[gameprogrammer] Re: Bouncing Ball (Sleeping in math class)

On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 10:14, Scott Harper wrote:
> Okay, I realize I should have paid better attention (or taken better 
> notes) in College Algebra for this, but here's my issue.  I've got the 
> "bouncing ball"...  That's easy.  NOW, I want the ball to bounce 
> (accurately) off of some arbitrarily sized rectangle in the middle of 
> the window.


http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20020118/vandenhuevel_01.htm has code
for a sphere bouncing off another sphere. That's what you're going to ask next 
=)
(You might need to register, but it's free and worth it, they have lots of cool 
articles)

http://www.msc.uky.edu/carl/ma322/spr2001/html/reflections1.html has
info on reflection matrices, that should help you on the sphere-plane
collision.




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Petri Latvala




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