Sphere vs Mesh
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:29 pm
Hi there I'm new to collision detection and are unsure of the correct terms for what I'm trying to do. So I apologise for sounding like a child.
I'm making a game that requires collision detection between a Sphere and a set of Meshes. They will both be moving and I basically want to get the collision point and collision time based on the position and velocity of both the Meshes and the Sphere.
I can't just do a collision check on each frame as the objects are moving fast and could pass through an object between frames.
Looking at some of the examples it all seems very much impressive but very much overkill for what I'm trying to do.
Is this the library for me or not?
I don't need it to calculate the response to the collision just for it to give me the time and point and obviously build some kind of tree for the meshes for optimization.
Does anyone know the technical terms for what I'm after?
Can anyone give me a rough idea of what I need ot do to achive this?
Thanks in advance!
David
I'm making a game that requires collision detection between a Sphere and a set of Meshes. They will both be moving and I basically want to get the collision point and collision time based on the position and velocity of both the Meshes and the Sphere.
I can't just do a collision check on each frame as the objects are moving fast and could pass through an object between frames.
Looking at some of the examples it all seems very much impressive but very much overkill for what I'm trying to do.
Is this the library for me or not?
I don't need it to calculate the response to the collision just for it to give me the time and point and obviously build some kind of tree for the meshes for optimization.
Does anyone know the technical terms for what I'm after?
Can anyone give me a rough idea of what I need ot do to achive this?
Thanks in advance!
David