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8/17/2009 1:34 PM

Several people have asked if the Physics Helper Library for Silverlight could also support WPF. While there are lots of similarities between Silverlight and WPF, there are also LOTS of differences, including the way VisualTreeHelper works - which is something the library uses for its boundary detection.

While I had it somewhere on my TO DO list to incorporate WPF support, it had always been on the backburner in favor of other tasks. But thanks to a new contributor to the code, Bill Seddon, I'm happy to say a new version of the Physics Helper Library is available with WPF support!

This library of Behaviors and Controls for Expression Blend makes it very quick to create physics games and simulations in Silverlight and WPF using the Farseer Physics Engine.

DOWNLOAD PHYSICS HELPER 3

VIEW THE DEMOS

Here are the highlights for this release:

Special thanks to contributions made by Bill Seddon!
- WPF Support has been added
- MagneticBehavior added, allowing two objects to attract
- Behaviors now Categorized in Blend Asset Folder
PhysicsSoundBehavior adds support for buffered sound
PhysicsJoint has Min and Max angle limits
Silverlight Pinball game sample added (video tutorial coming soon)

Demos using Behaviors

Falling Astronaut

Rag Doll

Truck w/Camera

Flying Astronaut

Pinball Game

Getting Started Videos

I have a couple of quick (10 min) screen casts which show how to use the new Physics Behaviors:

VIDEO ON "THE BASICS": VIEW | DOWNLOAD

VIDEO ON "JOINTS + PROGRAMMING": VIEW | DOWNLOAD

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Physics Helper 3: Now with WPF Support! - Andy Beaulieu	By TrackBack on 8/18/2009 1:09 PM
Thank you for submitting this cool story - Trackback from DotNetShoutout # DotNetShoutout

Re: Physics Helper 3: Now with WPF Support!	By Anonymous on 8/20/2009 10:45 AM
With the new magnetic behavior, does this mean we can create an object like a planet and a star and make the planet orbit the star?

Re: Physics Helper 3: Now with WPF Support!	By Anonymous on 8/20/2009 12:48 PM
I don't think the magnetic behavior would help you with that. You might be able to use a couple of Joints between the planet and the star - but even then that would only work from a "top down" view. -Andy

Re: Physics Helper 3: Now with WPF Support!	By Anonymous on 8/20/2009 6:55 PM
It would be nice if you could create an object and give it its own gravity, then have have other objects in the scene be attacted to it just like the ground, but from all directions. Then you could get the orbiting planet effect, I suppose.

Re: Physics Helper 3: Now with WPF Support!	By Anonymous on 8/21/2009 1:49 AM
hey, Andy.I want to know how can I attach these behaviors to objects in codes?

Re: Physics Helper 3: Now with WPF Support!	By admin on 8/23/2009 8:52 AM
Added a blog post on attaching behaviors at runtime http://www.andybeaulieu.com/Home/tabid/67/EntryID/168/Default.aspx

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