How do I make an object move in a parabolic pathway

I have a cannon shooting but it goes straight heres my code rightnow
i made it when i press z it does this method:
sphere set opacity to 1
dotogether:
sphere move forward 150m
sphere set opacity to 0
do together off
sphere move backward 150m

[Matchewawa]

My way would simply be to make the cannon ball move up as it is moving forward, and then halfway through the shot, start moving back down. However, then it is shaped somewhat like an up side down V. I believe if a parabolic way is possible, it would have something to do with the sin or cos in the world functions, since when you graph sine's and cosine's, they do a sort of parabola.

[reuben2011]

Why do people keep thinking that the motion path of a object that is thrown up in the air resembles that of a sin/cos curve!? It is based on a parabolic curve! I'll try to find some physics formulas from my last years physics class and make a sample program.

[sfunk]

Originally Posted by reuben2011

Why do people keep thinking that the motion path of a object that is thrown up in the air resembles that of a sin/cos curve!? It is based on a parabolic curve! I'll try to find some physics formulas from my last years physics class and make a sample program.

the best formula to use would be f(x)=-16t^2 +s(t)+V(t)

atleast i think that is the formula to show the shape of of an object being thrown/shot. it has been awhile since i used it but you have the effect of gravity as long as you have your intial velocity and hieght you can plug it all in and get the shape you want.

EDIT: oh and if im wrong with that equation hopefully someone can correct it.

[debussybunny563]

Originally Posted by sfunk

the best formula to use would be f(x)=-16t^2 +s(t)+V(t)

atleast i think that is the formula to show the shape of of an object being thrown/shot. it has been awhile since i used it but you have the effect of gravity as long as you have your intial velocity and hieght you can plug it all in and get the shape you want.

EDIT: oh and if im wrong with that equation hopefully someone can correct it.

That equation is used to determine the height of an object after a certain amount of time, with gravity and the initial velocity taken into account.

Also, in regards to reuben's comment, sine and cosine are not parabolic. It is rather an equation of the form y = x ^ 2 (y equals x squared). As you can see in the equation at the top, it is f(x) = -16 * t squared (plus a bunch of other gobbly-gook), so the graph of this function would be a parabola.

With that stuff out of the way, the easiest way would be something like what's below. The world is attached as well. It's a simple example though. You'll have to modify it for the context within your world.

[sfunk]

well im glad someone was able to correct that, like i said, i wasn't sure if that was correct or not, it has been so long since i have worked with projectiles haha xD

[debussybunny563]

Taking Algebra II, and we did some stuff with parabolic functions and cubic functions and whatnot a while back. Projectiles and dropping stuff off of cliffs were the "real-world applications" for those parabolic functions.

Good stuff.

[sfunk]

Yeah, im taking calculus right now and working with parabolic functions to determine projectiles is something i did about two years ago, so my memory is a little fuzzy on it my brain is wrapped around limits and anti/derivatives right about now haha

[reuben2011]

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integral   [   d(cabin)        ]
           [  __________       ]   = natural log cabin ! XD
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[sfunk]

Originally Posted by reuben2011

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integral   [   d(cabin)        ]
           [  __________       ]   = natural log cabin ! XD
           [      cabin        ]

AHHH smart joke!! :O