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I think most billard/snooker games have a lot of problems with their physic engines. They are far away from realistic and you can't really enjoy the game (especially when snooker is your hobby :) )

So I want to try to make an own physic engine (and own snooker game). I think the physic engine is the most important part of such a game. So my question is:

Do anybody know an open physic enginge I can start with? Is there any literature about such physic problems?

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There are several open source physics engines out there. Box2D is a really popular 2D physics-engine. Bullet is a popular 3D physics-engine.

I think these engines are pretty good. My guess is that the lack of realism is mostly due to a poor setup. If you plug in good values into these engines, you'll get a good simulation. Writing such an engine from scratch is going to be a huge task... but here's a question just about that. Maybe you should also consider extending an existing engine instead of writing a new one? That's the point of open source, isn't it?

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  • That's correct! I'll try to start with the Bullet engine. I hope that my experience help me to find the right setup :) – Marc Bury Feb 21 '11 at 15:25