Re:Verlet Integration and Cloth Physics Simulation
by cyber_kinetist on Monday June 23, 2025 @08:06AM
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The most common integration method in physics engines for games is semi-implicit Euler, which the article is implying from the source code. I think you are confused with explicit (forward) Euler, which nobody really uses.
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Re:Verlet Integration and Cloth Physics Simulation
by Sharlin on Monday June 23, 2025 @12:19PM
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For those not in the know (I had to double-check myself), the difference between explicit and semi-implicit Euler is simply the order in which position and velocity are updated.
Explicit updates position with the old velocity:
particle.position += particle.velocity * dt;
particle.velocity += acceleration * dt;
particle.velocity += acceleration * dt;
particle.position += particle.velocity * dt;