Hi,
I’m trying to make my rigidbody float above the ground in a sinusoidal fashion. What’s important, is that I don’t want to move it directly via transform or velocity, but by applying a continuous, changing force.
Funny thing is - it actually works correctly in both of the aforementioned cases, but not in the desired one.
The results are not-that-bad - the movement is smooth and all, but - first of all - it’s way too subtle. Secondly, the preset amplitude and frequency seem not to affect it the way they should.
A word about implementation. I’ve followed the sine wave equation, starting at:
where
- A - amplitude
- f - frequency
- t - time; in code get’s replaced by Time.time
Now, since I want AddForce to do the dirty work, I need to find the acceleration formula. So, I’m finding the second derivative (with respect to t) of the first equation:
So it’s almost set.
However, I do realize that in Unity I cannot affect the acceleration (or force) by directly setting its level - all I can do is add some in a certain direction.
That’s exactly how I went about it:
var difference = newAccel - lastAccel;
rb.AddForce(difference, ForceMode.Acceleration);
Finally, here’s the complete code:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class Forcer : MonoBehaviour {
[SerializeField]
float _frequency;
float Frequency { get { return _frequency; } set { _frequency = value; } }
[SerializeField]
float _amplitude;
float Amplitude { get { return _amplitude; } set { _amplitude = value; } }
Rigidbody ThisBody { get; set; }
Vector3 LastSetAcceleration{ get; set; }
void Awake()
{
ThisBody = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
}
void Start()
{
LastSetAcceleration = Vector3.zero;
}
void OnEnable()
{
ThisBody.useGravity = false;
}
void OnDisable()
{
ThisBody.useGravity = true;
}
void FixedUpdate()
{
var desiredAccelerationValue = -4 * Amplitude * Mathf.Pow(Mathf.PI, 2) * Mathf.Pow(Frequency, 2) * Mathf.Sin(2 * Mathf.PI * Frequency * Time.fixedTime);
var desiredAcceleration = desiredAccelerationValue * Vector3.up;
var difference = desiredAcceleration - LastSetAcceleration;
ThisBody.AddForce(difference, ForceMode.Acceleration);
LastSetAcceleration = desiredAcceleration;
}
}
NOTE: UseGravity is disabled by default, the code implementation is redundant at the moment.
Summing up - my question is: why on earth do velocity and disposition equations work whereas adding acceleration results in some bizarre behaviour? Where do I make that crucial mistake?
All help’s appreciated! Thanks in advance 