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How make a laser path prediction line like a “slingshot cowboy” game?
How so I make a laser path prediction line like a “slingshot cowboy” game in cocos2d or box2d and select the target like "slingshot cowboy" game.
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Tracking Object Position - Firing on a Trajectory
How can I calculate the position of an object after "firing" it from a fixed point?
I am to create a small game - most likely with canvas (pure HTML, JS based) or Adobe Flash - in which the player ...
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Physic of an arrow in flight
What are the formulas which represent the horizontal and vertical displacement of an arrow in flight (as well as it angle)? I would like to make sure that I take into consideration the arrow's fluid ...
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Find meeting point of 2 objects in 2D, knowing (constant) speed and slope
I have a gun which fires a projectile that has to hit an enemy. The problem is that the gun has to be automatic, i.e. - choose the angle in which it has to shoot, so that the projectile hits the enemy ...
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Adding 'swerve' to a direction
I'm not much of a maths expert, so this is probably quite straight forward. I was playing a soccer flash game where you take free kicks. You provide Power, Swerve and Direction. I'm reading up on ...
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How do I change the speed of an object without changing path travelled?
I have a ball which is being thrown from one side of a 2D space to the other. The formula I am using for calculating the ball's position at any one point in time is:
x = x0 + vx0*t
y = y0 + vy0*t - ...
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Determing an object's position along a curve over time
I have some objects in my game which are "thrown". At the moment I am trying to implement this by having these objects follow a parabolic curve. I know the start point, the end point, the vertex and ...
