Unofficial developer physics demonstration

[spotter]

i'd like to see that in arma3, however, not cause it's great but rather cause it's much better than arma2. the comparison with other games is needless, that thing is far from ideal but even so it's far better than a2 and that's what matters the most.

although if bis guys really plan to implement something like that, it wouldn't hurt if they take it for serious and make it less "Hollywood look alike"...doors don't just fall off so easily, hub neither. vehicles don't perform that crazy Hollywood "reverse somersault/half-somersault" thing upon impact or crash. it's a factious nonsense, the vehicles don't go up into the air when they collide on a level surface.....not to mention a heavy military vehicle.

[NodUnit]

Speed and hills..otherwise no air time for them, agreed for sure..I just hope it was made more dramatic for the demonstration otherwise they won't feel very weighty at all

[Tonci87]

I wonder what will happen if you drive a bike in Arma3 and crash into a car...

[Cripsis]

Im a little disappointed that no civilians got ran over, I was hoping for some roadkill ragdoll action.

I agree it would be cool if human models turn ragdoll when collisions occur, it would make things look far more realistic. It's not vitally important but I think it would add a nice touch to the whole experience.

[Darkhorse 1-6]

@OverVoltage, the player did run over an AI car driver. Didn't you hear the scream?

[daikan]

I wonder how well (if at all) these nifty physx effects will translate into online multiplayer gaming...

after all it must be a rather daunting task to keep a coherent game state with every client potentially calculating it's own (accelerated) physics... can't wait for a dev blog on the subject

[Droikka]

I wonder how well (if at all) these nifty physx effects will translate into online multiplayer gaming...

after all it must be a rather daunting task to keep a coherent game state with every client potentially calculating it's own (accelerated) physics... can't wait for a dev blog on the subject

Every object is calculated anyway in ArmA 2. Also the ragdolls are easy to produce over network. ArmA 2 already calculates the body movement and sends it over internet to the server. Just add the moving limbs client calculated like every other game ever and you'll have ragdolls with no more network usage than without ragdolls.

[Cripsis]

This footage is new to me. The physX at 1:27 look sweet, really hope this makes it's way into ARMA3.

[maionaze]

It did. Check the E3 GameStar video of ArmA 3. You can find it in the confirmed features list.

[Pulverizer]

Finally they implement a proper physics engine, only to make 70 videos about indestructible crates. Pffffff...

On a related note, not anticipating a very high StC score for Arma3.