OMG i was laughing my ass off trying to get it up the ramps hahhaha. Al good show man. i wanted to add a car body and and a track etc but i dont have any webhosting. so this is great im glad you did it. for one thing it shows what promise this system has, but it also is a much more rigorous test of its current failings.
most of the vehicle instability stems from the set distance function and how collision is being handled. those two areas need tons of work. also the friction model needs finishing, the frame work is laid down for 3 types of friction: world friction (think air resistance), rolling friction, and contact friction (commonly refered to as static friction).
other refinements that need to be done are...
constraining the tire to only move up and down.
adding wheel turn left/right tied to steering.
making the turn rate dependant on vehicle speed.
adding braking, tire slipping and skidding.
finding a way to stop the car from rolling as easily (most likely tied to no wheel slipping).
adding more verlets to more accuratly surround the vehicle body.
improve the integrity of the structure so it doesnt collapse as easily.
it goes on and on.
if anybody gets a creative spurt take the code and run wild. i unfortunatly have little time right now =(
most of the vehicle instability stems from the set distance function and how collision is being handled. those two areas need tons of work. also the friction model needs finishing, the frame work is laid down for 3 types of friction: world friction (think air resistance), rolling friction, and contact friction (commonly refered to as static friction).
other refinements that need to be done are...
constraining the tire to only move up and down.
adding wheel turn left/right tied to steering.
making the turn rate dependant on vehicle speed.
adding braking, tire slipping and skidding.
finding a way to stop the car from rolling as easily (most likely tied to no wheel slipping).
adding more verlets to more accuratly surround the vehicle body.
improve the integrity of the structure so it doesnt collapse as easily.
it goes on and on.
if anybody gets a creative spurt take the code and run wild. i unfortunatly have little time right now =(