Minie 0.9.7for32

Extended the constructors for GImpactCollisionShape and CompoundMesh to accept multiple meshes.

Minie 0.9.6for33

• Finalized the getRigidBody() method in the PhysicsLink class. (API change)
• Allowed soft-body nodes to have mass=0 (for pinning).
• Changed the semantics of RigidBodyControl.setKinematicSpatial() to match jme3-bullet.
• Moved the massForStatic constant to the PhysicsBody class.

Minie 0.9.6for32

• Finalized the getRigidBody() method in the PhysicsLink class. (API change)
• Allowed soft-body nodes to have mass=0 (for pinning).
• Changed the semantics of RigidBodyControl.setKinematicSpatial() to match jme3-bullet.
• Moved the massForStatic constant to the PhysicsBody class.
• Based on JME 3.2.4-stable.

Minie 0.9.5for32

• Fixed JME issue 1135 (ConeJoint causes rigid body to disappear).
• Fixed cloning bugs in SoftPhysicsJoint and SoftBodyControl.
• Added a contains(PhysicsJoint) method to the PhysicsSpace class.
• Updated the native libraries to version 1.0.90 of Libbulletjme.
• Based on version 2.29 of the jme3-utilities-heart library.

Minie 0.9.5for33

• Modified DynamicAnimControl to work with armatures as well as skeletons.
• Fixed JME issue 1135 (ConeJoint causes rigid body to disappear).
• Fixed cloning bugs in SoftPhysicsJoint and SoftBodyControl.
• Added a contains(PhysicsJoint) method to the PhysicsSpace class.
• Updated the native libraries to version 1.0.90 of Libbulletjme.
• Based on version 2.29 of the jme3-utilities-heart library.
• Based on version 3.3.0-alpha2 of jMonkeyEngine.

Minie 0.9.4

• API changes:
  • Made the DebugAppStateFilter interface compatible with jme3-bullet again.
  • De-publicized the PhysicsSpace.setLocalThreadPhysicsSpace() method.
  • Removed the createTriangleIndexVertexArray() method from the NativeMeshUtil class.
  • Re-implemented anchors as a kind of PhysicsJoint.
  • Renamed the BulletJointDebugControl class.
  • Removed the updateAnchorMesh() method from the NativeSoftBodyUtil class.
• Fixed bugs:
  • JME issue 1120 (scaled GImpactCollisionShape gets incorrect bounding box)
  • bounding box of a shape not updated for getAabb()
  • JME issue 1125 (inaccurate visualization of HeightfieldCollisionShape)
  • clusters/joints/nodes of a soft body not cloned/serialized properly
  • tau and impulseClamp of a Point2PointJoint not de-serialized properly
  • 7 limit-motor parameters of a SixDofJoint not serialized properly
  • JME issues 1126 and 1127 (TestHoverTank crash and reset action)
• Added library features:
  • new classes SoftAngularJoint and SoftLinearJoint for soft-body joints
  • new classes CompoundMesh and IndexedMesh for native meshes
  • select single-sided/double-sided debug visualization materials for each collision object
  • an exception list for each FilterAll instance
  • control which soft bodies have their clusters visualized
  • a new constructor for a HeightfieldCollisionShape with additional options
  • access the BulletDebugAppState associated with a BulletAppState
  • access the feedback flag of each physics constraint
  • access 6 per-cluster parameters
  • access the per-constraint property that overrides the number of solver iterations
• Other improvements:
  • Added hotkey-binding hints to demo apps: press H to toggle hints.
  • Bound the up/down arrow keys to control camera movement in demo applications.
  • Added a test for default values of newly created physics objects.
  • Customized the toString() methods of the CollisionShape, PhysicsJoint, and PhysicsSpace classes.
  • Improved the output of PhysicsDumper.
  • Customized the equals() and hashCode() methods of the CollisionShape class.
  • Avoided calling native code to fill zero-length buffers.
  • Removed native libraries from the Git repository; download them from GitHub instead.
  • Updated the native libraries to version 1.0.89 of Libbulletjme.

Minie 0.9.3

• Fixed bugs:
  • Spatial transform not applied to static bodies in RigidBodyControl.
  • IllegalArgumentException thrown when translating/rotating a heightfield-shaped rigid body.
  • Some physics controls ignore isEnabled().
  • After de-serializing a physics control, its userObject is null.
  • TestHeightfield attached physics control to the root node.
  • TestHeightfield used wrong logger.
• Added a PhysicsSpace.destroy() method for compatability with jme3-bullet.
• Improved physics dumps.
• Removed uses of shared mutable "constants".

Minie 0.9.2

• API changes:
  • Privatized 5 fields in the GhostControl class.
  • Removed the rebuildSoftBody() method from the PhysicsSoftBody class.
  • Added a Transform argument to the updateMesh() method in the NativeSoftBodyUtil class.
• New features for soft-body physics:
  • Added a SoftBodyControl class.
  • Allowed setting maxSubSteps to 0 for a variable-length time step.
  • Added maxTimeStep parameter to PhysicsSpace, for use with a variable-length time step.
  • Added a warning when setGravity() is applied to a body that isn't in any space.
  • Publicized the distributeEvents() method of PhysicsSpace, for use in non-BulletAppState applications.
  • An isEmpty() method for PhysicsSoftBody.
• Built for compatibility with Java 7.
• Added debug visualization of soft-body anchors.
• Avoided cloning/serializing world info and gravity: adding to a physics space would trash these data.
• Improvements to DacWizard and examples:
  • Added a TestSoftBodyControl application.
  • Made ClothGrid dynamic and added a reposition() method.
  • Changed ClothGrid to minimize directional bias.
  • Added Sony Duck model with license.
  • Use LWJGL v3 to allow fullscreen mode on Linux systems (JME issue #947).
• Various improvements to physics dumps.
• Updated the native libraries to version 1.0.73 of Libbulletjme.
• Based on version 2.28.1 of the jme3-utilities-heart library.

Minie 0.9.1

• API changes:
  • Privatized the motionState field in the PhysicsRigidBody class.
  • Removed methods from the PhysicsSoftBody class:
    • addAeroForceToNode()
    • getPhysicsTransform()
    • setPhysicsRotation()
    • setPhysicsTransform()
  • Renamed the PhysicsRigidBody.getPhysicsTransform() method to extrapolateTransform().
  • Moved the SoftBodyWorldInfo class to the com.jme3.bullet package.
  • Converted the PhysicsSoftBody.Config class to an external class.
• Expanded soft-body physics: got aerodynamics and anchors working.
• Improved debug visualization of soft bodies:
  • override default material for shapes if requested
  • don't visualize links if the body has faces
  • visualize clusters
  • generate/update normals if requested
• Other changes to debug visualization:
  • Ensured that static rigid bodies are visualized in blue.
  • Changed the wireframe debug materials from single-sided to double-sided.
  • Added a debugMeshInitListener option to add texture coordinates.
• Added a MinieAssets sub-project.
• Overrode the default toString() method for collision objects.
• Added methods to the PhysicsSoftBody class:
  • copyClusterMasses()
  • countNodesInCluster()
  • listNodesInCluster()
  • setWindVelocity()
  • windVelocity()
• Added Aero and ClothGrid classes.
• Updated the native libraries to version 1.0.70 of Libbulletjme.
• Based on version 2.28 of the jme3-utilities-heart library.

Minie 0.9.0

• Added a minimal implementation of soft-body physics, based on Dokthar's prior work, that included ConfigFlag, Icosphere, MeshEdge, NativeSoftBodyUtil, NetGrid, PhysicsBody, PhysicsSoftBody, PhysicsSoftSpace, RayTestFlag, Sbcp, SoftBodyWorldInfo, SoftPhysicsAppState, SoftDebugAppState, SoftBodyDebugControl, and TestSoftBody.
• Re-publicized the update() method and finalized the getSpaceId() method of PhysicsSpace.
• Moved the isInWorld() method from PhysicsRigidBody to PhysicsCollisionObject.
• Moved TubeTreeMesh class to the jme3utilities.minie.test.mesh package.
• Used BinaryExporter.saveAndLoad() to simplify load/save testing.
• Updated the native libraries to version 1.0.61 of Libbulletjme.
• Based on version 2.27 of the jme3-utilities-heart library.