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The DigitalRune Physics Bundle is now available for free for non-commercial use (Windows only): How to get a free license...

Hobbyists and independent developers can take advantage of a special offer: DigitalRune Physics Bundle for only 199 € (excl. VAT)
The indie version supports all platforms (Windows, Xbox 360, Windows Phone 7), no functional restrictions. Learn more about indie licensing...

The license agreement has been revised to include the new terms and conditions for non-commercial and indie licenses.

An update for the DigitalRune Physics Bundle has been released. The DigitalRune Physics Bundle offers mathematics, collision detection and game physics for 3D games and simulations using the Microsoft .NET Framework or Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0. The new version adds major performance and memory optimizations that did not make it into the initial release.

Performance
The internal code base has been heavily optimized without introducing breaking changes.
Check out the performance comparison on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6745Sr...

Multithreading Support
Multithreading support has been added to take full advantage of multi-core processors and the Xbox 360. The multithreading is fully configurable. By default, the collision detection and physics simulation distribute the workload evenly across all available CPU cores.

The included DigitalRune Helper Library now provides a lightweight, task-based multithreading library ready to be used in your XNA game. The threading library was heavily optimized for the .NET Compact Framework to gain the maximum performance on the Xbox 360 console.

Memory Optimizations
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DigitalRune Software has released the DigitalRune Physics Bundle. The bundle offers mathematics, collision detection and game physics for 3D games and simulations using the Microsoft .NET Framework or Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0. The product targets hobbyists as well as professional game studios who are using the latest .NET technologies to rapidly build 3D games on Windows, Windows Phone 7 or Xbox 360. The libraries provide a comprehensible API that is consistent across all supported platforms.

The bundle minimally requires the .NET Framework 3.5 and can be used with any graphics-API (such as OpenGL, DirectX, SlimDX, etc.). However, the bundle includes specific builds for the Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0 that provide additional functionality. Support for additional .NET-based platforms, such as Silverlight or Mono, is available on demand.

The DigitalRune Physics Bundle includes the latest versions of:

• DigitalRune Mathematics - A mathematics libary providing linear algebra, quaternions, paths, animation curves, numerical integration, and more.
• DigitalRune Geometry - A library for solving geometrical problems, especially 3D collision detection. The library offers a comprehensive list of collision shapes, different collision queries incl. continuous collision detection, computation of convex hulls, tight-fitting bounding shapes, convex decomposition, and more.
• DigitalRune Physics - A 3D game physics that supports rigid body dynamics, various constraints and joints, a character controller, water buoyancy, and more. 

Take a look at the preview video.

Version 1.1 is the first public release of DigitalRune Geometry. It is a fully managed .NET library for geometry and 3D collision detection. The library provides a variety of geometric primitives and complex shapes (spheres, boxes, convex hulls, triangle meshes, height fields, composite shapes, ...). The collision detection system supports closest-points queries, have-contact queries and intersection queries. Other features are convex hull creation, computation of tight-fitting bounding shapes and more.

The library includes support for the Microsoft XNA Framework. It has been designed and optimized for use in 3D applications and games.

DigitalRune Geometry is available for download now. The documentation can also be viewed online. Licensing and pricing details will be announced in the next weeks.

We have also released a minor update for DigitalRune Mathematics: version 1.1.1. The change history can be found in the included documentation.

Links:
DigitalRune Geometry - Product Page
Download Area
Online Documentation

Version 1.1 is the first public release of DigitalRune Mathematics. It is a fully managed .NET library providing: linear algebra (vectors and matrices), quaternions, interpolation (incl. spline curves and paths), numerical integration, root finding and more.
The library includes support for the Microsoft XNA Framework. It has been designed and optimized for use in 3D applications and games.
The library is available for download now. The documentation can also be viewed online. Licensing and pricing details will be announced in the next weeks.

Links:

DigitalRune Mathematics - Product Page
Download Area
Online Documentation