Crash Test Dummies

[pineapplefrenzy]

Hey,

Didn't see a thread on this subject so I thought I post one. Sorry if it's already been covered.

Has there been any drive to implement crash test dummies in RoR using rag-doll physics?

Last night I was driving the Honda Accord into various objects and caught myself wondering: "man, these flex body physics are amazing! But how would a driver/passenger fare in these collisions?"

It would be neat to be able to put multiple dummies in a vehicle, with or without seat belts, and watch how they behave in a collision.

Even better would be to record and display data about the forces each part of the dummy experiences during a collision.

Is this feature beyond the scope of RoR?

Would love to see some discussion about this.

[Gouranga]

Beam engine principle makes this possible, but it would be quite complicated to pull off and I don't know of anyone to ever try it. The dummy would probably have to be part of the vehicle itself since it wouldn't be easy to make it sit in a car after being spawn as a load. That would make it hard to reuse. Moreover it would require many collision calculations to work well.

[0429matthew]

i think some modders have made a crash test dummy but i dont know if it was released

[Nadeox1]

Somebody made this few months ago.

[ShawnVallance]

Yeah, that was 09Challenger. he's gone now though.....