1. Re: Trig and the ...
- Posted by Pete Eberlein <xseal at HARBORSIDE.COM>
May 05, 1998
-
Last edited May 06, 1998
On Wed, 6 May 1998, BABOR, JIRI wrote:
> you can try
>
> vvmax = maxspeed * maxspeed -- known, can be pre-calculated
> vv = xv*xv + yv*yv -- speed squared
> f = (vvmax+vv) / (vv+vv)
>
> I shall not bore you with the mathematics of it - unless, of course,
> you insist. Jiri
>
This is pretty cool, and has an absolute error of 0 to -0.5, which I deem
acceptable for game arithmetic. Where did you learn that trick, Jiri?
Bore me, I insist :)
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