The PhysX binary SDK is free for commercial and non-commercial use. Developers can license the source code and / or support packages.
PhysX in the near future will be accelerated via the CUDA interface on 8 series+ nVidia cards. Interesting none the less, I wonder which wins in terms of performance / features. Although this would be mostly subjective. Rodrigo 'r2d2rigo' Diaz wrote: > PhysX has always been free for non-commercial products, but I think they > changed the licensing sometime when the AGEIA cards went out. It was way too > easier to manage the API when it was called NovodeX and the minidriver > didn't exist, though :/ > > And I would recommend messing with simpler physic APIs, like Newton. Havok > and PhysX only come handy when you have access to the entire codebase. > > 2008/6/3 Garry Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Hasn't PhysX always been free? My only real turn off with PhysX is >> having to install drivers to use it. >> >> garry >> >> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Dominik Tugend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> http://tryhavok.intel.com/ >>> >>> Wonder if we'll see it in HL1 mods, heh. >>> >>> Don't know if NVIDIA's PhysX will do similar steps. >>> >>> >>> Source of information: >>> (German) >>> >>> >> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Havok-gibt-Physik-Engine-frei--/meldung/108828 >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> >> please visit: >> >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
