Advanced mathematical functions

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#1

I want to learn advanced mathematical functions so I can create more epic small projects.

I am not sure if I should start learning them before even starting trigonometric functions in school.

Also, I wanted to ask what math. function I could use to rotate for example pet so they will look at the mouse. I know CFrame will be used there but- yeah.

I am so sorry if I should not ask this kind of question here.
Have a great day and stay safe!

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#2

you can search about them here

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#3

math.sinh , math.cosh , math.atan2 and so on.

#4

Mhm but my question is, if it is a good idea starting to use them in programming and learn them even if I did not start in school any advanced mathematical function.

#5

it depends on what you know right now

#6

I know math.sqrt , and a little bit math.sin/cos .

#7

do you know some advanced algebra

#8

Sadly, I do not. I know only something.

#9

it all depends if you want to learn it when i learned these advanced math functions i was pretty smol so you can learn them math functions if you WANT to learn it

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#10

then you have to learn them basics first

#11

Okay, do you have any tips on how could I learn them?

#12

first you gotta learn them basics if you want to learn this advanced stuff

#13

the hyperbolic functions of sine and cosine are kinda useless but the hyperbolic tangent is useful for mapping values to a range of 1 to -1 with a sigmoid curve. atan2 is basically the arc tangent but its for 2 vectors (usually used in 3d games)

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#14

As I’ve caught, algebra is basic, right? Anyways thank you, I appreciate it! Have a great day and stay safe! :slight_smile:

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#15

You should dabble your head into shaders, that will teach you lots about how computer graphics work, how rays work on a fundamental level and how to use matrix multiplication

Regarding your initial position you want to apply a lookat matrix to the mouses 3d position and the pets position. Now thats simple since boblox corp has it built-in, it’s just like

game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
  local mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetMouse()
  pet.CFrame = CFrame.new(pet.Position, mouse.Hit.Position)
end)
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#16

when remembering how I learned trig I realized you don’t have to be to advanced when it comes to algebra you just gotta know the basics

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#17

Thank you so much! Also, what is .Heartbeat for?

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#18

its basically the “proper” way to make an infinite loop. It basically makes it so our update is faster

To be more specific .Heartbeat is basically code that will run every single frame of the game after the physics is done calculating

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#19

its a event of run service that loops that acts like a while loop

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#20

Thank you so much, have a great day. <3

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