Vicious Engine 2™ Physics

Stable and Robust Solver

The physics solver has been internally developed by Vicious Cycle for several years and has a stable and robust feature set.

Joints

Joints allow for the construction of a variety of physics objects from ragdolls to ropes, chains and swinging light sources. Joints support softness and springiness values which allow for more realistic movement in ragdolls and other objects.

Simple and Complex Shapes

For simple collisions that need to rely on speed more than accuracy, V^e2 provides primitive collision shapes that can be quickly computed and utilized for simple physics objects. For the complex physics objects, V^e2 supports convex hulls and compound objects for higher accuracy collisions and more realistic physics.

Complete Contact Reporting

Complete contact reporting is provided by the engine to script. This allows full control over rolling, sliding, and impact contacts, giving programmers the ability to do whatever is needed.

Object Interactions

Programmers are given full control over object interactions in V^e2 through collision and surface properties. This allows a programmer to dictate what kinds of surfaces interact with each other, and which objects can even interact.

Reliable Character Interactions

With the new physics engine, character interactions with rigid bodies have been greatly improved, thanks to the addition of ragdoll and joint support.

Collision Debug Tools

The collision debug tools allow programmers to see (and toggle on/off) everything from collision and surface masks, ray and sphere casts, contact events, BSP trees, and high and low resolution collision geometry.

Fluid Animation to Ragdoll Transitions

When transitioning to a ragdoll simulated object from animation, velocities and forces are kept allowing a smooth transition from the animation to the ragdoll simulation.