Hi,

I want to create a projectile somewhere in the air and add a force to it in a
way that the projectile shoots away in a given direction.

What I did:
- define gravity (-385) for earth like gravity
- box physic for collision and rotating
and finally I played around with numbers

Code:

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 phent_addforcelocal( pThrow1, vector( 200,2000, 20000),pthrow1.x); 

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to make it fly.

But it allways falls down if it is above the ground.
The projectile is created in a passable object.
If I create two projectiles at the same position the explode away in two opposite directions (1 down 1 up), I really only need the up one.

Any ideas?

-- slacer

Hi,
I'm no expert when it comes to physics , but what about things like friction, mass, drag etc. ... did you set those up at all ?

Cheers,
Andreas

The effect of a force is dependent on the object's mass. Lightweight objects will be more susceptible to acceleration due to forces. Depending on your PC the force will only be applied for 1/70th of a second. Use a loop to keep applying the force over a period of time.

Quote:

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Depending on your PC the force will only be applied for 1/70th of a second

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This might be the problem because I called the function only once.

If the block collides with an animated entity it behaves as it should,
so damping, friction etc. is set to values which support the visual effect I
wanted to achieve.

[EDIT]
Yes, this was the problem - and the force was too small for the mass it should move.

Thank you
-- slacer