finding force to launch a ball to go thru a position[solved]

[sundar]

Hi,

I am new to bullet physics library. i am wondering is there any way to find the initial force to launch a rigidbody so that it passes thru a point.

Thanks for the help

[sundar]

Hi,

I am new to bullet physics library. i am wondering is there any way to find the initial force to launch a rigidbody so that it passes thru a point.

Thanks for the help

Actually never mind. i have figured this out.

basically the targetvector - initialvector gives the target direction. so once we get the target direction we need to normalise & multiply it with constant solved my problem.

here is my code (using irrlicht vectors)

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    irr::core::vector3df forwardDir(( targetPosition - initialPosition).normalize() * 400);
    body->setLinearVelocity(forwardDir);

Thanks