What Can You Create with Phun's Awesome 2D Physics Tool?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the use of Phun's 2D physics tool, focusing on user experiences, performance issues, and initial projects created with the software. Participants share their thoughts on the tool's capabilities and performance on different hardware.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant mentions building a compound pendulum using the tool and expresses a need for a faster computer.
  • Another participant finds the demo on YouTube interesting but questions the hardware specifications used for the demo, noting their own laptop's performance at about 2fps.
  • A different participant reports a positive experience with the tool, stating it worked great for them and was enjoyable to use.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express varying experiences with the tool's performance, indicating that while some find it enjoyable and functional, others face significant performance issues. No consensus on the overall effectiveness of the tool is reached.

Contextual Notes

Performance experiences appear to depend on individual hardware specifications, which are not fully detailed in the discussion.

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Awesome 2D Physics tool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5g9VS0ENM"

I downloaded it: http://www.acc.umu.se/~emilk/"

Fiurst thing I built was a compound pendulum.

But man I need a faster 'puter.
 
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the demo on youtube is really interesting.
 
AFG34 said:
the demo on youtube is really interesting.

Yes. But I wonder what the heck they were running it on. On my 1.7GHz laptop it runs at about 2fps.
 
It worked great for me. It a lot of phun, indeed!
 

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