Box2D Plugin - WIP

[giggsy]

Read the full article on my blog (better formating ):

http://www.slegg.net/box2d-shiva-wrapper-first-test


I recently started a little hobby project: try to get Box2D running inside ShiVa 3D with support for PC, iOS and Android.

Here is the result so far: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj4F4IvrWTw

Features:
- Body properties wrapped
- Shapes wrapped: box, circle, poly, (also compound shapes are possible)
- Optional collision callbacks per object
- Mouse joint
- Collision groups

Running on:
- PC
- iOS: iPod Touch 4g (60FPS)
- Android: HTC Desire (60FPS)

Special Note: All objects are composed in the scene! No additional object creation via script required ... well, sort of

Big thanks go to NiCoX, for giving me some awesome tips on how to structure the plugin!

[michax]

Wooow. Awesome work! Can't wait to read more about Plugin development endeavours.

Myself I'm working on Raknet plugin, but can't find time/will to finish it.

Thanks for sharing.

[Fraser]

Awesome work! If you do decide to release the plugin/docs then I'm sure there will be many interested.

Your video shows 2D physics in a 2D looking scene (quads in 3d space). I'm guessing you can also do 2D physics applied to 3D models (cubes/spheres) which are all constrained to the same Z?

EDIT:
I answered my own question. Upon further studying the screenshot I see they are in fact blue cubes, just no lights.

[giggsy]

Thanks!

Yes, they're 3d. I removed the perspective from the camera, because it made debugging harder and removed the dynamic light because I only want to see the performance of the physics

I plan to be working on it the next month (free time), after that I'll see how far I get. I will release the plugin to work with, not sure about the source yet but I will be posting a few blog entries (with snippets included).

[feng3d]

It's Awesome!

[Fraser]

The physics performance looks very good. I've bookmarked your blog.

[giggsy]

I posted an article about how I map the data inserted in shiva editor to my plugin: http://www.slegg.net/box2d-shiva-wrapper-the-api

[giggsy]

A new post about how to compile plugins with STL for Android and how I got Box2d to compile: http://www.slegg.net/box2d-shiva-wrapper-compiling-box2d-as-plugin