--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-cloth-physics type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-cloth-physics lang: en title: Cloth physics summary: Flexible material deforms in response to movement and external forces. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-cloth-physics/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-cloth-physics.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-cloth-physics.md aliases: [] tags: - Game design techniques - Physics sourceIds: - source-0a002a57a3bf1626 - source-93ac59da6e4cc943 - source-9daec1273773f604 - source-9827b4da115b7462 sources: - id: source-0a002a57a3bf1626 title: 'Game Mechanics: Cloth physics' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cloth-physics' verifiedAt: null - id: source-93ac59da6e4cc943 title: Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cloth-physics/game/return-to-castle-wolfenstein verifiedAt: null - id: source-9daec1273773f604 title: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cloth-physics/game/tom-clancys-splinter-cell verifiedAt: null - id: source-9827b4da115b7462 title: 'Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cloth-physics/game/hitman-2-silent-assassin verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-cloth-physics title: Game design techniques url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-cloth-physics' categoryIds: - gm-category-physics supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Cloth physics description: Flexible material deforms in response to movement and external forces. image: src: images/mechanics/world-cloth-physics.webp width: 698 height: 546 game: Return to Castle Wolfenstein sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cloth-physics' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/rtcw_curtains.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 1.13 credit: >- Gray Matter Interactive / id Software; frame from clip via GameMechanics.org rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: A curtain bends beside a window alt: 'Return to Castle Wolfenstein: A curtain bends beside a window.' markers: - x: 38 'y': 40 label: Flexible fabric beside the window frame tips: - >- Bound simulation complexity and check intersections with the environment. examples: - title: Return to Castle Wolfenstein url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cloth-physics' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Cloth physics id: game-mechanics--gm-cloth-physics type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-cloth-physics lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-cloth-physics/ Flexible material deforms in response to movement and external forces. ## At a glance ![Return to Castle Wolfenstein: A curtain bends beside a window.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/world-cloth-physics.webp) [Return to Castle Wolfenstein](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cloth-physics) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/rtcw_curtains.webm), 1.13 s 1. Flexible fabric beside the window frame - Bound simulation complexity and check intersections with the environment. - [Return to Castle Wolfenstein](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cloth-physics) ## How it works Flexible material deforms in response to movement and external forces. ## Variants ### How the technique works - Flexible material deforms in response to movement and external forces. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Cloth physics](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cloth-physics) (id: source-0a002a57a3bf1626) - [Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cloth-physics/game/return-to-castle-wolfenstein) (id: source-93ac59da6e4cc943) - [Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cloth-physics/game/tom-clancys-splinter-cell) (id: source-9daec1273773f604) - [Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cloth-physics/game/hitman-2-silent-assassin) (id: source-9827b4da115b7462) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors