mepizzasmangled has been playing around with the physics in the Unreal Development Kit and has recorded some pretty cool videos showing off fracture and water physics. Check them out below and check out his YouTube Page for more videos.
UDK physics: Keva Planks
UDK physics: Water
UDK physics: Fracture
Since PC GAMER Confirmed Improved PhysX in Batman Arkham City we have been looking forward to Batman Arkham City and its PhysX Features. Now PCGamesHardware.com has done a nice technical interview with Ben Wyatt, Technical Director at Rocksteady Studios and talks the PC advantages of Batman Arkham City such as DX11, GPU Powered PhysX and much more. Check it out here.
From the PCGamesHardware.com Batman Arkham City: Technical advantages of the PC version – DX11 tessellation and more:
PCGH: Will the PC version of Batman: Arkham City like Batman: Arkham Asylum utilize Nvidia’s PhysX API including support for Physics calculated on the GPU?
Ben Wyatt: Yes. Like Batman: Arkham Asylum, the PC version of Batman: Arkham City will feature realistic smoke, debris, leaves, and paper using GPU PhysX. There will also be features not seen in Batman: Arkham Asylum including clothing on characters.
PCGH: Which of the different APEX modules do you use (Apex Clothing/Particles (Destruction/Turbulence for fluids)? Can you give a short description where in the game APEX will be applied?
Ben Wyatt: APEX destructibles are used in the PC version for breakable elements in the game including breakable walls and objects that get thrown during fights. APEX clothing is used in the PC version for several of the characters you’ll encounter in the game and for simulating effects like paper and leaves. APEX clothing was also used for many of the cutscenes which can be seen on all platforms.
PCGH: What are the visual differences between physics calculated by CPU and GPU (via PhysX/APEX)?
Ben Wyatt: The extra PhysX effects in the PC version of the game add another dimension of realism to the game. When fighting as Batman or Catwoman, you will see walls break into splinters, paper and debris get kicked up, smoke respond realistically, and clothes on the thugs you fight.
PCGH: Are there any features that players without an Nvidia card will miss? What technical features cannot be realized with the CPU as “physics calculator”?
Ben Wyatt: All PhysX and APEX features can be run on the CPU or an NVIDIA GPU, but you can expect the game to run much slower without NVIDIA GPU acceleration when the additional PhysX effects are enabled. An NVIDIA GPU is recommended for all the additional PhysX features.
PCGH: Do you plan to use the latest PhysX SDK 3? Which advantages do you see compared to previous versions?
Ben Wyatt: Batman: Arkham City uses PhysX 2.8.4.
Just wanted to post about these cool videos I came across on YouTube that all use PhysX destruction, cloth and fluid simulation. Check them out.
UDK APEX Destructible asset test:
APEX Cloth Test:
QtFluid 1:
If you were a fan of Blast Corps back in the good old days of the Nintendo 64, you may want to check out Demolition Inc. a new game from Zeroscale games. In Demolition Inc. you take on the role of demolition worker Mike and start a devastating chain reaction on earth where you have to go city to city destroying buildings that are fully simulated with physics which uses the PhysX SDK. Check out the physics packed trailer below and the official website here. The game is available for only $8.99 on Steam.
From the Demolition Inc. official website:
The Game
DEMOLITION, INC. is a new action strategy game: Assume the role of the daring demolition worker Mike and start a devastating chain reaction on earth, use cool tools and weapons and expand your destructive powers!
You navigate Mike’s UFO over cities of earth and unfold complete chaos with your tools and weapons: Cars which drive into tower blocks and let them collapse, tower blocks which falls onto other tower blocks, exploding cows which let whole streets of houses come tumbling down!
Demolition Inc. is 100% physics technology: nothing is predetermined, and nothing is pre-animated. Only you make a determination what you do and what you see! Because of this, every time you play will be a unique experience and you won’t get enough from those explosive chain reactions you make by yourself.
Key features
Ground-breaking technologyCar and building physics are fully simulated. Everything is destructible and nothing is pre-animated. No game round is like the other.
Demolition Inc. Trailer:
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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