Introduction

This is a list of the physics engines supported by PAL, and any additional notes or information about them.

AGEIA PhysX (formaly Novodex)

Website: AGEIA
A free commercial physics engine.

Box2D

Website: Box 2D
A free open source 2D physics engine. PAL currently provides only experimental support for this library.

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Bullet Physics Library

Website: Bullet Physics Library
A free open source physics engine.

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Dynamechs (Dynamics of Mechanisms) Physics Library

Website: Dynamechs (Dynamics of Mechanisms) Physics Library
An open source physics engine - robotics orientated. The current version of PAL no longer supports Dynamechs.

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Impulse-based dynamic simulation

Website: Impulse-based dynamic simulation
An open source physics engine. PAL currently provides only experimental support for this library.

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JigLib

Website: Jiggle Physics
An open source physics engine.

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Meqon - Game and Simulation Physics

Website: Meqon - Game and Simulation Physics
A commercial physics engine. PAL support for Meqon has been deprecated as Meqon was purchased by Novodex/AGEIA.

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Newton Physics Engine

Website: Newton Physics Engine
A free commercial physics engine.

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ODE

Website: ODE Open Dynamics Engine
An open source physics engine.

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OpenTissue

Website: OpenTissue
An open source physics library. PAL currently provides only experimental support for this library.

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Simple Physics Engine

Website: Simple Physics Engine
A free non-commercial liscence for win32. PAL currently provides only experimental support for this library.

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Tokamak

Website: Tokamak Physics Engine
An open source physics engine.

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True Axis

Website: True Axis Physics Engine
A free commercial physics engine.