Godot Platformer - Throwing projectiles - How to make it land in a certain point

andla

Please I need your help to figure this out. I have this formula that I have been trying to apply to my project. I use the GoDot engine to create a 2D platformer game with projectiles.

static public Vector2 calculate_arc_velocity(Vector2 point_a, Vector2 point_b, float arc_height,float up_gravity=30, float? down_gravity=null)
{
    if(down_gravity==null)
        down_gravity=up_gravity;
    Vector2 velocity = new Vector2();
    Vector2 displacement = point_b-point_a;
    //GD.Print(displacement);
    if(displacement.y>arc_height)
    {
        var time_up = Mathf.Sqrt(-2F*(float)arc_height/(float)up_gravity);
        var time_down = Mathf.Sqrt(2F*((float)displacement.y-(float)arc_height)/(float)down_gravity);
        velocity.y = -Mathf.Sqrt(-2F*(float)up_gravity*(float)arc_height);
        velocity.x = (float)displacement.x/(float)time_up+(float)time_down;
    }
    return velocity;
}


 }

public void launch(Node2D start, Node2D target, float direction)
 {
     Vector2 startpos = start.GlobalPosition;
     targetpos = target.GlobalPosition;
     float up_gravity= (target.GlobalPosition.y-start.GlobalPosition.y)/2;
     float arc_heigh = (target.GlobalPosition.y-start.GlobalPosition.y)-50;
   
     //velocity = throw_velocity*new Vector2(direction,1);
     //Vector2 arc_height = target.GlobalPosition-start.GlobalPosition;
     velocity = PhysicsHelper.calculate_arc_velocity(startpos,targetpos,arc_heigh,-arc_heigh);
     //velocity =throw_velocity+velocity;
       GD.Print(arc_heigh);
        GD.Print(up_gravity);
     velocity/=2;
 }

The calculate_arc_velocity should do the job I think but the 'launch' method is just really messy. My up_gravity and arc_heigh is just a desperate attempt to make it work. I started to mess with that because I couldn't make it work when I started to move the mouse up. I greatly appreciate your help with this.

poopipe

Can you explain what you want to happen a bit?

you want to move the projectile from point a to point b 

Do  you need to calculate the velocity and arc that it follows or do you already have some of tha information? 

andla

I have a video that explains the whole problem but I'm not sure if I can post it here.

andla

However I figured things out but I can't understand why it works.

public void launch(Node2D start, Node2D target, float direction)
 {
     Vector2 startpos = start.GlobalPosition;
     targetpos = target.GlobalPosition;
     //float up_gravity= (target.GlobalPosition.y-start.GlobalPosition.y)/2;

    float arc_height = target.Position.y;

     float gravity = Globals.GRAVITY;
     if(arc_height>0)
     {
         gravity = Globals.GRAVITY/3;
         arc_height *=-1;
         
     }
     //GD.Print(arc_height);
      //GD.Print(target.Position.x);
     //float arc_height = 100;
   
     //velocity = throw_velocity*new Vector2(direction,1);
     //Vector2 arc_height = target.GlobalPosition-start.GlobalPosition;
     velocity = PhysicsHelper.calculate_arc_velocity(startpos,targetpos,arc_height,gravity);
     GD.Print(velocity);
     //velocity.x = 100;
     //velocity.y = -100;
    
     //velocity =throw_velocity+velocity;
     //  GD.Print(arc_height);
      //  GD.Print(up_gravity);
     //velocity/=2;

This works fine.

umutbalkan

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