Loss of velocity after collision

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1

Hi all,

I’ve got a physics node that is essentially acting as a bullet, and I would like it to collide with objects and ricochet around the room. The problem I’m having is that it loses a great deal of its velocity after a collision. Is there any way to modify the physics logic so that it doesn’t lose any of its velocity? Any help is appreciated.



Thanks

2

Register as a collision listener, check the collision normal and the bullet direction and then apply a force in the reflection direction to the bullet.

3

Thanks, normen. Can you give me a hint on how to check the collision normal? Here’s what I have so far.



@Override

public void collision(PhysicsCollisionEvent event)

{

if(event.getNodeA().getName().equals(“bullet”))

{



}

else if(event.getNodeB().getName().equals(“bullet”))

{



}



}

4

Also there are some paramters that might help, bouncyness or something similar, restituion and friction.

5

The normal should be in the collision event. Make sure your read and copy it in the collision method.

6

Thanks for all the help. What I ended up doing was to reset the linearvelocity after each collision in its new direction. This is basically what normen suggested, but I did it in a different way without the collision normal.