Math problem

[overras]

Upps, Im not so good at math and ha...

Well, let's say I want to calculate the distance between 2 coordinates in seconds ?

2:3 to 4:3

Can somebody write me the math formula for this please ? Thank you guys

AND , let's don't make another topic, I want opinions,criticize and suggestions for this code: http://s14.postimage.org/eu9e5mntt/loopindex.jpg

I need spceial from you to criticize .

[Zykal]

Well assuming you don't move diagonally and 1 unit is 1 second

your example of 2:3 and 4:3 would be 2 seconds, If thats so

I would make variables for each part of the coord for both sets of coords

so

$X1, $Y1 and $X2, $Y2

then its just subtracting $x2 from $x1 in this case would be -2 then use ABS on it so it'll always be posative

then do the same for the Y1 and Y2 which in this case would be 0 then add them both together 2 = 0 = 2

[overras]

Thank you very much for your help but I use a different move system, moving in all directions with 1 click, example from 1:1 to 99:99 and I need the math formula for PHP.

[Ark]

Use the pythagorean formula then. Goes like this:

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$x1 = 1;
$y1 = 1;

$x2 = 99;
$y2 = 99;

$distance = sqrt ( pow ( $x2 - $x1, 2 ) + pow ( $y2 - $y1, 2 ) );
 

[overras]

Use the pythagorean formula then. Goes like this:

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$x1 = 1;
$y1 = 1;

$x2 = 99;
$y2 = 99;

$distance = sqrt ( pow ( $x2 - $x1, 2 ) + pow ( $y2 - $y1, 2 ) );
 

Damn, thanks!! :!:You must be a teacher or.. ? Thanks you man, thank you very much!

[vitinho444]

overras, i dont want to mean "u shouldn't come here" but if u google distance between 2 points in google, that equation comes right off
I used the same (googling it) for my 2d engine

[Jackolantern]

Another really, really important thing to know for 2D game development is basic trig. For example, to turn an object (maybe a gun, for example) in the direction your mouse is pointing, get the X and Y values of the mouse cursor, and then use this (language neutral pseudocode):

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var angle = Math.atan2(mouseY - this.positionY, mouseX - this.positionX);

Or the non-object oriented way (for example, turning a gun):

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var angle = Math.atan2(mouseY - gun.Y, mouseX - gun.X);

That returns the rotation in radians, which is what most programming languages use (not degrees). And if you do need to rotate an object and only have degrees, you can turn them to radians this way:

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var rads = degrees * (Math.PI / 180);

And to move something at an angle (say animating a bullet being fired from a gun in the first example), you need a bit of trig for that, too. First, you need the angle in radians (shown here as a variable called "rads") you want the object to move along as well as the desired velocity you want the object to move (basically how fast you want it to move; this typically requires testing to find the right velocity), and then you can get the amount to add to the X and Y values for your object like this:

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var moveX = Math.sin(rads) * velocityX;
var moveY = Math.cos(rads) * velocityY;

//now you would actually animate the object
bullet.X = bullet.X + moveX;
bullet.Y = bullet.Y + moveY;

These 4 little procedures (including the distance formula discussed above) here are among some of the most useful for a 2D game dev to know