MSPhysics 1.0.3 (16 October 2017)

faust07 · 9 Jul 2016, 12:05

The Connect Closet Joints - method sounds great. Will try it. Thanks!
I hope that your last sentences were based only on the coding of specials like waves and not generally on to the development of MSPhysics ...?

Anton_S · 11 Jul 2016, 03:51

Announcing 0.9.0!

Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5+; still limited when it comes to managing keyboard, mouse, and MIDI, but the most important stuff is working just fine.
Fixed a bug where MSPhysics failed to load previous editor settings. Thanks to PituPhysics for report.
Joystick should work even if connected after SketchUp starts.
Added alignment power option to CurvySlider and CurvyPiston joints.
Added LinearGear, AngularGear, and RackAndPinion constraints.
Reworked the scripting API. Various functions were renamed and rearranged.
Renamed various ( get_some_method/ set_some_method) functions, that acquired one parameter, to some_method/ some_method=.
Added BodyContext class. All body events, such as onUpdate, were moved to the BodyContext.
To reference a Body associated with the BodyContext, call BodyContext.#this.
To reference a BodyContext associated with the Body, call Body.#context.
Renamed Common and Controller to CommonContext and ControllerContext.
Scripting scope was changed to BodyContext. To call body methods from the scripting scope, it is now essential to place the keyword "this" in front.
To call BodyContext methods, which are mostly events, from the scripting scope, you don't need to place any keywords in front.
Renamed get_body_by_group, get_group_by_name, etc.. to [ruby:15odxhy4]find_body_by_group[/ruby:15odxhy4], [ruby:15odxhy4]find_by_by_name[/ruby:15odxhy4], etc...
Renamed all [ruby:15odxhy4]is_some_method?[/ruby:15odxhy4] functions to [ruby:15odxhy4]some_method?[/ruby:15odxhy4].
Many methods that focused on general stuff were moved to AMS Library. For instance, the whole [ruby:15odxhy4]Group[/ruby:15odxhy4] and [ruby:15odxhy4]Geometry[/ruby:15odxhy4] classes were transferred to AMS Library.
The scripting changes were made for coding convenience and are very likely to remain unchanged in the upcoming releases.
Enchanted control panel and the dialog.
Various other bug fixes and improvements.

pilou · 11 Jul 2016, 10:52

How process (if possible) for have and keep the tracks marks of the car moving on the terrain ?
(of each wheel)

faust07 · 11 Jul 2016, 12:51

In my case (update from MSPhysics v0.8.0 to v.0.9.0) using the Extension Store leads to immediate failure after start of MSP (also with the new models). It seems that old files in the MSPhysics folder of v.0.8.0 partially are not deleted or overwritten. To delete the directory and copy it complete new in the plugin folder works.

faust07 · 11 Jul 2016, 15:13

After revising the scripts for v0.9.0 my test models work better than before. To record simulation to Replay is much faster too. Thanks!

faust07 · 11 Jul 2016, 21:30

The option to save the replay data in the model file has been lost ...?

Anton_S · 12 Jul 2016, 00:18

Pilou, it's possible to create tracks, but only through scripting.

Faust, my bad. I disabled the saving of Replay animation into model because it affected performance; that's why you noticed huge performance boost in this version. I was trying to rework it, but then completely forgot about it. The fix is underway.

faust07 · 14 Jul 2016, 13:23

Hi Anton, do you see an opportunity to revise your MIDI-Piano for version 0.9.0?

chri · 15 Jul 2016, 19:11

Hi

To help you, to add control panel , please , take a look on the next pictures
click on the second picture to anim

If you 'd like , you can test by yourself with my SKETCHUP file and change parameter.

Chri

TEST CONTROLER.skp

Bryan K · 17 Jul 2016, 22:04

Anton, I'm having problems with the UI. Here is a screen shot. It will not size into my window nor can I resize it nor does it have tabs.

Win 7, SU 2015, 64 bit.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Anton_S · 17 Jul 2016, 23:48

Bryan, I'm not sure what's going on there. Does this show up every time you open it? Have you tried refreshing it (F5)? If the problem still persists, open explorer, and paste this into the address bar: %appdata%\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\SketchUp\Plugins\MSPhysics\css. Then verify that the folder contains chosen.css, dialog.css, and tabs.css.

Bryan K · 18 Jul 2016, 00:17

@anton_s said:

Bryan, I'm not sure what's going on there. Does this show up every time you open it? Have you tried refreshing it (F5)? If the problem still persists, open explorer, and paste this into the address bar: %appdata%\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\SketchUp\Plugins\MSPhysics\css. Then verify that the folder contains chosen.css, dialog.css, and tabs.css.

Thanks.

The files are there and F5 did not change the layout. Tabs are still not showing.

thomthom · 18 Jul 2016, 17:48

What version of Internet Explorer do you have installed?

Bryan K · 18 Jul 2016, 19:25

@thomthom said:

What version of Internet Explorer do you have installed?

v11

thomthom · 18 Jul 2016, 21:35

Anton, are you using ENV variables to obtain the path?

Bryan K · 19 Jul 2016, 01:26

Thanks Anton. It's odd because the program installed without any trouble.

Is there a specific order the AMS library and MS Physics should be installed? I ask because I installed MS first, then AMS second.

Anton_S · 19 Jul 2016, 05:00

Bryan, the order doesn't matter. I tested it on Win7 with IE11 and it works very well. I could reproduce what you have only by renaming/removing the CSS folder. So I don't know. It looks like the dialog.html can't determine the CSS paths or the CSS folder or the files within it are missing.

Anton_S · 19 Jul 2016, 06:22

Brian, I'll test it out on my Windows 7 with IE11. So far it works fine on my Win7 and IE9.

Thomthom, as far as I recall I don't use ENV variables to obtain the paths. I rather modify one of them, particularly ENV['PATH'], so that msp_lib.so knows where to look for the required Dlls and this is only necessary on the Windows side. And instead of overwriting the ENV['PATH'] variable with the new path(s), I simply append another path to it. I don't think that should hurt other plugins or anything. Of course, I acknowledge that it would be a good idea to reset it to original paths after all the loading is done.
Edit: On the OS X Side I use install name tool to set the relative load path to the required dylibs. This can be done with xCode by adding a post build script.

Anton_S · 19 Jul 2016, 06:37

@faust07 said:

Hi Anton, do you see an opportunity to revise your MIDI-Piano for version 0.9.0?

Hi faust. I updated the MIDI piano a few days ago. It should work fine now

faust07 · 19 Jul 2016, 08:16

Hi Anton. Thank you very much! I've found it already. I enjoy the magic sound. PituPhysics updated his MSPhysics models too. So there is much stuff to learn.
On my side, on Win7 and Win8.1 with IE11 MSPhysics works like a charm (except to record Replay...).