Body connected to pivot joint not attenuating

[tocali]

Hi,

I have two bodies (one is static) which are connected with a pivot joint. I set a gravity. Very basic stuff.

The problem is that the "dangling" body never stops swinging completely.

Why is that?

Thanks
tocali

[slembcke]

Things slow down in the real world because of friction or drag and your system has none. If yo want to simulate the mechanical drag of the bearings of the pivot, that is pretty easy to do with a cpSimplMotor with a rate of 0 and a maxForce set to the desired amount of friction.

[tocali]

Thanks!

I have connected the two bodies with a cpSimpleMotor now (additionally to the cpPivotJoint), set the rate to 0 and maxForce properly. Then I add this constraint to the space. Everything seems to work correctly. Is that the right way to do it?

[slembcke]

Yep. That's it.