Rice-IIIP (1)

Spaceship orientation

two fields
self.angle - ship orientation (scalar/float)
self.angle_vel - ship’s angular velocity(scalar/float)

Update method
self.angle += self.angle_vel

Draw method
canvas.draw_image(self.image, …, …, …, …, self.angle)

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Relating position, velocity, and acceleration

Basic physics
position - point
velocity - vector
acceleration - vector
Postion update
position += velocity
Velocity update
velocity += acceleration

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Adding acceleration to the spaceship

Ship class - four fields
self.pos - ship’s position (vector/pair of floats)
self.vel - ship’s velocity(vector/pair of floats)
self.angle - ship’s orientation(scalar/float)
self.thrust - whether ship is accelerating in forward direction(Boolean)

Position update

self.pos[0] += self.vel[0]
self.pos[1] += self.vel[1]

Velocity update - acceleration in direction of forward vector

forward = [math.cos(self.angle), math.sin(self.angle)]

if sefl.thrust:
self.vel[0] += forward[0]
self.vel[1] += forward[1]

Adding friction to the spaceship

Friction - let c be a small constant
friction = (-c)* velocity

acceleration = thrust + fricton

velocity = (1-c)*velocity + thrust

Postion update
self.pos[0] += self.vel[0]
self.pos[1] += self.vel[1]

Friction update
self.vel[0] *= (1-c)
self.vel[1] *= (1-c)

Thrust update - acceleration in direction of forward vector
forward = [math.cos(self.angle), math.sin(self.angle)]
if self.thrust:
self.vel[0] += forward[0]
self.vel[1] += forward[1]

Week 7 quiz-a question 7

Consider a spaceship where the ship’s thrusters can accelerate the ship by 10 pixels per second for each second that the thrust key is held down. If the friction induces a deceleration that is 10% of the ship’s velocity per second, what is the maximal velocity of the ship?

i = 0 
velocity= 10
while i < 1000:
    velocity = (1-0.1)*velocity + 10
    i+=1
    print velocity

Answer: 100