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Which engine docs claim, deny or condition deterministic simulation, and what do they say about fixed timesteps?

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Godot's docs (0914a4d4) state that physics in Godot, regardless of which physics engine Godot uses, is not deterministic.

Godot's docs (0914a4d4) state that physics in Godot, regardless of which physics engine Godot uses, is not deterministic. Curator qualifications: Correct the summary 'physics is not deterministic in any engine': the sentence is about Godot's physics (any of its engines), not all engines (curator finding). Unity Physics.Simulate/fixedDeltaTime statements, Godot RNG/Engine tick statements (F1-F3) and Unreal pages not reinspected here (Unity Physics overview covered in CA-B007). Limitations: Godot strand only. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/godotengine/godot-docs/blob/0914a4d43fdce90c21a57374322559baacddf80c/tutorials/physics/physics_introduction.rst",
      "note": "godot-docs physics_introduction.rst at 0914a4d4 lines 26-27"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/godotengine/godot-docs/blob/0914a4d43fdce90c21a57374322559baacddf80c/tutorials/math/random_number_generation.rst",
      "note": "godot-docs physics_introduction.rst at 0914a4d4 lines 26-27"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/godotengine/godot-docs/blob/0914a4d43fdce90c21a57374322559baacddf80c/classes/class_engine.rst",
      "note": "godot-docs physics_introduction.rst at 0914a4d4 lines 26-27"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.physics@1.3/manual/design.html",
      "note": "godot-docs physics_introduction.rst at 0914a4d4 lines 26-27"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Physics.Simulate.html",
      "note": "godot-docs physics_introduction.rst at 0914a4d4 lines 26-27"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Time-fixedDeltaTime.html",
      "note": "godot-docs physics_introduction.rst at 0914a4d4 lines 26-27"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Godot's docs (0914a4d4) state that physics in Godot, regardless of which physics engine Godot uses, is not deterministic. · locator: godot-docs physics_introduction.rst at 0914a4d4 lines 26-27 source

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documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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