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How to make a fan like behavior

I am making a game in Unity. I have an object e.g. cube. I want to release air from it like fan so that when other cubes come closer, it throws them away. What velocity,force etc I will need to do ...
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Ignoring collisions without using physics layers

Trying to ignore collisions between certain prefabs, but in this case I don't want to use layers since these are specific object pairs that I want to not collide, and creating a layer for each prefab ...
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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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Gravity/collision problems: models jumping

I'm pretty new to Unity3D game engine and game development, so don't judge me strictly. I import a model of the rail track, add rigid body component (with mass 1 and use gravity flag) and box collider ...
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Typical Maximum steering angle of a real car

I'm building a car sim in Unity3D. I'm trying to set the properties of the car to be as realistic as possible. I can't seem to get a straight answer on Google so I thought of asking here. What is the ...
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Getting a 2D “pixel” cloud to follow a mouse

I'm working on a 2D game trying to get a "cloud" of a few hundred tiny cubes or discs to follow my mouse cursor without overlapping each other. However, using the physics engine introduces ...
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Unity3D: collider performances on mobile iOS devices

I'm experimenting with Unity3D and colliders. Unfortunately I still don't have Unity Pro version and I can't use the profiler. Consider the following situation: mobile devices (ios, iphone 3GS). an ...
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Unity3d Gravity script issues

I'm try this script out http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/Gravity and I'm having some issues with it (it seemed to work when I tried it with an old version of unity) the first issue is of ...
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Apply force to a specific point on a rigid body

In unity I have a rigid body object and would like to apply force to a specific point. For example say I had a cube, I want to hit just the top right corner so it spins as a result. One idea I had ...
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Strange behavior of RigidBody with gravity and impulse applied

I'm doing some experiments trying to figure out how physics works in Unity. I created a cube mesh with a BoxCollider and a RigidBody. The cuve is laying on a mesh plane with a BoxCollider. I'm ...
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Understanding Unity3d physics: where is the force applied?

I'm trying to understand which is the right way to apply forces to a RigidBody. I noticed that there are AddForce and AddRelativeForce methods, one applied in world space coordinate system meanwhile ...
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How to detect collision in Unity3D without rigid bodies?

The target platform of my game is mobile devices therefore I try to develop it performance oriented. It will be a strategy game so I don't really need physics in it, consequently I did not add ...
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How to simulate pressure with particles?

I'm trying to simulate pressure with a collection of spherical particles in a Unity game I'm building. A couple notes about the problem: The goal is to fill a constantly changing 2d space/void with ...
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How to make a ball fall faster on a ramp?

So, I'm making a ball game. Where you pick up the ball, drop it on a ramp, and it flies off in to blocks. The only problem right now is it falls at a normal speed, then lightly falls off, not nearly ...
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Getting a sphere to roll down a .FBX object Unity3D/C#

I'm working on a little ramp and ball game in Unity, I modeled the ramp outside Unity and exported it to a .FBX file, then I imported the ramp in to Unity. I set up the ball and ramp, both have ...
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How to control a spaceship near a planet in Unity3D?

Right now I have spaceship orbiting a small planet. I'm trying to make an effective control system for that spaceship, but it always end up spinning out of control. After spinning the ship to change ...
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2D character controller in unity (trying to get old-school platformers back)

This days I'm trying to create a 2D character controller with unity (using phisics). I'm fairly new to physic engines and it is really hard to get the control feel I'm looking for. I would be really ...
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Effects of collisons: broken glass, damaged cars, how are they created?

My question is related in particular to achieving the effects of collision in game engine, how is this done? I have searched a bit, read from the internet and went through a few tutorials, and saw ...
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2D physics performance on iPhone/Android using Unity 3D?

I've been looking into making 2D games with Unity. One thing which concerns me is the performance of the physics engine. Since Unity is a 3D game engine I'm going to have to assume it uses a 3D ...
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Should I use animated objects or use the physics engine on iOS scenes with lots of rigidbodies?

I have a scene with lots of houses and other objects. These objects will be bombarded from the sky. How to handle these kind of settings having in mind that you want the physics to be as realistic as ...
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What is your Unity 3D physics engine budget for iOS games?

I'm testing Unity for a game that I'm building, and I've touched its limit. My test scenario: a wanna-be house with 200 elements (cubes rescaled) no textures, box colliders and rigid bodies for each ...
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in Unity3d, how to automatically create fixed joints in a wall of cubes?

I want to create a wall: width 6 cubes height 7 cubes therefore I have 22 cubes on the margins and 20 cubes inside. For each of the margins cubes(except the corners) I have to set 3 fixed joints, ...