Question by hariprathaap · Dec 01, 2017 at 07:40 AM · velocity distance ball run field

how to intercept a rolling ball/object by a player?

I'm doing a cricket game where the ball has to be fielded. The fielder has to field the ball by intercepting. Lets assume the fielder is running at 3 m/s and the ball is rolling at 5 m/s. The player and the ball are like 20 m apart. How will he intercept the ball at the minimum possible distance?

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ashishcw · Dec 01, 2017 at 01:02 PM 0

I am unsure, if I understood the question correctly, but will still take a shot, although a picture or a small video of your problem will help alot to understand it correctly, anyways,

I assume both gameobjects may have a rigidbody and colliders on to it.

So how about using a Vector2.distance function?

So something like calling the below function in an update/Fixed Update/Late Update method

void Stopball() { if(Vector2.Distance(fielder.transform.position, ball.transform.position) < 2 ) {

          //set your ball speed (which I assume must be on a decremented basis) to 0
         // set its position to player's hand
      }
      else
      {             
      }

}

Again, what I have answered is very vague, but I just wanted to bring the point up as calculating the distance between the objects might help.