Lever Physics
SAMman
Member Posts: 228
Hi all,
I am new to gamesalad and decided to make a game, go figure. Anyway, I am having trouble getting my physics right. I want to drop a ball on a lever and send another ball flying. Ball A is dropped and Ball B is already sitting on the lever on the side opposite to the ball A is dropped. I want to use acceleration of ball A falling plus the distance from the center of the lever that it is dropped to calculate power. That is problem 1. Problem 2 is starting out ball B on the lever and having it stay on the lever until the lever hits a certain angle, 30 degrees for example, and then Ball B launches with power based on the height of Ball A and it's distance from the center of the lever.
So far I have gotten the power based on the acceleration to work using a timer. And I spawn an actor when the lever hits 30 degrees. But it's certainly not looking good. Anyway, any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks everyone!
I am new to gamesalad and decided to make a game, go figure. Anyway, I am having trouble getting my physics right. I want to drop a ball on a lever and send another ball flying. Ball A is dropped and Ball B is already sitting on the lever on the side opposite to the ball A is dropped. I want to use acceleration of ball A falling plus the distance from the center of the lever that it is dropped to calculate power. That is problem 1. Problem 2 is starting out ball B on the lever and having it stay on the lever until the lever hits a certain angle, 30 degrees for example, and then Ball B launches with power based on the height of Ball A and it's distance from the center of the lever.
So far I have gotten the power based on the acceleration to work using a timer. And I spawn an actor when the lever hits 30 degrees. But it's certainly not looking good. Anyway, any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks everyone!