Hi, i wonder how to check and know the diretions (left,right,up and down) for an object in motion.
Here is the exemple from Daniel Shiffman:
Vehicle v;
boolean debug = true;
float d = 25;
void setup() {
size(640, 360);
v = new Vehicle(width/2, height/2);
}
void draw() {
background(255);
if (debug) {
stroke(175);
noFill();
rectMode(CENTER);
rect(width/2, height/2, width-d*2, height-d*2);
}
v.boundaries();
v.run();
}
void mousePressed() {
debug = !debug;
}
class Vehicle {
PVector position;
PVector velocity;
PVector acceleration;
float r;
float maxspeed;
float maxforce;
Vehicle(float x, float y) {
acceleration = new PVector(0, 0);
velocity = new PVector(3, -2);
velocity.mult(5);
position = new PVector(x, y);
r = 6;
maxspeed = 3;
maxforce = 0.15;
}
void run() {
update();
display();
}
// Method to update position
void update() {
// Update velocity
velocity.add(acceleration);
// Limit speed
velocity.limit(maxspeed);
position.add(velocity);
// Reset accelertion to 0 each cycle
acceleration.mult(0);
}
void boundaries() {
PVector desired = null;
if (position.x < d) {
desired = new PVector(maxspeed, velocity.y);
}
else if (position.x > width -d) {
desired = new PVector(-maxspeed, velocity.y);
}
if (position.y < d) {
desired = new PVector(velocity.x, maxspeed);
}
else if (position.y > height-d) {
desired = new PVector(velocity.x, -maxspeed);
}
if (desired != null) {
desired.normalize();
desired.mult(maxspeed);
PVector steer = PVector.sub(desired, velocity);
steer.limit(maxforce);
applyForce(steer);
}
}
void applyForce(PVector force) {
// We could add mass here if we want A = F / M
acceleration.add(force);
}
void display() {
// Draw a triangle rotated in the direction of velocity
float theta = velocity.heading2D() + radians(90);
fill(127);
stroke(0);
pushMatrix();
translate(position.x, position.y);
rotate(theta);
beginShape(TRIANGLES);
vertex(0, -r*2);
vertex(-r, r*2);
vertex(r, r*2);
endShape();
popMatrix();
}
}
so how do i check if the vehicle go to the left(or an other directions) and display it with a text ?
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kll
March 9, 2019, 10:11am
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you already have
float theta = velocity.heading2D() + radians(90);
which you can use and if you just want to know if it’s travelling NESW you can do
int dir = round(4 * (velocity.heading2D() + radians(90)) / TWO_PI + 4) % 4;
switch(dir) {
{
case 0:
//east
break;
case 1:
//south
break;
case 2:
//west
break;
case 3:
//north
break;
}
or something like that
edit: i didn’t test this so you might have to fiddle with the degree/radians to sort it out.
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thanks guys i gonna check
tanks a lot, here is the proper directions
int dir = round(4 * (velocity.heading2D() + radians(90)) / TWO_PI + 4) % 4;
switch(dir) {
case 0:
text("north",10,10);
break;
case 1:
text("east",10,10);
break;
case 2:
text("south",10,10);
break;
case 3:
text("west",10,10);
break;
}
and now if i want the 8 directions ? like north/east ect ?
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probs just change the 4s to 8s
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dha ! thanks a lot for yours times
A slightly performance boost version:
final int dir = round(8/TAU * (velocity.heading2D() + HALF_PI) + 8) % 8;
Also a slightly modified version w/ the + 8
outside the round() function:
final int dir = (round(8/TAU * (velocity.heading2D() + HALF_PI)) + 8) % 8;
Plus a Python Mode adapted version too. 'Cuz why not?!
dir = (this.round(8/TAU * (velocity.heading2D() + HALF_PI)) + 8) % 8
And of course, we can replace 8/TAU
w/ 4/PI
.
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If you want an arbitrary heading map – four directions, eight directions… six directions (hex map), three directions, etc. etc.
…then you can divide TWO_PI by the number of directions you want, then find the case.
int dirs = 4;
int dir = round(dirs/TAU * (velocity.heading2D() + HALF_PI) + dirs) % dirs;
switch(dir) {
Depending on space geometry and interface, if you wanted arcs of different lengths, it is easier to just make a degree map. Then to find your heading index, loop through the map until the entry is greater than your current heading angle.
int heading(float angle, float[] directions){
for (int i=0; i<directions.length; i++) {
if (directions[i] > angle) {
return i;
}
}
return -1;
}
Custom maps could be based on degrees or radians – the logic is the same, each arc (beginning from 0) corresponds to an index.
float[] directions = new float[]{45, 135, 180, 225, 315, 360};
float[] directions2 = new float[]{QUARTER_PI, HALF_PI, PI, TWO_PI};
void setup() {
frameRate(1);
}
void draw() {
int angle = (int)random(360);
println(angle, heading(angle%360, directions));
float angle2 = random(TWO_PI);
println(angle2, heading(angle2%TWO_PI, directions2));
println();
}
int heading(float angle, float[] directions){
for (int i=0; i<directions.length; i++) {
if (directions[i] > angle) {
return i;
}
}
return -1;
}
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