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CUBE Registered 04/12/2004 Points 283	3rd February, 2006 at 07:28:21 - What would the best way to apply gravity to a grenade that can be fired in 360 directions? And it's side view as well, if you need to know... n/a
Radix hot for teacher Registered 01/10/2003 Points 3139	3rd February, 2006 at 07:40:19 - Define 'best.' Do you mean most realistic, or best tradeoff between looking fairly real and not being arsed to code it properly? n/a
CUBE Registered 04/12/2004 Points 283	3rd February, 2006 at 07:42:45 - I need the most realistic way n/a
Teapot Does he even go here Registered 02/10/2003 Points 2631	3rd February, 2006 at 22:11:10 - Give it an Alterable avlue for it's Z position. Then treat the gravity like you would a platform game. Of course that's only a basic explanation. n/a
CUBE Registered 04/12/2004 Points 283	3rd February, 2006 at 23:53:19 - That kinda worked, but it didn't seem to like decimals... Can alterable values hold decimals? n/a
Radix hot for teacher Registered 01/10/2003 Points 3139	4th February, 2006 at 01:07:35 - Yeah, use alterable values for any movement that's going to need decimals, always. You need to convince MMF into storing them by including a decimal in the calculation; ie. 1 + 2.0 instead of 1 + 2. n/a
CUBE Registered 04/12/2004 Points 283	4th February, 2006 at 07:54:15 - Ok, it works fine now, thanks for the help n/a
ben mercer Possibly Insane Registered 11/07/2004 Points 2538	4th February, 2006 at 12:00:50 - The game is side view you say? You need to assign x and y velocities and positional values to your grenade. Basically, you do this. When your grenade is fired- set xvel to cos(angle) * power of throw set yvel to sin(angle) * power of throw And then your gravity is simply- always set yvel to yvel + gravity (as a float value such as 2.0) You also need to alter your positions accordingly always set xpos to xpos + xvel always set ypos to ypos + yvel If you find that your grenade can pass through thin walls, you need to use a loop like this. always start move loop 20 times on move loop- set xpos to xpos + xvel/20.0 set ypos to ypos + yvel/20.0 If it's a side view game, i think you needn't bother with a z position. If you just use a y position and not a velocity, it is not realistic. Also i thought i'd add that to give the grenade a terminal velocity (i.e it doesnt just keep accelerating) you add a simple air resistance solution: always set xvel to xvel / 1.05 always set yvel to yvel / 1.05 Edited by the Author. Stuckboy JC Denton: "I know your UNATCO killphrase: Laputan Machine." Gunther Hermann: "I - am - not - a - machi --" JC Denton: "Sticks and stones..."
Teapot Does he even go here Registered 02/10/2003 Points 2631	5th February, 2006 at 05:08:13 - Woah it's side view? I thought it was top view. So my Z thing was overly-complicated. n/a
CUBE Registered 04/12/2004 Points 283	5th February, 2006 at 08:08:54 - Yeah, but I did it the way you said, Teapot.. But I was wondering why you said to have a Z value... n/a

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