.NET Core compatibility

[DylanSullivan]

I've managed to get BulletSharp working for me, and it seems great, but I was wondering if it is possible to get it working with .NET Core?

I've been experimenting with .NET Core 2.1 console apps and was hoping to use the physics there, but I don't have the faintest clue how the code/DLL generation is happening.

Would be stellar if .NET Core was supported, or if I could be pointed to resources to help implement support myself if it's a matter of effort.

[AndresTraks]

I haven't looked into .NET core in C++/CLI, but I was able to compile and run the P/Invoke version (https://github.com/AndresTraks/BulletSharpPInvoke) with .NET Core.
There is no binary release yet, but you can compile BulletSharp.DotNetCore.sln and replace BulletSharp.dll.

[DylanSullivan]

Thanks for the quick reply!

I just tried replacing the DLL with the one built from the DotNetCore solution, but when I try to run a simple demo, it fails immediately when it touches the BulletSharp code with
System.DllNotFoundException: 'Unable to load DLL 'libbulletc' or one of its dependencies: The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)'

I ran CMAKE on the libbulletc afterwords, but I'm not sure if I need to do anything with it

[AndresTraks]

After building libbulletc, you should copy libbulletc.dll next to your application executable so that BulletSharp could find it. You should also ensure that if your application is 32-bit, then libbulletc.dll is compiled as 32-bit (by choosing the appropriate CMake generator). If your application is 64-bit or AnyCPU, then libbulletc should probably be 64-bit.

[DylanSullivan]

That appears to be working for me. I'll need to play around with it more, but it appears my .NET Core 2.1 app is running it properly.

Thank you for the help and the quick replies

[AndresTraks]

C++/CLI for .NET Core 3 has been announced.

For now, BulletSharpPInvoke will be the main focus though, since it supports operating systems other than Windows.

[zorkind]

Guys i have been able to consume the normal Framework dll in .NET Core 3, it works great.

I am just having a weird exception that i created a thread about, but other than that it runs great.

Also that error is super random, some times it never happen.