Math in Alice

killercatfish · **Math in Alice -** 05-26-2009, 09:36 PM

What is the main usefulness of Math in Alice?

Is there any way to use it to help make object move and act in more life like manner?

Thanks,

Josh

lanceA · 05-26-2009, 10:03 PM

To answer your question: Math will not help a person to "...act in a more life like manner."

However, math will help you prevent the person from walking THROUGH walls. It will help the person know when his gun has no bullets or he has no lifes left.

It will help you determine when the ball is near a bumper in a pin-ball game.

But no, math will not make a penguin walk better.

Ayyamana · 01-07-2010, 09:32 PM

Not necessarily, I used a function to determine the speed a chicken should walk at for it to look natural.

x2495iiii · 01-07-2010, 10:01 PM

I was thinking about using math to calculate specific angles at which a person's body parts should turn to move realistically, as well as increments in which to move so that those movements could be put into a while loop and stopped on a dime by setting a value to false.

Ayyamana · 01-08-2010, 03:59 PM

How exactly would you use? What variables?

x2495iiii · 01-08-2010, 05:31 PM

I was planning on having a maximum and minimum value which represent the very edge of the motion. When one of those edges are reached, the body part would change direction and the count would be reversed towards the other extreme and keep moving based on the counter using the increments I mentioned (a division of the total angle the body part would have to turn).

By doing this, I could have the person stop walking immediately after he's knocked unconscious, instead of having to wait until the animation completes.

jediaction · 01-08-2010, 06:14 PM

Alice is not much of an Exactly Exact position program, its the basics

Ayyamana · 01-09-2010, 04:44 PM

Interesting... Shoulda thought of it myself...

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killercatfish Junior Member Status: Offline Posts: 5 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Denver	Math in Alice - 05-26-2009, 09:36 PM What is the main usefulness of Math in Alice? Is there any way to use it to help make object move and act in more life like manner? Thanks, Josh

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lanceA Banned Status: Offline Posts: 484 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD	05-26-2009, 10:03 PM To answer your question: Math will not help a person to "...act in a more life like manner." However, math will help you prevent the person from walking THROUGH walls. It will help the person know when his gun has no bullets or he has no lifes left. It will help you determine when the ball is near a bumper in a pin-ball game. But no, math will not make a penguin walk better.

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Ayyamana Junior Member Status: Offline Posts: 11 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In a dream world	01-07-2010, 09:32 PM Not necessarily, I used a function to determine the speed a chicken should walk at for it to look natural.

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x2495iiii Super Moderator Status: Offline Posts: 2,153 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Somewhere in the Continental U.S.	01-07-2010, 10:01 PM I was thinking about using math to calculate specific angles at which a person's body parts should turn to move realistically, as well as increments in which to move so that those movements could be put into a while loop and stopped on a dime by setting a value to false.

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Ayyamana Junior Member Status: Offline Posts: 11 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In a dream world	01-08-2010, 03:59 PM How exactly would you use? What variables?

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x2495iiii Super Moderator Status: Offline Posts: 2,153 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Somewhere in the Continental U.S.	01-08-2010, 05:31 PM I was planning on having a maximum and minimum value which represent the very edge of the motion. When one of those edges are reached, the body part would change direction and the count would be reversed towards the other extreme and keep moving based on the counter using the increments I mentioned (a division of the total angle the body part would have to turn). By doing this, I could have the person stop walking immediately after he's knocked unconscious, instead of having to wait until the animation completes.

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jediaction Senior Member Status: Offline Posts: 2,233 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: United States	01-08-2010, 06:14 PM Alice is not much of an Exactly Exact position program, its the basics _______________________________________ A-TOM STUDIOS - Update Full Release date - Unknown Are you interested in playing home made video games? Check out... http://sites.google.com/site/cavecravergame/home _________________________________________ If you need help... Ask me on my page, I will probably answer within a day!

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Ayyamana Junior Member Status: Offline Posts: 11 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In a dream world	01-09-2010, 04:44 PM Interesting... Shoulda thought of it myself...