Tokamak physics engine

Tokamak physics engine

Infobox Software
name = Tokamak Game Physics SDK



caption =
author = David Lam
developer = Tokamak Physics
latest_release_version = 1.0.5
latest_release_date =
latest_preview_version =
latest_preview_date =
operating_system =
genre = middleware
license = BSD License
website = [http://www.tokamakphysics.com Tokamak site]

The Tokamak Game Physics SDK is an open-source physics engine.

At its beginnings, Tokamak was free for non commercial uses only. Since May 2007, it has become open sourced under a BSD License.

Features

Tokamak features a unique iterative method for solving constraints. This is claimed to allow developers to make trade-offs between accuracy and speed and provides more predictable processor and memory usage. Tokamak's constraint solver does not involve solving large matrices, there by avoiding memory bandwidth limitations on some game consoles.

The SDK supports a variety of joint types and joint limits and a realistic friction model. Tokamak is optimized for stacking large numbers of objects - a frequently requested feature by game developers. Tokamak provides collision detection for primitives (box, sphere, capsule), combinations of primitives, and arbitrary static triangle meshes. Lightweight 'rigid particles' provide particle effects in games at minimal cost.

Tokamak also supports "Breakage Constructing models" which will break when a collision occurs. Fragments of the original model will automatically be spawned by Tokamak's built-in breakage functionality.

See also

* Physics Abstraction Layer

External links

* [http://www.tokamakphysics.com/ Tokamak web site]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/tokamakp/ Tokamak sourceforge project page]


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