Collisions between circles, velocity, mass questions --Answered my own question
Richard Gaskin
ambassador at fourthworld.com
Tue Nov 16 05:49:21 EST 2004
David Janik-Jones wrote:
> I've actually given up on Revolution for this task as I was able to
> recreate the whole thing I'd done, add in a 3D component, and get all of
> the velocity/mass/collision stuff done in less than two hours using
> Blender.
Of course. Blender is a good 3D tool, so if you need a 3D tool it's a
far better bet than a more general GUI app toolkit like Rev, which does
not claim to be a 3D tool.
Right tool for the right job. You can do vector graphics in Photoshop
and raster graphics in Illustrator, but there's a reason there are
different tools for each. ;)
Glad you've found a good tool for that specific task.
Given what you describe as Blendeer's "odd interface", I wonder if there
could be a way to make the Blender engine accessible within Rev....
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
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> While it's not yet perfect, and will most likely take another
> several hours to complete, it's a darn good start all things considered.
>
> Odd interface, but alot of power under the hood.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David JJ
>
> in my humble opinion | forums at artspin.com
>
> On Nov 15, 2004, at 12:00 PM, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com
> wrote:
>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 7
>>
>> I'm looking to finish a small game my son suggested but I'm stumped on
>> code that will produce the effects I need. The two player game
>> basically involves trying to knock the opponents "marble" out of the
>> (square) playing area. This means I need to script each marble (WASD or
>> arrow keys) to have a radius, mass and velocity. The collisions between
>> marbles must be like billiard balls on a nearly frictionless surface.
>> Mass means that the marbles can transfer energy and increase/decrease
>> speed not only with a direction key held down, but also through the
>> collisions.
>>
>> Has anyone written any scripts like this?
>>
>> I can code this in Basic as follows, but need to know the best way to
>> do it in Revolution Dreamcard.
>>
>> Here's how it might look in Basic (but with only one ball the player
>> can control) ...
>>
>> int numOfBalls=2 // Change to add marbles. Just be sure to specify
>> the starting position, mass, and radius for each marble.
>> int elasticity=0.5 // Elasticity is a value from 0 to 1: 0 will result
>> in perfectly INELASTIC collisions (masses stick together), and a value
>> of 1 will result in perfectly ELASTIC collisions
>>
>> float X[numOfBalls],Y[numOfBalls]
>> float Vx[numOfBalls],Vy[numOfBalls]
>> float M[numOfBalls]
>> float radius[numOfBalls]
>>
>> // INITIAL VALUES SECTION -- Make sure to add more for each ball you add
>>
>> radius[0]=28 // Marble size
>> M[0]=25 // Marble mass
>> X[0]=100 // X coordinate
>> Y[0]=370 // Y coordinate
>>
>> radius[1]=28
>> M[1]=25
>> X[1]=660
>> Y[1]=370
>>
>> // GAME LOOP SECTION
>>
>> int control
>> repeat
>> int key=raw key scancode(keyboard raw key)
>>
>> // Controls
>> if up then Vy[control]=Vy[control]-0.5 'all values started at 0.5
>> if down then Vy[control]=Vy[control]+0.5
>> if left then Vx[control]=Vx[control]-0.5
>> if right then Vx[control]=Vx[control]+0.5
>>
>> if pressed(6) // z key slows down the velocities each frame
>> int stopCount
>> for stopCount=0 to numOfBalls-1
>> Vx[stopCount]=Vx[stopCount]/1.1
>> Vy[stopCount]=Vy[stopCount]/1.1
>> next stopCount
>> end if
>>
>> int a,b
>> for a=0 to numOfBalls-1
>> for b=0 to numOfBalls-1
>> if b>a // only check combinations that haven't been
>> checked yet;
>> for example, there's no need to check (0,1) and then (1,0).
>> float xDiff=X[b]-X[a]
>> float yDiff=-(Y[b]-Y[a])
>> float distance=sqrt(xDiff^2+yDiff^2)
>>
>> if distance<radius[a]+radius[b] 'if marbles a and b
>> are touching
>>
>> // find angle between marbles
>> if xdiff>=0 then float diffdir= invtan(ydiff/xdiff)
>> if xdiff<0 then float diffdir=
>> invtan(ydiff/xdiff)+180
>>
>> float dVx=Vx[a]-Vx[b]
>> float dVy=-(Vy[a]-Vy[b])
>>
>> float totVel=sqrt(dVx^2+dVy^2)
>>
>> if totVel>0
>> if dVx>=0 then float veldir =invtan(dVy/dVx)
>> if dVx<0 then float veldir = invtan(dVy/dVx)+180
>>
>> // the impulse is the amount of transferred
>> momentum. The impulse
>> can only be transferred along the point of contact.
>> float
>> impulse=(1+elasticity)*(M[a]*M[b])/(M[a]+M[b])*totVel*cos(veldir-
>> diffdir)
>>
>> float VxfA=-impulse*cos(diffdir)/M[a]+Vx[a]
>> float VyfA=impulse*sin(diffdir)/M[a]+Vy[a]
>> float VxfB=impulse*cos(diffdir)/M[b]+Vx[b]
>> float VyfB=-impulse*sin(diffdir)/M[b]+Vy[b]
>>
>> Vx[a]=VxfA
>> Vy[a]=VyfA
>> Vx[b]=VxfB
>> Vy[b]=VyfB
>> end if
>>
>> float
>> dX=(radius[a]+radius[b]-distance)/2*cos(diffdir)
>> float
>> dY=-((radius[a]+radius[b]-distance)/2*sin(diffdir))
>>
>> X[a]=X[a]-dX
>> Y[a]=Y[a]-dY
>> X[b]=X[b]+dX
>> Y[b]=Y[b]+dY
>> end if
>> end if
>> next b
>> next a
>>
>> float totalEnergy=0,totalMomentumX=0,totalMomentumY=0
>> for a=0 to numOfBalls-1
>> totalEnergy=totalEnergy+M[a]*(Vx[a]^2+Vy[a]^2)/2 //calculate the
>> kinetic energy per ball, (1/2)*mass*velocity
>> totalMomentumX=totalMomentumX+M[a]*Vx[a] //momentum is
>> mass*velocity
>> totalMomentumY=totalMomentumY+M[a]*Vy[a] //x momentum and y
>> momentum can be calculated separately
>>
>> X[a]=X[a]+Vx[a]
>> Y[a]=Y[a]+Vy[a]
>> if X[a]>740 //768 field width - ball width
>> X[a]=740
>> Vx[a]=-abs(Vx[a])
>> else if X[a]<28
>> X[a]=28
>> Vx[a]=abs(Vx[a])
>> end if
>>
>> if Y[a]>740 //768 field width - ball width
>> Y[a]=740
>> Vy[a]=-abs(Vy[a])
>> else if Y[a]<28
>> Y[a]=28
>> Vy[a]=abs(Vy[a])
>> end if
>>
>> if a=control
>> set pen color blue //player controlled ball blue
>> else
>> set pen color yellow //other balls yellow
>> end if
>> fill oval X[a]-radius[a],Y[a]-radius[a] to
>> X[a]+radius[a],Y[a]+radius[a]
>> next a
>>
>> draw frame
>>
>> // Clear the screen for the next frame
>> int erase
>> for erase=0 to numOfBalls-1
>> set pen color white
>> fill oval X[erase]-radius[erase],Y[erase]-radius[erase] to
>> X[erase]+radius[erase],Y[erase]+radius[erase]
>> next erase
>> until pressed(12)
>>
>> All help appreciated,
>>
>> David JJ
>
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