RE: [Plib-users] triangles from branches

[McEVOY, N. <nic...@ba...>]

>Hi,
>I'm new to this mailing list. I'm trying to use plib together with ode 
>(www.ode.org) dynamics engine, did anyone have some experience with it?

I have created a few ode-plib projects at:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/ndmcevoy/

Unfortunately I have been so busy lately that I have not had a chance
to work on anything new. :(


>My main problem is that I need to access the triangle data for a given 
>object (ie a branch entity, which contains data loaded from a model in 
>.ac format) to create the geometric rapresentation for the ode's 
>collision detection system. Is there a simple way to reach these 
>informations using plib api? I couldn't figure out from the docs.

Most of my applications approximate the .ac model using ode primitives
e.g. box & sphere.  I have code to determine collisions of ode box/sphere
against my plib .ac terrain model.  ode takes care of collisions between
its primitives.

Anyway you can download my source code (e.g. TuxWaveracer) and have a
look yourself if you like.  None of my projects are very polished or
completed (except for MarbleTower - nb. MarbleTower has a bug in the
collision code - which is fixed in TuxWaveracer).

Cheers,
Nick