I am a newbie to anything physics-related and not particularly special at math so I just wanted to ask how I could create an actually good throwing effect from one position to another position?
(good is subjective but just assume I mean that it should be convincing of real physics)
It would be from one position vector/CFrame to another like shown below, think of it as a specific position vector in front of the hand to the center of the other’s torso.
I am not trying to rely too hard on Roblox physics as I want to adapt this for ranged weapons as well like a catapult or bow & arrow. I might consider BodyForces or anything like that however.
I would like to NOT rely on public modules even if FastCast helps me in this scenario. I wouldn’t know how to do anything like this otherwise if I had to rely on a module.
Well… I don’t actually understand what your question is. I think I do, but I want to make sure.
You are asking the devforum to provide you with a subjectively good method of throwing objects, that relies on non Robloxian, realistic physics, without making use of widely shared and recommended modules that already exist? You also want to do all this without an extensive knowledge of Physics, CFraming Maths etc??? It seems to me that you are asking for the goose that lays the golden egg. Unfortunately, realistic physics is difficult, because it emulates nature. And maths and nature are two things that are very very complicated when put together. BUT I am editing this answer to continue the thought and actually provide you with some good resources.
Here are the resources.
this next bit not so relevant, but still semi relevant PhysicalProperties
And, I know you don’t particularly want to go the route of FastCasting, but Raycasting is pretty useful for what you are doing.
and of course Collision Detection
These are just the basics, and things such as BodyThrusts and BodyMovers are also helpful in certain instances.
And overall, simply studying up on all that math you were talking about, will help you create a better physics simulation than anything Roblox currently has.
I probably expected too realistic but let’s just say, physics good enough to be in a game then. I wouldn’t say provide me with a subjectively good method, I want to think of it objectively and that it is standard to what I should do if I were to implement any ranged weapon or throwing system, I don’t mean a very specific way to do it but an explanation that helps me learn how it is done usually so I can make it myself.
The simplest method would just be to set the Velocity property on the part along the vector in the direction you want to throw. The object will naturally follow that trajectory. If it seems too fast, lower the gravity.
You can very easily experiment with this by simply spawning a part on the Baseplate, pressing Run, then set the part’s Velocity to something like (50, 50, 0) and see it fly!
If you want to make that just use a bullet drop equation and specfiy the graivty parameter as your wish, that would work just fine. The bullet drop equation I use seems to fit this trajectory.
Here would be an example of my bullets trajectory
Just uses a linear equation with a bullet drop equation added to it
Here’s some pseudo-code that I derived from a wikipedia article about Bezier Curves a few months ago.
function GetQuadPoints(p0,p1,p2,pts)
--[[
p0 = origin
p1 = destination
p2 = offset of the curve
pts = how many partitions of the curve (more points = more smooth, but higher computation time)
]]--
local points = {}
local disttable = {}
local dif;
for i=1,pts do
local a = i/pts
local pos = (1-a)^2 * p0 + 2 * (1-a) * a * p2 + a^2 * p1
points[i] = pos
if i == 1 then
dif = p0-points[i]
else
dif = points[i-1]-points[i]
end
local dist = math.abs(dif.x)+math.abs(dif.y)+math.abs(dif.z)
disttable[i] = dist
end
return points
end
I sort of want a fixed trajectory and I have issues with velocity sometimes which is why I don’t use it. For example, I used this particular code for example:
