Just a cuple of cool UDK physics(PhysX) videos that have been uploaded to youtube. TheHawksNest1990 has made a cool video showing off some basic physics with barrels while JarroRus is doing all kinds of crazy stuff with PhysX objects falling from the sky, check them out below.
UDK – Physics from TheHawksNest1990:
UDK Rain Of Physics Blocks from JarroRus:
We just posted about the UDK PhysX (apex destruction) Brick Map made with the Unreal Development Kit that Zombiethatatehimself put together. Now he has improved upon it with something I have not seen demonstrated before with these Apex PhysX demonstrations. He has added the take_Impact_Damage=True true setting to the objects being simulated so when they impact each other more damage is created from the impacts. Very cool stuff. Be sure to check out his YouTube page for more updates that we will hopefully see.
YouTube user ReapersTruth is working on a new FPS with RPG elements called Truth that will implemented PhysX and destructible buildings/objects like the pillars we see in the video. He has uploaded a pretty cool test video showing off a Apex PhysX test where pillars are fully destructible and fracture in many different ways depending how they are hit. This one really reminds me of the PhysX APEX Destruction Test Level that NVIDIA showed off back in 2009 that has similar destructible pillars. Pretty awesome to see developers working on stuff like this now.
PhysX APEX Destruction Test Level:
Now this is pretty cool. Zombiethatatehimself has made pretty cool test map with the Unreal Development Kit and Apex PhysX that is a huge wall made out of individual PhysX objects or bricks in this case. 3 different videos were made each with different damage map settings that provide for some pretty different and cool destruction and physics effects. Check it out below and keep checking his YouTube channel for more info.
March 18, 20128 Comments
I am pleased to announce that GamePhys will soon have a dedicated test and benchmarking system for the site. This was a project I have been meaning to do since I started the site back in 2009 but never got around to it. The first phase of this project really got started this past BlackRead More
March 11, 2012Leave a Comment
On Friday at GDC 2012, Aron Zoellner and Kevin Newkirk of NVIDIA presented a really nice hour long session titled Enhancing Games with APEX PhysX (Clothing, Destruction, Turbulence). In this presentation they went over the features of APEX PhysX Cloth, Destruction, and Turbulence which we have seen implemented in recent games like Mafia II andRead More
March 10, 2012Leave a Comment
We have been hearing rumors for the past year now that AMD GPU’s will be used in the next generation consoles however, aside from reports that the Xbox would use a Fusion variant of Bulldozer, we have not been hearing to much about the actual CPU that may be used. Now SemiAccurate claims that theRead More
March 10, 2012Leave a Comment
Zombiethatatehimself creator of the Awesome Apex PhysX Impact Damage Demonstration and Apex PhysX Impact Damage Demonstration With Stucco/plaster, and the Apex PhysX Voronoi Fracture and Destruction Demonstration has made another cool Apex PhysX demonstration with the Unreal Development Kit. This time a similar to the Voronoi Fracture and destruction demonstration but with some cool plasterRead More
March 9, 2012Leave a Comment
Some nice news from Havok as they have announced that they have entered into a “worldwide license agreement with Nintendo Co., Ltd., to make Havok Physics and Havok Animation available to studios around the world developing on Nintendo’s Wii U™ platform” Hopefully we will see some cool games implement Havok Physics and destruction. The WiiRead More
March 8, 2012Leave a Comment
F1nalspace has made a pretty cool PhysX SPH fluids sandbox you can download and play with showing off some awesome PhysX based SPH(smoothed particle hydrodynamics). Check it out below. I made a fluid simulation in C++ with several customizable scenarios using PhysX SDK 3.0.2 rendered with OpenGL. Fluid rendering is done using a technique calledRead More
March 8, 2012Leave a Comment
I just wanted to post these cool UDK PhysX videos I came across on YouTube. UDK wood fracture from 19minimin91 UDK/Apex Destructible Level Test from lankeytom UDK Physics Fun by GrinchPa
March 4, 2012Leave a Comment
Now this is exciting news, Epic Games has announced in their GDC 2012 press release that they will be showcasing Unreal Engine 4 behind closed doors at GDC 2012. Last year at GDC 2011 we saw the Samaritan demo which was jaw dropping graphics wise but did not showcase much physics, at least destruction wise.Read More
March 4, 2012Leave a Comment
NVIDIA has released new GeForce 295.73 WHQL Drivers which include PhysX 9.12.0209 System Software for improved compatibility and performance in Alice: Madness Returns and Batman: Arkham City. NVIDIA has posted an in-depth article about the improvements you can see in various games on the official Geforce website. There was also a PhysX System Software 9.12.0213Read More
February 16, 2012Leave a Comment
This is old now but I never got around to posting about it back during CES 2012. During the CES 2012 Intel press conference, they showed a lot of information about the upcoming Ivy Bridge Ultrabook processor including a DX11 graphics demo showing off different games that the DX11 capable Ivy Bridge processor will beRead More
February 16, 2012Leave a Comment
The NvidiaApexDeveloper YouTube page has uploaded a new video from the Art Gallery demo showing off some awesome Apex physics and destruction. Check it out below. For more footage of this demo in action check out the original Art Gallery Destruction Demo in UE3 using APEX Destruction with GRB’s video. Hopefully this demo becomes availableRead More
February 16, 20121 Comment
Charlie over at SemiAccurate has posted an interesting rumor that the upcoming NVIDIA Kepler, GK104 GPU will have optimizations for physics calculations in the form of dedicated PhysX hardware described as a “PhysX block.” It is unclear whether these optimizations will be actual dedicated PhysX hardware or just more shaders and other PhysX optimizations butRead More
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