Ball movement (physics) problem

[Dyler159 (Dev)]

So I’m making snooker game and I have problem with ball physics
I tried Velocity and Body velocity and it behaved weird
also idk if it’s better to make it with raycast instead of velocity

I want a better way to do it

here is what I end up with:

And here is the script:

local forcedir = (lv.Position - CueBall.Position).Unit
forcedir = Vector3.new(forcedir.X, 0, forcedir.Z)
local forceMag = p
CueBall.Velocity = forcedir * forceMag

Note: “lv” is the white part in the cue

[astraIboy (The Batman)]

So what exactly is the problem because it looks like it’s moving from the force being applied

[Dyler159 (Dev)]

I don’t want it to move randomly

[astraIboy (The Batman)]

It’s didnt move randomly though, it looks like its not even touching the sides, in the video the ball is reacting to the force off the first hit

Maye try using something like a VectorForce?

[darkvrn]

I found a post that may be helpful, its old but could work!

How to reflect rays on hit

Reflecting rays using raycasting Want bullets to ricochet? Lasers to bounce? Custom Pong game? Here’s a simple way to reflect a ray when it hits a surface using the surface normal returned by the Raycast method! Formula We will be working with this equation: r = d - 2(d ⋅ n)n Where r is the resultant reflection normal, d is the normal of our ray, and n is the surface normal that our ray hit (We will get n from the RaycastResult that the Raycast method returns). Because we are doing reflec…

If you go to the end of the topic you can find possibly more up to date verisions like this game
(copylock is off)

Laser Reflection