How would I simulate throwing a ball?

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#1

Hey developers, I recently ran into an issue that I couldn’t find an answer for on the internet(surprising ik).

Anyway, I was wondering how I might go about simulating a ball being thrown similar to real life, like affected by gravity and stuff. Any ideas on how I would do this? Any objects I should look into? Any threads that I may not have seen that would help me out?

(not asking for a script here, just want to be pointed in the right direction)

#2

You can use a Body Velocity to propel the ball forward. BodyVelocity | Roblox Creator Documentation

Basically you create a body velocity, make it in the direction of the player.

This tutorial is similar to what you want. FIREBALL MAGIC - Scripting Tutorial (Roblox) - YouTube

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#3

Thanks! I’ll check this out and see if it helps(it seems it most likely will)

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#4

If you want to “Simulate” Motion of an object, EgoMoose has a nice Article on it. Modeling a projectile's motion
It is a bit complex though.

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#5

He was asking for a way to make a ball launch like throwing it. I like your idea but I don’t think he wan’t to graph or model the motion.

#6

I thought they we’re asking for an accurate simulation due to them mentioning simulating a ball being affected by gravity and “stuff”.

#7

You will need to do more than just apply BodyVelocity to accurately simulate a ball being thrown because the fall path is a parabola.

#8

You can use a body velocity. Have it pointed towards the sky, put alot of velocity for a small amount of time and let roblox’s physics handle the rest

#9

Anything to do using bodymovers should have the part’s network owner as the player to prevent laggy movement.

#10

Roblox gravity will not simulate terminal velocity for falling objects I think. Since OP is asking for an accurate simulation it would be necessary.