Bouncing ball

I was wondering if anyone knows of any generic scripts for doing bouncing actions using physics? If a moving ball hits an obstacle, how it bounces depends on its angle of impact, and I can't quite get my head round a moving ball can work that out. Any help would be appreciated.

Try this thread

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I think I saw that - but it deals with bouncing up and down. I'm interested in trying to get a ricochet effect, like a pool ball but in 3D.

I wouldn't know of any generic scripts, and I'm guessing that the physics engine isn't doing it for you...

you'd need to calculate your vector of momentum (easy), the surface angle of the object you hit & the angle you hit it at (not so easy), and the angle of reflection (easier than the previous step). that's not including calculations for rounded, or torured prims.

To elaborate, the physics in SL is about to change pretty dramatically (for the better). So whatever you try you need to do on the beta havok 4 grid, and then wait for it to make it to the main grid.

I suggest you start with something straightforward, like a bouncing beach ball, before you start getting fancy.

Things in SL don't bounce very much. Like the beach balls are all pretty flat. I experiemented with adding a boost on a collision. For that to work, you have to know the shape of the thing you are colliding with, though.

Check on you tube for the Hour Glass experiement to see what happens when you use plain, unadorned physics.

anyone remember hearing about Havok 2? 3? just saying....