Big Serialization question

[Edgard]

Hi,

I have a big question about the serialization. Why the split between saving (serializer) & loading (bulletWorldImporter)?

If I'm not mistaken, only a very small part that is being serialized is being used by the bulletWorldImporter.
Settings like friction, restitution, kinematic (collisionflags), velocities, damping, ... are not being used?

For rigidbodies only mass/shape/name/startTransform/name is used

In other words, if I save my bullet scene and reload it with the worldimporter, it's not the same state anymore and no bodies are kinematic anymore.

Is this normal? Or am I doing something terribly wrong here?

[Erwin Coumans]

This is correct, the btBulletWorldImporter doesn't convert all data yet, although all data is in memory (btBulletFile).
The btBulletWorldImporter can deal with backward and forward compatibility, so it can import older and newer .bullet files.
It is best if you customize it to your needs.

If you improve it, please consider contributing this back.
Thanks,
Erwin

[Edgard]

Allright thanks

I'll see what I can do