can:
- take any shape, including triangle mesh
- be made visible for debugging (just use the Visible actuator)
- have multiple collision sensors using it
Other than that, the sensor objects are ordinary objects. You can move them
freely or parent them. When parented to a dynamic object, they can provide
advanced collision control to this object.
The type of collision capability depends on the shape:
- box, sphere, cylinder, cone, convex hull provide volume detection.
- triangle mesh provides surface detection but you can give some volume
to the suface by increasing the margin in the Advanced Settings panel.
The margin applies on both sides of the surface.
Performance tip:
- Sensor objects perform better than Near and Radar: they do less synchronizations
because of the Scenegraph optimizations and they can have multiple collision sensors
on them (with different property filtering for example).
- Always prefer simple shape (box, sphere) to complex shape whenever possible.
- Always use broadphase filtering (avoid collision sensor with empty propery/material)
- Use collision sensor only when you need them. When no collision sensor is active
on the sensor object, it is removed from the simulation and consume no CPU.
Known limitations:
- When running Blender in debug mode, you will see one warning line of the console:
"warning btCollisionDispatcher::needsCollision: static-static collision!"
In release mode this message is not printed.
- Collision margin has no effect on sphere, cone and cylinder shape.
Other performance improvements:
- Remove unnecessary interpolation for Near and Radar objects and by extension
sensor objects.
- Use direct matrix copy instead of quaternion to synchronize orientation.
Other bug fix:
- Fix Near/Radar position error on newly activated objects. This was causing
several detection problems in YoFrankie
- Fix margin not passed correctly to gImpact shape.
- Disable force/velocity actions on static objects
This commit contains a number of performance improvements for the
BGE in the Scenegraph (parent relation between objects in the
scene) and view frustrum culling.
The scenegraph improvement consists in avoiding position update
if the object has not moved since last update and the removal
of redundant updates and synchronization with the physics engine.
The view frustrum culling improvement consists in using the DBVT
broadphase facility of Bullet to build a tree of graphical objects
in the scene. The elements of the tree are Aabb boxes (Aligned
Axis Bounding Boxes) enclosing the objects. This provides good
precision in closed and opened scenes. This new culling system
is enabled by default but just in case, it can be disabled with
a button in the World settings. There is no do_version in this
commit but it will be added before the 2.49 release. For now you
must manually enable the DBVT culling option in World settings
when you open an old file.
The above improvements speed up scenegraph and culling up to 5x.
However, this performance improvement is only visible when
you have hundreds or thousands of objects.
The main interest of the DBVT tree is to allow easy occlusion
culling and automatic LOD system. This will be the object of further
improvements.
- GEdon't crash when attempting to add constraint on game objects without physics controller
- GEimproved some physics -> graphics synchronization issues
- small experiment with game engine timing to smooth framerate/reduce tearing
