EPA in multithreaded
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projectileman
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EPA in multithreaded
Why the EPA convex solver is not used in the multithreaded version of bullet?
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Erwin Coumans
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Re: EPA in multi-threated
BulletMultiThreaded is designed for Cell SPU. All code and data has to fit inside 256kb private local memory, so each algorithm and all its data has to fit. We haven't adapted EPA implementation for BulletMultiThreaded, because the alternative was easier, and the game companies who used it were happy with the results so far.
If we want to include EPA for BulletMultiThreaded, we need a fallback in case the algorithm runs out of memory. In that case, it needs to revert to the alternative (SpuMinkowskiPenetrationDepthSolver).
Hope this helps,
Erwin
If we want to include EPA for BulletMultiThreaded, we need a fallback in case the algorithm runs out of memory. In that case, it needs to revert to the alternative (SpuMinkowskiPenetrationDepthSolver).
Hope this helps,
Erwin