{"id":3277,"date":"2021-02-21T22:28:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T05:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?p=3277"},"modified":"2021-02-24T10:20:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:20:47","slug":"palette-reference-06-thrower-part-2-propulsion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?p=3277","title":{"rendered":"Palette Reference \u2013 05 \u2013 Thrower – Part 2 – Propulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are 3 ways to propel<\/strong> a thrower-object.<\/p>\n

1) Impulse<\/span> <\/strong>– mass-influenced – untargeted
\n2) Velocity<\/span><\/strong> – non-mass-influenced – untargeted
\n3) Move-To-Target<\/span> <\/strong>– targeted<\/p>\n

We focus on Impulse<\/strong> <\/span>because it looks the best but is also the hardest to create. The 2nd most useful would be Move-To-Target<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mass<\/span> is influenced by: Gravity, Friction, Density, Bounciness<\/span><\/strong>
\nGravity and Density balance each other out meaning you only need to modify either one but never both when using Impulse<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note: The palette when thrown, turns PHYSICAL upon initial release of a throw.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I usually just change Gravity<\/span> <\/strong>up or down. Usually down<\/span><\/strong>, less than 1.0\u00a0 in order to make a loftier throw with more of an arc.<\/p>\n

A good starting point is an impulse vector of <0,2.0,2.66><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0 This will give you a near 45 degree arc<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 So this means setting the ApplyImpulse<\/span> <\/strong>entry on the *thrower nc to <0,2.0,2.66> <\/strong><\/span>and changing\u00a0 SetApplyImpulse,on<\/span> will create a nice basic throw when you issue a throw1 command.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ApplyImpulse<\/span> ,<0,2.0,2.66>
\nSetApplyImpulse,on<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Changing entries on the *thrower nc requires a reset of the Palette.<\/p>\n

There are Palette menu buttons for testing throw arcs by using the
\nImpulseOnOff<\/strong> <\/span>toggle and ApplyImpulse<\/span> <\/strong>buttons.\u00a0 They do the same thing as the 2 *thrower nc entries discussed above<\/p>\n

Experimentation<\/strong> <\/span>is the best way to achieve a desire arc and landing point. Your 1st time will be the hardest. Then it will get easier and easier.\u00a0 Getting the right impulse vector<\/span> <\/strong>is the\u00a0 hardest part of creating a thrower. Everything else is easier.<\/p>\n

Non-Essential Background Info follows:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

An impulse of <1.0,0,0 > gives your Palette an INSTANTANEOUS 1-second thrust (momentum against center-of-mass) in an x-y-z direction of magnitude(size)\u00a0 x-y-z.\u00a0 In this case, <1,0,0> direction is in the local x direction.\u00a0 For the Thrower, we currently only use local coordinates (local is object relative).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Would you rather be hit by a basketball going 20 miles an hour or a train going 20 miles an hour.\u00a0 If you answered basketball, then you understand magnitude.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are 3 ways to propel a thrower-object. 1) Impulse – mass-influenced – untargeted 2) Velocity – non-mass-influenced – untargeted 3) Move-To-Target – targeted We focus on Impulse because it looks the best but is also the hardest to create. The 2nd most useful would be Move-To-Target Mass is influenced by: Gravity, Friction, Density, Bounciness … Continue reading Palette Reference \u2013 05 \u2013 Thrower – Part 2 – Propulsion<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,4,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3277"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3311,"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3277\/revisions\/3311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}