Pixel Joint Forum: Swing that rope

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   Wazzup!

I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around the mechanic of swinging a rope... so some help/insight would be nice (that other criticism is welcome of course).

Merci! Thanks! 

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Zizka Commander Joined: 07 May 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 139	Topic: Swing that rope Posted: 08 January 2015 at 4:29pm
	Wazzup! I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around the mechanic of swinging a rope... so some help/insight would be nice (that other criticism is welcome of course). Merci! Thanks!
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DutifulFacade Midshipman Joined: 22 September 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 14 March 2015 at 9:11am
	The main part of the body could use more movement, so that it looks as though the arms aren't just flailing along as the toaster moves.
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Palocles Midshipman Joined: 02 December 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Posted: 15 March 2015 at 5:41pm
	Yeah, the body would have to start swaying before any horizontal movement was generated. Hanging straight down from a rope would take a lot of body movement or a fairly long time to generate motion. Really interested to see more though.
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Zizka Commander Joined: 07 May 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 139	Posted: 16 March 2015 at 6:48am
	For those who are wondering, this is how it looks like in-game:
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DutifulFacade Midshipman Joined: 22 September 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 22 March 2015 at 11:51am
	As a follow up, since the grapple is coming from one corner of the toaster, you'll probably want the little guy to lean to one side. Unless there is some gyroscopic mumbo jumbo going on, of course.
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Iscalio Commander Joined: 30 July 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 217	Posted: 22 March 2015 at 1:19pm
	It might help to think about a child's swing. To get it going someone swings their legs forward and pulls them back. The kid is acting like a moving weight that gets the swing going. The line remains pretty taut but there is a lot of motion and rotation in the weight attached to the line. If any slack was in the line the bend would probably be at the bottom instead of the top. If you go too high on a swing you kinda fall and jerk back into your downward swing (because the pull of gravity on the line is lessened when you are horizontal). Not sure if any of this is helpful but whatevs. Edited by Iscalio - 22 March 2015 at 1:20pm
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