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How to implement deceleration and stopping over a certain distance [duplicate]

So I have a a character, say a spaceship. It needs to move distance R, and in direction T (Theta). So say if The object is at (0,0), and it needs to get to (4,3), it has R = 5 and T = about 36 ...
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Pathfinding on a uneven planetary surface

My question is what would be the best approach to pathfinding on an uneven planetary surface? Background Information I have created a planet from displacement mapping 6 sphere projected planes. ...
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Character Movement in 3D games

I'm either not searching correctly or there is really not a lot of material on Character Movement in 3D games. I'm mostly interested in how people usually implement character movement in games like ...
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C++ Using clock() with IsKeyDown

I am trying to replicate the game Asteroids as a class project. I am having trouble measuring the time elapsed while the "W" key is pressed. This code is supposed to increase the force applied to the ...
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How to make a smooth movement in XNA?

I'm trying to make a nice controls for my game, but I can't achieve enough SMOOTHNESS. if (kbState.GetPressedKeys().Length != 0 && _direction != Vector2.Zero) { ...
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Basic plane kinematics

I never did physics in my life and this is really hard for me. I am currently trying to implement movement in the X and Y axis of a plane, in a video game I am making. What I want to do is, given a ...
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How to move a sprite automatically using a physicsHandler in Andengine?

I use a DigitalOnScreenControl (knob with a four-directional arrow control) to move the entity and the entity which is bound to a physicsHandler. physicsHandler.setEntity(sprite); ...
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How do I implement deceleration for the player character?

Using delta time with addition and subtraction is easy. player.speed += 100 * dt However, multiplication and division complicate things a bit. For example, let's say I want the player to double his ...
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Acceleration Based Player Movement

Ok, so I am making a first person shooter game and I am currently working on movement that looks and feels good. I want to incorporate acceleration based movement for the player so that he has to ...
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android basic Movement for array-objects

I was adviced to start a seperate question for this so here I go. Been stuck so long with this do if you can help, please do. Lets get to it! Im trying to set the speed for my bullets, but since Im ...
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what is the name of the group of properties: position, velocity, acceleration, rotation

They say naming things is one of the hardest problems in computer programming, they were right. Given the pseudocode below, what is a more appropriate name for this collection of properties? Course, ...
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I am looking to make a spaceship tilt as it corners but I cant get it to return

I am using the TL game engine I am not allowed to use a physics engine but I need to make the spaceship lean as it corners, I can make it lean but cannot make it return to its starting position. I ...
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box2d and constant movement

i'm developing a game with a top down view, the players body is a circle. To move the character you need to tap on the screen and it moves to the spot. To achieve this i'm saving the coordinate of ...
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Tried and true basic movement physics (jumping, not walking through stuff)?

If I sat down long enough, I'm sure I could make this happen, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel if I don't have to, especially if XNA has patterns in place for doing this. For now, I'm working ...
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How can I make bodies that do not stick to the wall in Bullet Physics? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Physics engine recommendation which can simulate pool game correctly? I made a Billiards scene with Bullet Physics, but I've got a problem. When the ball is slowing down ...
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AI control for a ship with physics model

I am looking for ideas how to implement following in 2D space. Unfortunately I don't know much about AI/path finding/autonomous control yet. Let's say this ship can move freely but it has mass and ...