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Missile Trajectory on a Sphere
We're working on a battleships/defcon style missile game. I've used parabola before to determine a missile trajectory, and I've used inverse kinematics to ensure the missile would follow the correct path. Both of these techniques I've used in a flat-earth type world, a world with a constant gravity.
I want to ensure that, given a spherical-earth, a missile will begin it's trajectory at a known vector on the surface of the sphere, and end it's trajectory at a known destination vector on the surface of the sphere.
I've thought about using a polar co-ordinate system, but I'm treading water at the moment.
Has anyone encountered a similar problem? Or can anyone point me in the right direction?
Answer by sandeepsmartest · Oct 11, 2012 at 06:15 AM
dats wonderful i too have the scenario..bt u r almost done with ma problem...could u help mw out with ma problem i.e.,i need project an object such that its movement must be in a parbolic path.am dealing with a weapon firing .such that the bullet from the weapon will follow a parabolic path(trajectory).i need to achieve that.plz help.i have target position and target angle.plz help me .thanx in advance
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