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adapting a Unity gravitational script to allow moons
I'm using this script: http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/Simple_planetary_orbits
to get a solar system going in Unity, but it doesn't seem to support creating bodies that orbit other moving bodies ...
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How to predict encounters between a ship and a body's sphere of influence in 2D
Long time listener, first time caller. I'm making a little hobby game in XNA, its about transport ships in space, analogous to container ships at sea. There are to be AI ships and player controlled ...
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Computing orbit direction depending on angle of approach
I'm trying to develop a simple 2D space game with no friction using corona-sdk. In the game, I have several planets which all applies forces to the player according to Newton's law of universal ...
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Avoiding orbiting in pursuit steering behavior
I have a missile that does pursuit behavior to track (and try and impact) its (stationary) target.
It works fine as long as you are not strafing when you launch the missile. If you are strafing, the ...
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how to calculate intersection time and place of multiple moving arcs
I have rocks orbiting moons, moons orbiting planets, planets orbiting suns, and suns orbiting black holes, and the current system could have many many layers of orbitage.
the position of any object ...
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Elliptical orbit modeling
I'm playing with orbits in a simple 2-d game where a ship flies around in space and is attracted to massive things. The ship's velocity is stored in a vector and acceleration is applied to it every ...
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Orbiting a specific point - Orbiting Camera
How would I create a camera that with the mouse, it allows you to orbit around a specifc position, with the camera always facing that point? I would also like it to be able to always be at a constant ...
