Questions tagged [simulations]
The imitation of a real-world process or system.
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Train simulator - approach to cars movement
I'm prototyping a train simulator and running into design issues with physics and train car movement. The scope is similar to games like Run8, SimRail, or Derail Valley.
Requirements:
Realistic train ...
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Tile map atmospherics
I am thinking about a game prototype and want to try to implement tile map atmospherics like SpaceStation13/14 does. I am pretty lost on how to implement this though. Can I use something like the ...
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Bullet Physics stopping model from going through static object
Bullet physics tunneling problem:
yellow box(dimensions: 2f, 2f, 2f) that falls under gravity. Its Bullet Physics are set as such:
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How do I code realistic rocket engine plumes in Unreal Engine 5.3.2
Right now, I am programming the engine plumes for a game called Spaceflight 3D, or basically a better version of KSP2 that my team of developers are working on. Mainly to be made for my company to ...
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How can I simulate locking or limited-slip differentials in Unity?
I have been developing a racing game in Unity for a few months and I can't find any information on how to simulate a car differential.
Right now I just split the torque generated by the engine 50-50 ...
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Bullet Physics Multi-threading Rigid Body transform jittering issues across threads
I've been working on a game using Bullet Physics for C++ as well as SDL for the windowing (with OpenGL)
I've recently threaded the game, so that a separate while loop runs the Physics Simulation, ...
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How is terrain collision handled
GJK can be used for all shapes but what if the points in a figure aren't indexed, then how can we get the Minkowski space by adding the correct pairs of points even though we don't know them, and also ...
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Implementing clutch kicking in a racing simulator
I'm currently in the process of programming a racing simulator. I currently have a full drivetrain set up that includes an Engine, Transmission, Transfer case, and differential.
The engine has two rpm ...
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Motion of a cube after it bounces off a floor
I am trying to simulate what happens when a cube hits the floor after free fall. I am considering a situation in which cube hits the floor with its edge. There is obviously reaction force from the ...
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Rotating a chain of linked rods without penetrating a surface
I'm developing a game where the game character is a catheter that is simulated as a linked rod (4 particles linked together) and it is in an environment with solid walls. The objective is to maneuver ...
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Best approach to model slipstream?
I am looking for a way to model slipstream effect in videogames.
The two use cases I want to look at are a simple racing game and the simulation of a peleton (a big group of road bike riders), both in ...
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How to simulate multiple sizes of clothing on a character?
I'm new to Unreal Engine. I've searched a lot about creating clothes for characters, but haven't succeeded in finding a working solution for this request.
I'm trying to create a virtual try-on ...
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Population growth equation
I'm at the very early stages of designing a game in which the population increases / decreases according to other factors (eg. crop yield / food scarcity, industrialization, global warming?, wars, ...
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How do you quantify a relation between 2 countries?
I am trying to create a computer game similar to that of Europa Universalis or Civilization. FYI, those are grand strategy games - you select a country and try to guide it through the years in order ...
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What's a good architecture for a simulation?
I have a concept that involves a world being simulated. Lots of entities and processes acting upon them, not to mention interactions, etc...
Every SimulationTick, ...
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How to add mouse aim to flight script
I am making a flight combat game and I want to add mouse aim to control to the flight script I am using. Is there any way I can add mouse aim to my script similar to Warthunder's mouse aim. Mainly ...
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How to best simulate the space in a boxing game to account for footwork and angles?
When trying to prototype a (top-down, so far) boxing simulation I've run into a huge roadblock with trying to set the space in which the boxers will fight, because it's important for the fighters' ...
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Generating Realistic Looking Wire in Unity
I'm designing a game that involves the simulation of a breadboard. I would like some advice on the best way to simulate jumper wires used to connect various places on the breadboard together. I have ...
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Is it possible to correctly catch up a particle system simulation based on long delta time between many frames?
I have a particle system with a physics simulation integrator based on delta time (elapsed time between frames) which is implemented on the GPU in a compute shader. I also have a frustum culling ...
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A ball hits the corner slightly, where will it deflect?
I am currently making an iOS Game but I have a small problem. The game is simply a ball which you can control to avoid obstacles and find the food. When the ball hits, e.g. the top or the bottom of an ...
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Simulating Gas Density and Pressure in a 2D World
I'm building a small spaceship simulation app that looks a lot like a game for an upcoming talk I'm giving where I use this sample app to teach the F# programming language.
This small app is ...
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How can I realistically simulate audio for multi-sensor processing?
I am performing audio simulations in Unreal Engine 4.
Ideally, I need realistic audio propagations. So microphones at multiple locations will experience propagation delays related to their distance ...
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Kinetic sand simulation
I want to simulate Kinetic sand's behavior in my game. I could implement operations such as slicing and cutting using simple mesh cutting algorithms but I want to implement complicated operations such ...
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Design pattern for AI cooperation
I'd like to implement an AI for my game, which has agents that should be able to take care of themselves.
The Sims use a system of smart objects that advertise their services, a design pattern that ...
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Is it possible to run simulation of two scenes simultaneously in Unity3D?
I have got 2 scenes in a unity project and want to play simulation of both the scenes in parallel. Has anyone tried this?
Thanks!
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