Week 26: 16th March - 22nd March: Week in Review

So far, the program has the particle falling properly (i.e. gets faster as it falls, starts from rest etc.) At the moment, I am working on the collision detection and then the resulting motion following that collision.

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Below are reference links to some of the resources I have used recently:

• http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2904/advanced_character_physics.php?print=1 (19th March)
• http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo/elias/models/m_fall.htm (19th March)
• http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo/elias/models/m_bounce.htm (19th March)
• http://www.cppreference.com/wiki/c/other/srand (15th March)
• http://www.cprogramming.com/fod/srand.html (15th March)
• http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/rand.html (15th March)
• http://bishopw.loni.ucla.edu/air5/homogeneous.html (11th March)

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I forgot to add a post last Tuesday about my most recent progress meeting therefore I have attached it below

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Progress
not much done since the last time. Sorted the rotation, added matrix/vector class for all my calculations to come. Particle is falling under gravity, bouncing of the surface not correctly as of yet. Not done full testing as to why this is so.
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Next Step
Fix problems. Make the particle move correctly (like parabola). Got equations/theory from
meeting with Dr Lucas.
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Dissertation
This is still in the early stages as I am on the Literature Review.
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Problems
Rotation - matrix addition
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Changes
Talked to Dr Lucas who said that getting this stage done will have to be the focus now.
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While at the progress meeting, we were given the dates for some of the hand-ins, shown below:
Presentations - 5th/6th May - marked by Dr Ozveren and Dr Lucas
Dissertation - 20th May - Dr Lucas and Dr Paris
Showcase - 22nd May - not officially marked but could be used as decider
Execution of the project - Lucas and moderated by Ozveren