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().
KX_GameObject now has a collisionCallbacks list which is a list of callables that are called when a collision occurs. The callables will be called with an argument that contains a reference to the other object involved in the collision (i.e., not self).
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 extends the technique of dynamic linked list to the logic
system to eliminate as much as possible temporaries, map lookup or
full scan. The logic engine is now free of memory allocation, which is
an important stability factor.
The overhead of the logic system is reduced by a factor between 3 and 6
depending on the logic setup. This is the speed-up you can expect on
a logic setup using simple bricks. Heavy bricks like python controllers
and ray sensors will still take about the same time to execute so the
speed up will be less important.
The core of the logic engine has been much reworked but the functionality
is still the same except for one thing: the priority system on the
execution of controllers. The exact same remark applies to actuators but
I'll explain for controllers only:
Previously, it was possible, with the "executePriority" attribute to set
a controller to run before any other controllers in the game. Other than
that, the sequential execution of controllers, as defined in Blender was
guaranteed by default.
With the new system, the sequential execution of controllers is still
guaranteed but only within the controllers of one object. the user can
no longer set a controller to run before any other controllers in the
game. The "executePriority" attribute controls the execution of controllers
within one object. The priority is a small number starting from 0 for the
first controller and incrementing for each controller.
If this missing feature is a must, a special method can be implemented
to set a controller to run before all other controllers.
Other improvements:
- Systematic use of reference in parameter passing to avoid unnecessary data copy
- Use pre increment in iterator instead of post increment to avoid temporary allocation
- Use const char* instead of STR_String whenever possible to avoid temporary allocation
- Fix reference counting bugs (memory leak)
- Fix a crash in certain cases of state switching and object deletion
- Minor speed up in property sensor
- Removal of objects during the game is a lot faster
With this patch, only sensors that are connected to
active states are actually registered in the logic
manager. Inactive sensors won't take any CPU,
especially the Radar and Near sensors that use a
physical object for the detection: these objects
are removed from the physics engine.
To take advantage of this optimization patch, you
need to define very light idle state when the
objects are inactive: make them transparent, suspend
the physics, keep few sensors active (e,g a message
sensor to wake up), etc.
alone with the following flags :
-Wall -Wno-char-subscripts -Wno-missing-braces.
the only one still worrying me is in rand.c line 57 :
rand.c:57: integer constant is too large for "long" type
but i have no clue about how correct cross-compiler and 32/64 bits friendly
see also my mail to commiter list for signed/unsigned issues
Keyboard sensors can now hook escape key. Ctrl-Break can be used from within blender if you've forgotten an end game actuator.
Fixed a stupid bug preventing some actuators working (like TrackTo).
[SCons] Build with Solid as default when enabling the gameengine in the build process
[SCons] Build solid and qhull from the extern directory and link statically against them
That was about it.
There are a few things that needs double checking:
* Makefiles
* Projectfiles
* All the other systems than Linux and Windows on which the build (with scons) has been successfully tested.