Would a 3D softbody asset interest you?

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Hey guys,

while there is interest in great looking softbody physics (as in BeamNG or Next Car Game), there seems to be no comprehensive asset for 3D softbody physics.

I just wanted to gauge if there is interest in a 3D softbody system, or other aspects of elasticity. What I have in mind is a system that would take any collider, subdivide it into little springs, and make it respond to forces and collisions like a soft (or hard, stiff) elastic material. In the image below, I show 2D examples like a cube hitting the ground, a rod buckling under its own weigth, and a rod buckling under compression between two walls.

Please let me know whether there is interest in such a system, or other aspects of elasticity, by filling in the poll and commenting.

Best,
Instability

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Yes it would and the words I would have used to describe my enthusiasm would not have been appropriate on these forums.

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Thank you Dabeh! What kind of application do you have in mind? Rods (i.e. long extended elastic things), thin sheets, balls/cylinders, more complicated geometry?

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The wings of a wing suit would be an application I’d have in mind, so I’d like to be able to set the outside points on it so they’d go between the arms & legs etc.

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There is jelly mesh by mistersquare in the store but i would also like to see more assets that support softbody physics.

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I think the best thing to do would be to add it to the asset store and promote it. Honestly, I have no immediate plans for something that would use this, but you never know what would be useful in the future.