Alright, I don't have plans to describe my whole game here, but, I plan on having a bow in it, and when it shoots arrows, I need to make it arc down and eventually fall to the ground. Take note that this game is just in its beggining stages, so, my question was, should I use the Newton Games plugin for physix or should I just apply the gravity variable to it over time? I do plan to have a few other things like this, but is there some reason to not use Newton? I know it adds some scripting, is it worth it to learn and use it?

Cyrus

well, first of all, what version do you have. Because if you own commercial, you can only have 1 physics object active at a time, which means that arrow would be the only object in your level, at that time, that would employ physics. With Newton, you can have unlimited, as I understand it. Preformance wise, from what I have read, they are about the same. You could use the laws of projectile motion to write your own physics , but that may be a little more trouble than its worth. Anyways, thats about the extent of my knowledge on physics, good luck.

There was one of the AUM that you could shoot light balls that sort of arc. Try to dig for it.

I have 6.2 , my girlfriend got me pro edition

Cyrus

6.2 Pro? That's a rather old version. Download the free 6.31 update. You'll not only get more features and bug fixes, but more compatibility with plug-ins.

K, I dl-ed the update. Thanks for tellin me, didn't realize there was one!

Cyrus

As far as your arrow I would just apply gravity to it. The difference would not be that great to worry about a physics object. That is of course unless you are doing a full simulation of reality and not a game.