9.0.3

Added silent override of invalid rotations during VehicleWheel updates.

9.0.2

• Added argument validation to PhysicsRigidBody.setPhysicsScale(). (issue #47)
• Bypassed an unhelpful warning during PhysicsRigidBody.read().
• Updated the native libraries to v22.0.3 of Libbulletjme.
• Updated the Gradle build tool to v9.2.1; JDK 17+ is now required to build.
• Updated dependencies:
  • v3.8.1-stable of JMonkeyEngine,
  • v3.1.14 of Antora, and
  • v24.11.1 of Node.js .

9.0.1

• Bugfix: extra Libbulletjme dependency breaks Maven automation (issue #46)
• Bugfix: index out of bounds in RagUtils.coordsMap()

9.0.0

• Updated the native libraries to v22.0.1 of Libbulletjme, eliminating support for three 32-bit desktop platforms (Linux32, MacOSX32, and Windows32) and also some old 64-bit Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu Focal).

• Updated dependencies:

  • v3.7.0-stable of JMonkeyEngine,
  • v9.2.0 of the Heart library,
  • v3.1.10 of Antora, and
  • v22.14.0 of Node.js .

8.2.0

• Bugfix: logic error in CollisionShape.nativeMargin()
• Disallowed GImpact shapes with zero triangles.
• Publicized the CollisionSpace.setLocalThreadPhysicsSpace() method, so apps creating spaces on multiple threads can stop a memory leak.
• Updated dependencies:
  • v9.1.0 of the Heart library.

8.1.0

• Bugfix: JVM crash while serializing BoundingValueHierarchy (issue #41)

• Bugfix: crash in processAllTriangles() when m_bvh==NULL (issue #43)

• Bugfix: wrong inertia for a CustomConvexShape when mass != 1

• Changed the default setting for collision-shape contact filtering (from enabled to disabled) to address issue #40. This change may cause unwanted behavior for rigid bodies in contact with a gimpact, heightfield, or mesh shape; see issue #18 for details.

• Started regenerating the bounding-value hierarchy if it was serialized with a different floating-point precision.

• Bugfix: the RK4 flag of a MultiBody isn't de-serialized

• Added 2 convex collision shapes:

  • ConicalFrustum
  • SphericalSegment

• Made BVH serialization optional:

  • MeshCollisionShape.isSerializingBvh()
  • MeshCollisionShape.setSerializingBvh()

• Added a setting to visualize the collision margins of concave shapes.

• Added the new CollisionConfiguration class and related methods, to configure penetration depth solvers:

  • BulletAppState.getCollisionConfiguration()
  • BulletAppState.setCollisionConfiguration()
  • CollisionSpace.getConfiguration()
  • PhysicsDescriber.describe(CollisionConfiguration)
  • a 5-argument CollisionSpace constructor
  • a 4-argument PhysicsSoftSpace constructor
  • a pair of 5-argument PhysicsSpace constructors

• Added 14 accessors for the native user indices of CollisionShape, MultiBody, and PhysicsCollisionObject.

• Added 20 other public methods:

  • BoundingValueHierarchy.copyAabb()
  • BoundingValueHierarchy.copyQuantization()
  • BoundingValueHierarchy.countLeafNodes()
  • BoundingValueHierarchy.countNodes()
  • BoundingValueHierarchy.countSubtreeHeaders()
  • BoundingValueHierarchy.escapeIndex()
  • BoundingValueHierarchy.isCompressed()
  • BoundingValueHierarchy.isLeafNode()
  • BoundingValueHierarchy.partId()
  • BoundingValueHierarchy.setTraversalMode()
  • BoundingValueHierarchy.traversalMode()
  • BoundingValueHierarchy.triangleIndex()
  • GImpactCollisionShape.countSubmeshes()
  • GImpactCollisionShape.getSubmesh()
  • HeightfieldCollisionShape.countColumns()
  • HeightfieldCollisionShape.countRows()
  • HeightfieldCollisionShape.upAxis()
  • MeshCollisionShape.countSubmeshes()
  • MeshCollisionShape.getBvh()
  • MeshCollisionShape.getSubmesh()

• Enhancements to the MinieExamples subproject:

  • Added 2 test apps:
    • TestIssue40
    • TestIssue41
  • Added 3 custom collision shapes:
    • CustomLemon
    • CustomParaboloid
    • CustomSegment
  • Added more options to the ShapeGenerator class and also to the DropTest and SplitDemo apps.
  • Started displaying the number of persistent manifolds in the DropTest app.
  • Reduced the CCD motion threshold in the DropTest app.
  • Added getters for the dimensions of custom collision shapes.
  • Made 4 custom collision shapes more scalable.
  • Added margin to the radii of custom collision shapes.

• Updated dependencies: v3.0.1 of the jme-ttf library and v20.13.0 of Node.js .

• Built using Gradle v8.7 .

• Updated the native libraries to v21.2.1 of Libbulletjme.

• Updated VHACD v4 to version 4.1 .

8.0.0

• Deleted 9 public methods that had previously been deprecated: (API changes)

  • CollisionShape.getObjectId()
  • CollisionSpace.getSpaceId()
  • PhysicsCollisionObject.getObjectId()
  • PhysicsCollisionObject.listIgnoredIds()
  • PhysicsCollisionObject.setIgnoreList()
  • PhysicsJoint.getObjectId()
  • RigidBodyMotionState.getObjectId()
  • RotationalLimitMotor.getMotor()
  • TranslationalLimitMotor.getMotor()

• Privatized the setIgnoreCollisionCheck() method in the PhysicsCollisionObject class. (API change)

• Added the capability to define custom collision shapes using JVM code:

  • Added the (abstract) CustomConvexShape class.
  • Modified PhysicsDescriber to recognize custom shapes.

• Bugfix: CharacterController.onGround() returns false positives after stepping (not jumping) off a cliff

• Added runtime checks to MeshCollisionShape for meshes that are too complex.

• The "+big3" build flavor was replaced with "+big4" that includes native binaries for MacOSX_ARM64.

• Changed how meshes for debug visualization are generated:

  • Added an IndexedMesh constructor to efficiently generate visualization meshes for collision shapes.
  • Replaced DebugMeshCallback with IndexedMesh in DebugShapeFactory.
  • Deprecated the DebugMeshCallback class.

• Added 10 new public methods:

  • BetterCharacterControl.getInitialHeight()
  • BetterCharacterControl.getInitialRadius()
  • CompoundMesh.countSubmeshes()
  • CompoundMesh.getSubmesh()
  • IndexedMesh.copyTriangles()
  • IndexedMesh.distinctVertices()
  • IndexedMesh.footprint()
  • IndexedMesh.maxDistance()
  • IndexedMesh.surfaceArea()
  • IndexedMesh.volumeConvex()

• Updated to depend on v9.0.0 of the Heart library.

• Updated the native libraries to v20.1.0 of Libbulletjme.

7.8.1

• Bugfix: BVH algorithm fails
• Updated the native libraries to v18.6.1 of Libbulletjme.

7.8.0

• Bugfix: PhysicsCharacter disregards ignore lists
• Bugfix: makeMergedMesh() uses the JME_PHYSICSIGNORE tag differently from other methods in CollisionShapeFactory
• Added the ContactManager interface and split off the DefaultContactManager class the from the PhysicsSpace class.
• Optimized PhysicsSpace to instantiate collision events only when a corresponding listener is registered.
• Added a 4-argument addContactListener() method to the PhysicsSpace class.
• Based on v8.8.0 of the Heart library.
• Updated the native libraries to v18.6.0 of Libbulletjme.

7.7.0

• Fixed bugs:
  • NullPointerException after rebuilding a DynamicAnimControl
  • unhelpful warnings while cloning a PhysicsRigidBody
• Added to the library:
  • the MinkowskiSum collision shape
  • the ClassFilter class, for filtering physics objects
• Specified a more precise return type for Convex2dShape.getBaseShape()
• DynamicAnimControl now logs a warning if armature scaling exceeds 1%.
• Based on v3.6.1-stable of JMonkeyEngine and v8.7.0 of the Heart library.
• Updated the native libraries to v18.5.2 of Libbulletjme.