3D Physics (Patreon)

After experimenting with 2D physics in yesterday's post, I decided to try out an existing physics library. I found a C# library called BepuPhysics and loved it, it was very easy to work with.

I can't embed individual videos here in the post, so the main video attached to this post shows what I tried in chronological order:

• Collision between spheres and a plane. I could control the mass, friction and elasticity/bounciness of each object
• Heightmap collision. I stored the same triangulated heighmap mesh inside the list of physics objects and it just worked!
• Tree collision, pretty simple, this just used a cylinder model
• Character control, pushing the sphere with my character until it disappeared into the void
• Character physics. I couldn't figure this out fully as the sphere kept getting faster and faster

I was working on a voiceover for this video but got frustrated with my script and audio. I have a lot to learn and would like to make these videos interesting, but I couldn't get it done in one night. Instead I'll aim to create one short video for YouTube every month or two, which covers the highlights from these Patreon posts.

High quality video link