applyImpulse works intermittantly

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odinsbane
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applyImpulse works intermittantly

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I have a class member

btRigidBody* carBody;

I created a rigid body they same way it is done in the HelloWorld demo, along with a btDiscreteDynamicsWorld* dynamicsWorld from the demo also.

Later I use carBody->applyImpulse(btVector3(0.f,0.5f, 0.f), btVector3(0.f, 0.f, 0.f)).

If I call applyImpulse early, then the impulse is applied and the block takes off. If I wait some time to use it, then nothing happens and the block stays stationary. I am more than willing to post code, or create a test case, but I have not done so yet, maybe there is something obvious I am missing.
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Re: applyImpulse works intermittantly

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applyImpulse (and applyForce) doesn't wake up the body once it is fallen asleep.

Call body->activate() first.
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Perfect, that is exactly what was happening. The object was going to sleep. If I applied the impulses early it would stay away. Thank you.
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Any reason why activate() isn't called by Bullet when applying forces/impulse?
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Re: applyImpulse works intermittantly

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We probably should add a 'wakeUp' argument. In many cases, it is better to let the bodies go asleep, once it reaches a stable state.

I'll re-think about it for the Bullet 3.x API.
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