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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Here is a list of physics engines. This blog entry will be updated from time to time. If you know other useful links, please let us know and we will include them in this list.
- 3Impact
Game engine with dynamics. - AERO
- AgX Multiphysics Toolkit
- Animats - Falling Bodies
Ragdoll physics. - BEPUphysics
3D physics engine designed specifically for the XNA Framework - Box2D
- Bullet
Open source (ZLib license). Is used in Blender. BulletX is a port of Bullet for .NET. - Bytegeist Vehicle & Physics SDK
- CarSim, TruckSim, BikeSim, ...
Software tools for simulating and analyzing the dynamic behavior of motor vehicles (car, truck, bike, suspension). - Chipmunk Game Dynamics
For 2d games. Open Source (MIT license). - CHRONO::ENGINE
Free for non-commercial use - Darwin2K
"Free, open source dynamic simulation and automated design synthesis package for robotics." - daVinciCode
2d library developed under the supervision of Dr. Jeff Trinkle. 3d version is in development. - DefColStudio
Framework for soft bodies. - DynaMech
- DynaMo - Dynamic Motion library
Open source (LGPL) - endorphin - Dynamic Motion Synthesis
Character animation/synthesis with physics. From NaturalMotion. - Farseer Physics Engine
2D physics for XNA - FastCar
Simple vehicle and multi-body simulation. - Flade - Flash Dynamics Engine
Open source actionscript 2.0 library for simulating 2D physics using Verlet integration - Gangsta Wrapper
Physics wrapper - Havok
Havok Physics and Havok Animation are free for PC game development – thanks to Intel.
Related links: XnaHavok - Havok for C# and XNA - Henge3D
Henge3D is a 3D physics library written in C# for XNA. It is implemented entirely in managed code and is compatible with the XBOX 360. - HyperMatter
- Icarus
XNA physics engine, also discussed here. - Impulse-based dynamic simulation
Jan Bender’s library - JigLib, JigLibX
A physics engine experiment based on the paper "Non-convex rigid bodies with stacking". JigLibX is a direct port of JigLib for XNA. - Jitter
Fully managed 3D physics engine, written by the author of JigLibX. - Matali Physics
Fully managed 3D physics engine for NET and XNA 3.0. Available for Windows and Xbox 360. - meqon
Was acquired by AGEIA in Sept. 2005. - Microsoft Robotics Studio
SDK for robotics. Free for non-commercial use. - Motorsport
Simulation of wheeled vehicles. Open source (GPL). - Newton Game Dynamics
Free, but closed source. - NovodeX
Now AGEIA PhysX Now NVidia PhysX - nV Physics SDK
- ODE - Open Dynamics Engine
Open source. Related links: The unofficial ODE Forum, ODE Wiki, Car Simulation, KODE ODE Editor - OPAL - Open Physics Abstraction Layer
Wrapper for physics engines - Open Physics Library
- OpenTissue
Open source (LPGL) - pal - Physics Abstraction Layer
Physics wrapper - PGNX Physics
- Physics 2D
C# 2D physics engine - Physics2D.Net
C# 2D physics engine. A complete rewrite of Physics 2D - PhysicsAndMathLibrary
- Physsim
Open source (GPL) - PhysX
Formerly from AGEIA – now from NVidia. Free for commercial and non-commercial PC projects. Supports GPU hardware acceleration.
.NET wrappers: .NET wrapper by Jason Zelsnack, PhysX-sharp, physxdotnet - Pixelux Digital Molecular Matter
Integrated Physics with Material Destructibility and Fracture - Pulsk
- Rigid Body Physics Engine
C# student project - Rigs of Rods
Rigs of Rods (also known as RoR), is an Open Source truck, car, airplane and boat simulator. - SD/Fast
Computes equations of motion for articulated rigid body systems. - Simple Physics Engine
Free for non-commercial use - Simul-X
Advanced vehicle dynamics middleware software library for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Add-on for Havok/PhysX. - SOFA – Simulation Open Framework Architecure
- Springhead
Open source software toolkit for virtual environment development. - Tokamak Game Physics SDK
Open source (BSD) - True Axis Physics SDK
Free for non-commercial use - Vortex
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2 comment(s) so far...
Re: Physics Engines List
Good List!
But there are so many Outdated ones... could be cleaned =)
By Jorge on
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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Re: Physics Engines List
Thx Jorge! This list was copied from our old website and could really need a cleanup. I will update it in the near future.
By HelmutG on
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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