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Newcomers DBPro Corner / grenade formula

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Turoid
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Posted: 24th Aug 2004 18:40
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hi guys,

i'm making a game for the TGC compo and i have chosen to do sorched earth. I have the shooting and moving of the player and AI done, but i have no idea how to make that the enemy knows at what angle he must shoot. I have made a distance check, so it checks the distance between the player and the enemy. The thing i need is a formula that calculates what angle is needed by which distance to hit the player.

thanks in advance,

syntax error??? it isn't an error, it is a feature

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Posted: 24th Aug 2004 19:38
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try a binary search (thats any method that uses half the previous value to "home in" on it`s target), if the angle shoots past the player then subtract half of it, if its short then add half the angle, then if thats under then add half the angle, if its over then add half, repeat untill you hit the target, simple and effective, maybe too effective, you might like to muddle the issue by constantly varying the wind a bit or something.

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