Open Dynamics Engine

The Open Dynamics Engine (ODE) is a physics engine. Its two main components are a rigid body dynamics simulation engine and a collision detection engine. It is free software licensed both under the BSD license and the LGPL.

A simple vehicle driving over a ramp.

A collision with many objects.

ODE was started in 2001 and has already been used in many applications and games, such as BloodRayne 2, Call of Juarez, S.T.A.L.K.E.R, and X-Moto.

Purpose

The Open Dynamics Engine is used for simulating the dynamic interactions between bodies in space. It is not tied to any particular graphics package.

Supported Geometries

• Box
• Sphere
• Capsule (cylinder capped with hemispheres)
• Trimesh (dynamic trimesh and trimesh-trimesh collisions are still incomplete)
• Cylinder (currently in the unstable release)
• Heightmap

Games

Games using ODE to simulate physics:

• World of Goo
• BloodRayne 2
• Call of Juarez
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R
• Mario Strikers Charged
• Elebits

See also

• List of physics-based computer and video games
• OPAL - the Open Physics Abstraction Layer, originally built on top of ODE
• Physics Abstraction Layer - The original Physics Abstraction Layer

External links

• Official ODE Homepage
• ODE SourceForce project page
• A wiki on ODE