Trying to get a ball rolling

[Joe4991]

Hi I'm new to livecode and I'm trying to create a simple physics mechanic that I wish to use in a game. All I'm try to achieve is to get a rock to fall, stop when detecting a floor and then roll down the floor if its sloped. I was hoping someone maybe able to help me with this. Thank you

[shaosean]

Personally I would recommend checking out animationEngine because he has done most of the work for you (movement, acceleration, collision detection, etc).. There is a little bit of work to using the API, but much less than writing it all by yourself.. Otherwise check out the move command and intersect function..

[Klaus]

Hi Joe,

1. welcome to the forum!
2. additionally to what Sean said, it may be a good idea to get the basics of Livecode first

Check these great stacks:
http://www.runrev.com/developers/lesson ... nferences/


Best

Klaus

[shaosean]

Listen to Klaus.. He is <3

[Klaus]

I'm smaller than 3? WTF?

[shaosean]

Something like that

[Klaus]

[sturgis]

Hey, you're guaranteed a gold or silver, nothing to complain about there.

[jacque]

There are also some nice physics examples in the User Examples stacks (click the icon in the toolbar.) Look for stuff by John Hurley. He wrote a pool game if I remember right, along with some others. Or search there for "physics".