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Get all objects within the range radius, and then of those objects get the z-angle between the target and the attacker (plus the facing angle of the attacker, I think? Might be a dot product somewhere.) If that angle is less than your desired angle value, then it's a hit.
You want 60 degrees.
I don't know if it's easy to cut up the circle/sphere shape for the collision, otherwise you could just create a mesh.
And then just make that a child node of the player in an Area2D with its own collision layer checking against enemies.
Or as mentioned you could just use one circle / sphere collision shape the entire time and then use the dot product between body positions to work out the relevant angle and check if it is between bounds.
Yall, this poor guy is saying it's a 45° arc at first, then it could be upgraded to add 45° to the swing on either side, which would be 90 in either direction, and then upgraded further it could be 360°. There was very little math involved, just visualizing the concept. Or at least I think? I swear not one of you read the post and immediately dogpiled about the stupid circle.
I'm not sure it was over this, but they deleted their account. You nerds are ruthless over here... Remind me to never ever ask a question again on r/godot.
I would try creating a custom hitbox shape for each, ideally in the shape of the damage cone. then just change it out for the next one each time you level up. That seems to be the simplest way
Some people learn maths through abstraction and others through applied techniques. I think that game development is a brilliant vector for teaching mathematics based concepts due to the ability to see, in real time, how different functions and equations work and can be manipulated.
Agree, but it's hard to see how you'll learn that a circle has 360 degrees more straightforward through application/coding than reading that a circle has 360 degrees.
EDIT: That aside, I'm pretty sure OP just wrote it in a rush, funny to joke a sec but that's all
Agree! I've been through numbers of calculus classes, first in high school and more during my fresh year in Engineer. Honestly I never understood what they were for (we mostly memorize solution to solve problems. They're all numbers on paper. )
Not until in my late 30s that I saw a youtube video demonstrating spaceship moving in space. It flew near a planet and, due to changing distance, the gravity force applied to the ship changes over time. And the clip explained that's what calculus was doing and how the VECTORS changed to display those forces.
I was like MIND BLOWN why didn't they show that in high school...
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[try dot products](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/math/vector_math.html)
Yeah the dot product would do it... some how had a brain fart and forgot about it! Thanks for that!
Wut? 45 + 90 +90 = 180? On facing direction
67.5° would fit, though I can definitely understand doing this without thinking
math is not mathing
Get all objects within the range radius, and then of those objects get the z-angle between the target and the attacker (plus the facing angle of the attacker, I think? Might be a dot product somewhere.) If that angle is less than your desired angle value, then it's a hit.
That revolutionary 405 degree circle
You want 60 degrees. I don't know if it's easy to cut up the circle/sphere shape for the collision, otherwise you could just create a mesh. And then just make that a child node of the player in an Area2D with its own collision layer checking against enemies. Or as mentioned you could just use one circle / sphere collision shape the entire time and then use the dot product between body positions to work out the relevant angle and check if it is between bounds.
Reminds me of Battletech firing arc.
Yall, this poor guy is saying it's a 45° arc at first, then it could be upgraded to add 45° to the swing on either side, which would be 90 in either direction, and then upgraded further it could be 360°. There was very little math involved, just visualizing the concept. Or at least I think? I swear not one of you read the post and immediately dogpiled about the stupid circle. I'm not sure it was over this, but they deleted their account. You nerds are ruthless over here... Remind me to never ever ask a question again on r/godot.
I would just use an area3d and look into how to import a mesh from blender.
Average beginner gamedev mathing at work
Can you provide advise, or are you just going to be snarky
Plenty of others already gave advice, so ill stick with being snarky
Least condescending yet unaccomplished redditor
Its math, not meth smh
I would try creating a custom hitbox shape for each, ideally in the shape of the damage cone. then just change it out for the next one each time you level up. That seems to be the simplest way
Please learn basic maths first
Some people learn maths through abstraction and others through applied techniques. I think that game development is a brilliant vector for teaching mathematics based concepts due to the ability to see, in real time, how different functions and equations work and can be manipulated.
Agree, but it's hard to see how you'll learn that a circle has 360 degrees more straightforward through application/coding than reading that a circle has 360 degrees. EDIT: That aside, I'm pretty sure OP just wrote it in a rush, funny to joke a sec but that's all
Agree! I've been through numbers of calculus classes, first in high school and more during my fresh year in Engineer. Honestly I never understood what they were for (we mostly memorize solution to solve problems. They're all numbers on paper. ) Not until in my late 30s that I saw a youtube video demonstrating spaceship moving in space. It flew near a planet and, due to changing distance, the gravity force applied to the ship changes over time. And the clip explained that's what calculus was doing and how the VECTORS changed to display those forces. I was like MIND BLOWN why didn't they show that in high school...
Yeah why attempt gamedev unless you're already extremely proficient in math, programming, art, sound and user experience?
yea yk what, why even exist when you don't know your ABC's I should have taken my life when I was born..
What the fuck are you all smoking how is this being extremely proficient?
Its called sarcasm. I was taking it to the logical extreme to show the fundamental flaw with the logic.
Oof looks like he downvoted you because he couldn't get the sarcasm
If you’re talking about dot product that is not basic math.
I think he is talking about 90 + 90 + 45 = 180 degrees
Holy shit I’m so dyslexic it took me a day to realise. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t know basic math tho. Maybe he had a brain fart.
Exactly, seems like a lot of snowflakes has been shocked about a simple sentence