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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Physics! Arggggh!

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Grook
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Posted: 6th Jul 2012 19:37
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Hi all,

Ok, maybe I'm dim (don't answer that) but I'm really struggling with the physics related commands with regard to the correct values to use for the various functions like SetPhysicsGravity, Set SpritePhysicsImpulse etc. etc. etc.

I just can't seem to get realistic movement, either my gravity is to high or low so things stick to the floor or float, or the impulse I have to give something has a lot of 0's in the number! I can't get my head round the basis that all these functions rely on. Are they affect by the world/screen size I'm working on?

A simple explanation would be wonderful for an old man like me or, better, some guide values I could use to setup a world...

Right, the nurse is calling me - must dash..

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baxslash
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Posted: 7th Jul 2012 09:12 Edited at: 7th Jul 2012 09:12
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Hi grook, a lancashire lad eh? I'm one too

I was born in Orrell and grew up in Ormskirk for my sins.

Take a look at the AppGameKit Bitesize tutorials linked in my signature, they give a few examples of using Physics in a few different ways. I'll be adding a few more soon too.

I hope they help!


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Grook
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Posted: 7th Jul 2012 11:25
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Aye Lancashire born and bred - though my birthplace is in Merseyside now! Ormskirk's a nice enough place - I spent my childhood years just up the road in Southport.

Thanks for the pointers, I'll take a look through them and see if everything finally clicks into place...

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Ancient Lady
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Posted: 7th Jul 2012 17:14
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Grook, a sample of the code you are trying might help.

I might guess that you are using the set impulse command every Sync cycle. If so, that doesn't work. It needs to be set sporadically (in response to something) and then allowed to do its thing for a bit.

Repeated calls to the command basically reset it, sort of.

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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 8th Jul 2012 11:29
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Quote: "Take a look at the AppGameKit Bitesize tutorials linked in my signature, they give a few examples of using Physics in a few different ways. I'll be adding a few more soon too."


I like your 3rd tutorial. Was trying to use force instead of velocity to control my character. 2 things I would like to see in the next tutorial are 2 "bug fixes":

1. Boxman can jump in mid air. I would like to see an example of how to detect if a character is standing on the ground or a platform.

2. If Boxman is forced against a wall or platform he won't fall down. How to fix that?

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Posted: 8th Jul 2012 11:56
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Both of those examples can be fixed using rycasting. Tutorial 5 or 6 is an intro to raycasting. I'll get it finished very soon.

Basically you send a ray out below and either side of the character and check for collisions.


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Posted: 8th Jul 2012 12:18 Edited at: 8th Jul 2012 12:26
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Thanks for the tip baxslash. Now that you say it, it makes perfect sense. But I only read up on physics, collisions and raycasting yesterday. Thanks to Hands on AppGameKit BASIC I got into it pretty fast. But it doesn't have a game example.


However, in your example with thin platforms. Sending out a ray to the side from Boxman is not very likely to hit a platform. Nor would standing on the edge of a platform register a hit. I would probably use dummy sprites instead of rays.

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