Multi threaded physics

[YouGroove]

I moved a physic object in an empty 3D scene using PhysicsSetPosition().

As i add more complex scene like some ten trees with shadows and some other stuff , the physics becomes very jerky each time until become unplayable.

 

Could it be possible to have physics in a separate thread ?

[nick.ace]

Isn't physics already on a separate thread? That's what I thought at least. Where are you calling PhysicsSetPosition()?

[AggrorJorn]

Physics in Leadwerks3D are asynchronous, meaning that while the engine renders the scene and executes your game code, it's already calculating the next frame of physics on a separate thread!

[Josh]

Physics are multithreaded, but no longer asynchronous. It caused a huge number of bugs so I disabled the asynchronous loop. It was really a programming nightmare. I can't comment on the specifics on your scene, but the character controllers just got a big performance boost. I'm guessing you're probably throwing some high-poly meshes at the simulation with no low-poly physics geometry for collision. The performance nowadays should be faster than Leadwerks 2.