Better Air friction Calculations

[Mystery]

To my knowledge Airfriction works on the basis of the angles of vertices compared to the angle of travel. So a shape with many internal components would be slowed down significantly more then a single polygon.


A much more realistic approach could be to calculate the external vertices and treat it as a single polygon.

To my knowledge fixating objects together made Algodoo treat it as a single object (More then less) my guess is this would only be an adding on to the current fixation codes.

[KarateBrot]

I also once posted a topic because of wrong air friction while working on an artillery. it doesn't deal with the shape itself but with the direction the object moves to.
http://www.algodoo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1083

It's very good that you mention it. Would be very cool to see those air friction "problems" to be fixed.

[JDKmedeng]

This is definitely a good idea. I support it 100%
But how would the program know which vertices are external?

[Paradigm 29]

I had to do a double take when I saw who posted this. It's a good suggestion.
Hooray for Mystery!

[JDKmedeng]

Mystery is indeed a mystery