You should not care about physics...

... but I have to. The car somehow has to stay on the ground.Until now I have used my own physics calculations for that, it was work enough to handle correct orientation and gravity, but since I have been testing how my system reacts to none-four-wheel vehicles things got out of control. So I began searching for a physics engine that suited my needs. First I took a look at Tokamak, but the engine was not really able to do what I wanted and seems to be dead for a while now. Then I tried Ode and at first it seemed to be the right engine. Thanks to Brainsaw's IrrOde wrapper for Irrlicht I was soon able to use it properly. There was a catch though: Ode seems to be not finished yet. For example, such things as Cylinder to Cylinder collision did not work. Next on the list was Newton. There also is a Irrlicht Wrapper: white tiger's IrrNewt. It already has an IVehicle base class (ICar too, but that is to specific for my needs) that I can use and so far I have not found anything that would make me reconsider the choice.

So what's the screenshot about? 
That is the beginning of the Car-Editor. If everything works out, it will be able not only to make cars, but also motorcycles, three wheelers or even hover vehicles. I know, it basically looks like the Map Editor. That is because I simply took the gui of it as a basis for the new editor. However, I removed many things - the Car-Editor will not be as complicated as it's relative.


Bye