Top "Physics" questions

Refers to real-world physics.

What are some algorithms that will allow me to simulate planetary physics?

I'm interested in doing a "Solar System" simulator that will allow me to simulate the rotational and gravitational forces of …

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Wave Simulation with Python

I want to simulate a propagating wave with absorption and reflection on some bodies in three dimensional space. I want …

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How do I apply gravity to my bouncing ball application?

I've written a fairly simple java application that allows you to drag your mouse and based on the length of …

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Bullet physics engine, how to freeze an object?

Using Bullet 2.76 I'm trying to freeze an object (rigid body) so that it instantly stops moving, but still responds to …

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Open source physics engines

I have been using the Open Dynamics Engine (ODE) for the last few weeks with great success. It has a …

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iOS 7 Sprite Kit freeing up memory

I am building an iOS game aimed for the new iOS 7 and Sprite Kit, using emitter nodes and physics to …

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Resources for 2d game physics

I'm looking for some good references for learning how to model 2d physics in games. I am not looking for …

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Is there a way to visually see sprite kit's SKPhysicsbody borderline?

I am using bodyWithPolygonFromPath to define the volume of the physicsbody, and used http://dazchong.com/spritekit/ to get the …

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Verlet algorithm implementation in Python

I have problem with implementation of verlet algorithm in Python. I tried this code: x[0] = 1 v[0] = 0 t[0] = 0 a[0] = 1 for i …

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2d Platformer physics

It was a long holiday weekend, so I got the coding bug again and started playing around: Mario http://gfilter.…

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