How to Install

Open Dynamics Engine (ODE) in English

1. Installing Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition †

Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition is a free C++ developement sofeware. You can download from <http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/>. You can choose Web install or Offline install.

2. Installing ODE Ver 0.10.1 (July 24, 2008) †

A. download "ode-0.10.0.zip" †

Go to <http://www.ode.org/download.html> and click "Binary releases for windows". Then, download "ode-0.10.1.zip" from Sourceforge.net. After you unzip the file, place the folder "ode-0.10.1" in the C drive (i.e., "c:\ode-0.10.1").

Contents in "ode-0.10.1.zip"

Copy contents in the zip file to "c:\ode-0.10.1"

B. make set-up files for VS2008 †

Start "Command Promt" (Start>All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt)".Then, start premake.exe in the "c:\ode-0.10.1\build\".

Starting Dos Prompt

Typing on the Dos Prompt window

C. Set up the development environment for ODE †

Go to the folder C:\ode-0.10.1\build\vs2005. The folder "vs2005" contains set-up files for Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition (VS2005) and those files are compatible for VS2008. Then, open (double-click) "ode.sln" in the folder. After the VS2008 window is opened, choose "build>build solutions" in the tool bar. If your set up is succeeded, you will see "========== Build: 31 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========" in the output on the bottom of the window.

D. Demonstration programs †

After you succeed the ODE setup, you can enjoy with the demonstration program. Go to "C:\ode-0.10.1\lib\DebugDoubleDLL" and you will see 29 demonstration programs. Especially, please try "demo_buggy.exe" because I will explain how to implementa ODE programs by using the "demo_buggy" program.

3. Implementing own ODE programs †

A. Making a new folder and copy necessary files †

For making your own project, (1)please make a folder (e.g., my_code) in "C:\ode-0.10.1\ode". Then, please copy the following 3 files to the folder.

The files that require for your own project:

Your own project folder:

Removing Files

Adding Files

B. Modifying the files for your own project †

Open "demo_buggy.cpp" in the folder "C:\ode-0.10.1\ode\my_code".

C. How to use other sample codes. †

Basically, you can use other sample codes by just replacing "demo_buggy.cpp" to a different code. The process is the same as the above (section B).