[Plugin]SketchyPhysics3 alpha.

CPhillips

i have come across some interesting bugs and have no idea why they are happening. Using this in sketchup 7, i can't seem to use some of the prebuilt components. when using hinges etc the component does not travel in the same orientation as the hinge slider etc.

Any ideas on where i might be going wrong?

Post a model that shows the problem and I'll take a look.

Platypus5

I have found a bug: In this model, the thing is supposed to "explode" like a bomb. It works in sketchyphysics 2, but in the SP3 Alpha, not only does it fail to detonate, but a blank control bar appears. If you touch the control bar, you get an error message.
Link to model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=920ecad0ac545b53266076a1a3bfa166

Also, could you give us instructions on how to use the rubyscript duplicate objects?

CPhillips

@platypus5 said:

I have found a bug: In this model, the thing is supposed to "explode" like a bomb. It works in sketchyphysics 2, but in the SP3 Alpha, not only does it fail to detonate, but a blank control bar appears. If you touch the control bar, you get an error message.
Link to model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=920ecad0ac545b53266076a1a3bfa166

Also, could you give us instructions on how to use the rubyscript duplicate objects?

As I said in the Magnets thread, the Sp2 style magnets dont work in this version. The dup option is broken at the moment.

Platypus5

@cphillips said:

@platypus5 said:

I have found a bug: In this model, the thing is supposed to "explode" like a bomb. It works in sketchyphysics 2, but in the SP3 Alpha, not only does it fail to detonate, but a blank control bar appears. If you touch the control bar, you get an error message.
Link to model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=920ecad0ac545b53266076a1a3bfa166

Also, could you give us instructions on how to use the rubyscript duplicate objects?

As I said in the Magnets thread, the Sp2 style magnets dont work in this version. The dup option is broken at the moment.

It does not use magnets. It uses spazzed out hinges.

Platypus5

Sometimes, if you don't fill in the inspector values exactly right, an error message will pop up every time you try to access the joint in question. This effect can occur both before, during, and after a simulation.

CPhillips

@platypus5 said:

It does not use magnets. It uses spazzed out hinges.[/quote]

Ah, I see the problem. It will fixed in next version.

Thanks
Chris

CPhillips

@platypus5 said:

Sometimes, if you don't fill in the inspector values exactly right, an error message will pop up every time you try to access the joint in question. This effect can occur both before, during, and after a simulation.

Yeah, there is a lot that can go wrong there. I'll see if I can fix it.

CPhillips

@bryden said:

Very nice Chris
I really like the new features
I made a slider controled truster out of 2 boxes held together with ball joints
and a slider controled magnet
[attachment=0:1pt9feos]truster_test.skp[/attachment:1pt9feos]

Thats cool! I discovered the same thing last night by connecting two spheres with a slider. I am working on a hover car powered by magnet thrusters.

xrok1

awsome plug, thankyou.

one suggestion, if i may, would be that the SP inspector window not open automatically every time i start SK or start a new file.

thanks again for a fun plugin

CPhillips

@xrok1 said:

awsome plug, thankyou.

one suggestion, if i may, would be that the SP inspector window not open automatically every time i start SK or start a new file.

thanks again for a fun plugin

If you close the UI using the button (rather than just closing it) it will stay closed.

xrok1

thanks for the (wierd) tip, worked like a charm.

CPhillips

@xrok1 said:

thanks for the (wierd) tip, worked like a charm.

Its the same in 2.0. Originally the UI button was the "Physics Mode" toggle.

But it shouldn't pop up on SU reload anyway. Ill fix in next version.

Thanks
Chris

olishea

xbox 360 joystick support.......lol

xrok1

i noticed that when running a simulation if i zoom in and out with my mousewheel that sketchup changes to a bounding box display and suddenly the sim choppiness is gone and it runs smooth and fast. this also is the case when playing back a recorded sim.

so...

two things come to mind 1) it could be good to have an option in SP to run sim and/or recording in bounding box display.
2) can someone tell me if i can force SK manualy into BB display?

btw i noticed that magnets don't effect frozen magnetics unless they come in contact. i think it would be nice if magnets "thawed" if you will, frozen magnets.

CPhillips

To get max speed you can turn off shadows and disable all the edge style settings in the View menu. I dont know how to force it to go to just bounding boxes.

I am not sure I understand the problem with the frozen magnets. Can you post an example?

Click Draw

So will you post another link to installer the new version? Sounds awesome!
Jeff

l.frisken

so would it be possible to make something like that monkey lander mini clip game? That would be really cool with the thrusters rotating and stuff!

CPhillips

Here is an update on the next version. I was writing up the docs for the new Controller commands and I realized I am not happy with them. Too complicated. I am going to revise it this weekend. I think I can do it without breaking compatibility with models made with 3a.

New Feature:
I was playing around with magnets trying to make a thruster when I realized I could just add thrusters. So I did. In next version any body can be a "thruster" like the new Magnets. It will attempt to go "up" with a user defined amount of thrust. Its pretty cool!

First thing I made was a 2 stage rocket, including thrusters to spin it up to make it more ballistic. I have yet to get it to fly straight but it is really fun!

CPhillips

@l.frisken said:

so would it be possible to make something like that monkey lander mini clip game? That would be really cool with the thrusters rotating and stuff!

I dont know what that is?

Wacov

Lots of pretty annoying stuff is happening... the simulation starts, but nothing moves or can be moved, and then I can't cancel it and I have to close SU. I'm also getting pretty frequent bug splats and errors when I try to close the program. All I've done is get half-way through making a differential and started playing with magnets a bit.