So I've just finished coding my 3d vector class. And now am trying to think of how I'm going to do this. I want to introduce gravity into the simulation, but this restricts the range of the turret, which is realistic, does make an infinite loop of checking for targets that are in range a strong probability. Also, I'm trying to think of how exactly to orientate and move the turret.
Heres some solutions I've come up with so far:
I could do all the calculations out like before, OR, since I made my previous 2D turret able to accept console output I could feed the coordinates into that, but that would only orientate the XY plane correctly, and even then, how would I grab the output from the execution? So, while it sparked my brain as a good idea at first, I think I'll ignore it a bit.
I think the hardest thing will be checking for gravity and other things of that nature. I know that in some science fictions, long range projectile weapons have to account for the curvature of the earth, but I don't think that will be my problem. So, to start off, I think the angle the turret's Z will be at is 45, aka the optimal distance angle, this could change a when aiming obviously. And now, before I was just using an arbituary 2 units / s for my projectile, but with the inclusion of gravity I think I've going to have to bump it up a bit to make the projectile move fast enough to stay airborne. I mean, let's face it, waiting 10 seconds for a projectile to hit a target is unrealistic. So I'll probably beef it up to say, 50 units / s or so and then just put the target out 150 or so units.
Since I've figured out the calculations to aim and lead in a 2d plane so I have reasonable confidence in extending it to the next plane up. It's just gravity and maximum distance I'm concerned about right now. Hmm.
I'll keep you updated
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