bouncing ball

skinx · August 6, 2005, 6:55am

hi all, i would like to enquire and ask help from u guys out there… erm… how to create a bouncing ball using openGL with the acceleration decreases when the ball hit the ground?

M_dm_n · August 6, 2005, 7:01am

pure physics is in a no way advanced opengl

skinx · August 6, 2005, 7:13am

sorry… i’m new… but can u teach mi where to post this?

M_dm_n · August 6, 2005, 7:21am

There is a math board here or even better math and physics board at gamedev.net

SirKnight · August 6, 2005, 8:48am

The new DirectX SDK has a bouncing ball demo. I knnow this isn’t GL but the math of the ball physics is what you need anyway.

-SirKnight