Fast boat help!
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ArtifexCrastinus
May 6, 2008, 8:50:45 PM5/6/08
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I'm the lazy, stressed leader of a group of 2 other high school
seniors (who are even lazier) and we have less than 7 schooldays to
complete and document a boat simulator done in flash. We're using a
top-down display and have various obstacles for the "sailor" to avoid.
A big problem we have is making the boat's movements look realistic.
I have two questions:
Would it be too late to consider using APE in our project?
If you think we could, how would we go about using it? I don't see any
evidence of fluid resistance or anything... Maybe such a resistance
could be replaced with an "air resistance" feature I don't know of...?
seniors (who are even lazier) and we have less than 7 schooldays to
complete and document a boat simulator done in flash. We're using a
top-down display and have various obstacles for the "sailor" to avoid.
A big problem we have is making the boat's movements look realistic.
I have two questions:
Would it be too late to consider using APE in our project?
If you think we could, how would we go about using it? I don't see any
evidence of fluid resistance or anything... Maybe such a resistance
could be replaced with an "air resistance" feature I don't know of...?
ArtifexCrastinus
May 6, 2008, 8:58:21 PM5/6/08
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Oh, and I might also mention that we only have Actionscript 2 at our
disposal, so APE's compatibility is definitely an issue.
disposal, so APE's compatibility is definitely an issue.
lin...@gmail.com
May 7, 2008, 3:37:29 PM5/7/08
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You could use dampening for air or water resistance.
it basically makes all the particle's movements more dampened?
it basically makes all the particle's movements more dampened?
ArtifexCrastinus
May 8, 2008, 12:23:22 AM5/8/08
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Maybe APE wouldn't be practical... We're talking about boats, not
exactly particles, I think. We could seriously use some non-newb help.
exactly particles, I think. We could seriously use some non-newb help.
travis somerville
May 13, 2008, 12:46:28 AM5/13/08
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You can add many simple things to get the type of movement you want.
For instance, in my tank demo, the tanks were flying around like
styrofoam cups - so I added checks to make sure their velocity never
goes beyond a certain limit - and also added code to give the feeling
of inertia.
Play it at http://fireleg.com/actionscript3/TankAPE1.1.swf or dig
around in the source code at fireleg.com
Hope this helps.
-Travis
For instance, in my tank demo, the tanks were flying around like
styrofoam cups - so I added checks to make sure their velocity never
goes beyond a certain limit - and also added code to give the feeling
of inertia.
Play it at http://fireleg.com/actionscript3/TankAPE1.1.swf or dig
around in the source code at fireleg.com
Hope this helps.
-Travis
ArtifexCrastinus
May 20, 2008, 12:31:04 PM5/20/08
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I've already gotten the grade for this project. I won't likely work on
it again for at least a month. Any further help would still be
appreciated.
On May 12, 11:46 pm, travis somerville <tra...@fireleg.com> wrote:
> You can add many simple things to get the type of movement you want.
> For instance, in my tank demo, the tanks were flying around like
> styrofoam cups - so I added checks to make sure their velocity never
> goes beyond a certain limit - and also added code to give the feeling
> of inertia.
>
> Play it athttp://fireleg.com/actionscript3/TankAPE1.1.swfor dig
it again for at least a month. Any further help would still be
appreciated.
On May 12, 11:46 pm, travis somerville <tra...@fireleg.com> wrote:
> You can add many simple things to get the type of movement you want.
> For instance, in my tank demo, the tanks were flying around like
> styrofoam cups - so I added checks to make sure their velocity never
> goes beyond a certain limit - and also added code to give the feeling
> of inertia.
>
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