5.0.1

• Bugfix: static rigid body misbehaves after being assigned a positive mass
• Bugfix: DynamicAnimComposer with SceneComposer exhibits glitches during blends to kinematic mode
• Bugfix: when rebuilding a rigid body, its ignore list is lost
• Based on v8.1.0 of the Heart library.

5.0.0

• Replaced the "+ano" build with a "+droid" build that includes Java classes.

• Changes to the library API:

  • Replaced the DebugMeshNormals enum with MeshNormals (from Heart).
  • Protected the no-arg constructors of the DacConfiguration and DacLinks classes.
  • Protected the public constructors of 3 classes:
    • AbstractPhysicsDebugControl
    • IKController
    • SoftPhysicsJoint
  • Qualified 17 utility classes as final.
  • Removed the static qualifier from the protected createWireMaterial() method of the BulletDebugAppState class.
  • Deleted the deprecated setContractCalcArea3Points() method of the PhysicsCollisionEvent class.

• Library bugfixes:

  • PhysicsCharacter.onGround() is unreliable (see issue stephengold/Libbuletjme#18)
  • TorsoLink continues writing the model transform after a blend to kinematic completes
  • DynamicAnimControl rebuilds the ragdoll for minute changes to bone scaling
  • TorsoLink plays some bone animations, even in dynamic mode
  • outdated constant values in ConfigFlag
  • DynamicAnimControl is still marked "ready" after removal from the PhysicsSpace
  • DebugMeshCallback.maxDistance() modifies the vertex list
  • ConfigFlag.describe() ignores 3 flags

• Other library improvements:

  • Warn if the native library version differs from the expected version.
  • Throw an exception in AbstractPhysicsControl.jmeClone() if the control is added to a PhysicsSpace.
  • Add capability to specify the main bone of a ragdoll, which needn't be a root bone.
  • Added accessors for global deactivation settings:
    • PhysicsBody.getDeactivationDeadline()
    • PhysicsBody.isDeactivationEnabled()
    • PhysicsBody.setDeactivationDeadline()
    • PhysicsBody.setDeactivationEnabled()
  • Added debug visualizations of rigid-body angular velocities and soft-body wind velocities.
  • Added a "relative tolerance" parameter to DynamicAnimControl.
  • Reimplemented BulletDebugAppState using BaseAppState.
  • Added the DeformableSpace class that supports both multibodies and soft bodies.
  • Added SDF_MDF and SDF_RDN bitmasks to ConfigFlag.

• Updated the project URL in the POM.

• Based on v8.0.0 of the Heart library.

• Updated the native libraries to v15.2.1 of Libbulletjme.

4.9.0

• Eliminated the last dependency on JCenter!
• Bugfix: IllegalArgumentException caused by slerps in TorsoLink
• Changed CollisionShapeFactory to skip meshes without triangles.
• Added the GearJoint class.
• Based on:
  • v3.5.2-stable of JMonkeyEngine,
  • v1.5.0 of the SimMath library,
  • v7.6.0 of the Heart library,
  • v0.9.15 of the Acorus library, and
  • v0.9.29 of the jme3-utilities-nifty library.
• Updated the native libraries to v14.3.0 of Libbulletjme.

4.8.1

Bugfix: issue #23 (access violations on 64-bit Windows)

4.8.0

• Added native libraries for the MacOSX_ARM64 platform, so that Minie applications can run on "Apple Silicon" Macs.
• Created the "+ano" (Android natives only) build, for use in Android signed bundles (for distribution via Google Store).
• Added the contactErp(), jointErp(), setContactErp(), and setJointErp() methods to the SolverInfo class, to give applications better control over joint elasticity.
• Based on v3.5.1-stable of JMonkeyEngine.
• Updated the native libraries to v14.1.0 of Libbulletjme.

4.7.1

• Bugfix: PhysicsCollisionEvent.getNormalWorldOnB() returns wrong value
• Bugfix: issue #20 (btAssert fails after HingeJoint.setAngularOnly(true))
• Added the needsCollision() method to the CollisionSpace class. This method can be overridden for dynamic collision filtering.
• Added the ContactListener interface for immediate handling of rigid-body contacts.
• Added the ManifoldPoints utility class to access the properties of a contact point without instantiating a PhysicsCollisionEvent.
• Added the PersistentManifolds utility class to access the properties of a contact manifold.
• Added 8 methods to the PhysicsSpace class:
  • addContactListener(ContactListener)
  • countManifolds()
  • listManifolds()
  • onContactEnded(PhysicsCollisionObject, PhysicsCollisionObject, long)
  • onContactProcessed(PhysicsCollisionObject, PhysicsCollisionObject, long)
  • onContactStarted(PhysicsCollisionObject, PhysicsCollisionObject, long)
  • removeContactListener(ContactListener)
  • update(float, int, boolean, boolean, boolean) to enable callbacks to specific ContactListener methods
• Deprecated the PhysicsCollisionEvent.setContactCalcArea3Points() method in favor of the corresponding ManifoldPoints method.
• Deleted placeholder files from class jars.
• Added the ConveyorDemo and JointElasticity apps to MinieExamples.
• Based on:
  • v7.4.1 of the Heart library,
  • v0.7.1 of the Wes library,
  • v0.9.10 of the Acorus library, and
  • v0.9.27 of the jme3-utilities-nifty library.
• Built using Gradle v7.4.1 .
• Updated the native libraries to v14.0.0 of Libbulletjme.

4.6.1

• Restored support for the MacOSX32 platform.
• Based on:
  • v3.5.0-stable of JMonkeyEngine,
  • v7.2.0 of the Heart library,
  • v0.6.8 of the Wes library,
  • v0.9.6 of the jme3-utilities-ui library, and
  • v0.9.24 of the jme3-utilities-nifty library.
• Updated the native libraries to v12.7.1 of Libbulletjme, which include the fix for bullet3 issue 4117.

4.6.0

• Bugfix: issue #19 (zero-thickness mesh shape crashes the JRE)
• Dropped support for the MacOSX32 platform.
• Based on v3.4.1-stable of JMonkeyEngine.
• Added the isInsideTriangle() method to the NativeLibrary class.
• Guarded some low-level logging code to improve efficiency.
• Updated the native libraries to v12.6.0 of Libbulletjme, which includes Bullet updates through 13 November 2021.

4.5.0

• Bugfix: invalid contact points for heightfield/mesh/Gimpact shapes (issue #18)
• Added a flag to disable contact filtering on a per-shape basis.
• Cached the methods that free native objects, to improve performance.
• Added a mesh customization API to the DebugShapeFactory class, to support (for example) debug materials that need barycentric coordinates.
• Publicized the worldMax() and worldMin() methods in the BulletAppState class.
• Added accessors to the CollisionSpace class for the collision dispatcher's "deterministic" option.
• Made all native physics objects Comparable (for use in collections).
• Added the setPivotInB() method to the Anchor class.
• Updated the native libraries to v12.5.0 of Libbulletjme.

4.5.0-test1

• Bugfix: invalid contact points for heightfield/mesh shapes (issue #18)
• Added a flag to disable contact filtering on a per-shape basis.
• Added accessors to the CollisionSpace class for the collision dispatcher's "deterministic" option.
• Made all native physics objects Comparable (for use in collections).
• Updated the native libraries to v12.4.1 of Libbulletjme.