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bepu / bepuphysics2

Pure C# 3D real time physics simulation library, now with a higher version number.
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V1 vs. V2 API Differences? #50

Closed Blwnkl closed 5 years ago

Blwnkl commented 5 years ago

I'm trying to give Bepuphysics a try, incorporating into a .Net Core 2.1 testbed project. After gronking through a lot of V1-related samples etc., that refer to the "Space" class, I'm not seeing that exist in V2. Unless I'm "completely" misunderstanding something, it almost looks like "Simulation" has taken over the role of "Space"? But there are method/property differences. I'm terribly confused! The V1 tutorial fundamentals seemed to make sense, adding things having orientations etc. to the "space" and periodic calls to Update. Is there a list of V1/V2 differences that might show the way? Or V2 tutorial? Thanks for doing this project, BTW... it looks Really Awesome! Jim

RossNordby commented 5 years ago

Simulation has indeed replaced Space. More generally, v2 is a complete rewrite and is about as different from v1 as v1 is from Bullet or other physics engines. All the core concepts are there, but the APIs are quite different.

I do intend to make a concept mapping as it gets closer to release, but it doesn't exist yet. The best option at the moment is probably opening up the v2 Demos project and playing around with it. v2's demo set isn't quite as thorough as v1's yet, but it covers most things.

Blwnkl commented 5 years ago

Thanks for the quick reply! OK, it's reassuring to know that I wasn't missing something huge! :) I'm looking at the V2 Demos as we speak, and I expect that I'll be able to get off the ground. The only other hurdle I had to get over was the ".Net Standard 2.0" incompatibilities with "vanilla" .Net Framework projects. Sigh. Microsoft doesn't have to comply with the Hippocratic Oath, I suppose... ("first, do no harm!) :)