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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Best way to get a 3D Physics object's current falling speed?

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Jeku
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Posted: 1st Nov 2015 21:14
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Hi all,

If I make a block fall in my game, I want to know when it rests, after hitting other objects and such. Is there a good way for this, other than checking the current Y position against the previous? My best solution so far is checking to make sure the difference between the current Y value and the last frame's Y value is equal to 0.0.

It would be great if we had access to something like GetObjectSpeed(objId) or something similar.
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Posted: 1st Nov 2015 23:55
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You can query the object's current linear velocity using these commands.

https://www.appgamekit.com/documentation/Reference/3DPhysics/GetObject3DPhysicsLinearVelocityX.htm
https://www.appgamekit.com/documentation/Reference/3DPhysics/GetObject3DPhysicsLinearVelocityY.htm
https://www.appgamekit.com/documentation/Reference/3DPhysics/GetObject3DPhysicsLinearVelocityZ.htm

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Jeku
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Posted: 2nd Nov 2015 02:18
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@Stab in the Dark Software

Thanks for that! I even looked at that command a few weeks back and didn't make the mental connection I need. This should save me a lot of headache
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Posted: 2nd Nov 2015 05:00
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just cruise through all 3d commands... there aren't as many as needed but by reading you'll get what you can do with them I always open another window for google cause some words I don't know ...
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