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dropping things About Truespace Archives These pages are a copy of the official truespace forums prior to their removal somewhere around 2011. They are retained here for archive purposes only. dropping things // Archive: Tech Forum 1  |   Order by default Post by kena // Apr 7, 2008, 7:04pm kena Total Posts: 2321 From TWWOTWs match render in the speed model challange, I decided to see how hard it would be to drop things. And what do you drop? Pick up sticks! can anyone tell me why my sticks fall through and stick in my backdrop? 11970 Post by Jack Edwards // Apr 7, 2008, 8:47pm Jack Edwards Total Posts: 4062 Could be a precision issue. How dense is your background mesh? Post by Bobbins // Apr 7, 2008, 10:16pm Bobbins Total Posts: 506 Not sure what version of tS this was done in, or if it used Model or Workspace side. The things to look for are: - Mesh density - especially in the ground plane as mentioned by Jack. Increased mesh density avoids collision problems. - Simulation precision - the more steps in each frame of calculation the more accurate it will be. There is a trade off between speed and accuracy. The WorkSpace side physics engine is more efficient than Model side but accurate physical sims involving numbers of interacting objects can still be slow to calculate. Post by brotherx // Apr 8, 2008, 3:39am brotherx Total Posts: 538 I had problems with my hoops in SMC #27 where they kept passing through one another even though collision was on...never figured it out. (I realise that doesn't help though) Post by kena // Apr 8, 2008, 5:34am kena Total Posts: 2321 mesh density didn't seem to help much, but the simulation precision got it... no time to render now... will do it when I get home. Post by kena // Apr 8, 2008, 5:14pm kena Total Posts: 2321 OK - it works 11983 Post by Bobbins // Apr 9, 2008, 1:43am Bobbins Total Posts: 506 Good to hear you got it sorted.

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