trig functions?

[ZeroPaladn]

I'm still trying to learn how to use the trig functions in turing. I know how to use basic trig in math, such as SOH CAH TOA, and the cosine and sine laws. I also took grade 12 physics breifly, but i didnt do too well, nor do i remember much of it.

Enough of my ranting, our teacher wants us to choose a topic on advanced programming and implement it in the language of our choice (no way in hell im using java) so i decided to do Physics and Turing. I wanted to make a simple pool game using circular col detection and physics to show how the balls would move when they hit. Im just wondering how i could do this, cause im completely lost.

[Clayton]

I highly suggest checking out zylum's Perfect Circle Collision Detection tutorial in [Turing Tutorials]. You should find what you need to start there.

[Drakain Zeil]

What does your teacher mean by advanced programming?

Some teachers aren't quite teachers, and impressed by nifty spirals and flashing backgrounds. Some teachers want you to write over a thousand lines as their criteria... I've seen one who mandated that 50% of your code was commenting (moron got fired), and then you get teachers who ask for real things that don't 'look cool.'

[ZeroPaladn]

@ Clayton - thanks for the pointer, ill check that out.

@ Drakain Zell - well, she wants us to explore different sections of preogramming, some ppl are doing human interfacing (robots and stuff) and other things, an in fact a few kids in my class are rediculing me for choosing an easy topic. Im just choosing something i feel comfotable with (physics) but the implementation of it in a language is something i was sketchy with.

Thanks guys

[Drakain Zeil]

Well, I wrote a silly intro screen for one of my project in highschool, using trig functions.

code:

View.Set ("graphics:max;max,nobuttonbar") View.Set ("offscreenonly") colourback (black) cls var font1: int font1 := Font.New ("serif:40") var l : int := 0 var ax, bx, cx := 0 var ay, b_y, cy := 0 var midx := maxx div 2 var midy := maxy div 2 var ac, c := 0 var col := 2560 var scale := 200 for decreasing d : col .. 0 by 3     scale := d mod (255 * 5)     ax := midx + round (sind (d) * scale)     ay := midy + round (cosd (d) * scale)     bx := midx + round (sind (d + 120) * scale)     b_y := midy + round (cosd (d + 120) * scale)     cx := midx + round (sind (d + 240) * scale)     cy := midy + round (cosd (d + 240) * scale)     c := round ((d / col) * 255)     Draw.Line (ax, ay, bx, b_y, c)     Draw.Line (bx, b_y, cx, cy, c)     Draw.Line (cx, cy, ax, ay, c)     %Draw.Fill (midx, midy, c, c)     View.Update     %    cls end for assert font1 > 0

I use turing cos/sin function in this.
And from what I remember turing doesn't have TAN, so remember the identity where sinX/cosX = tanX and make your own functions:

(I don't remember much turing, but this is what your functions should do anyway...)

tan(x)
{return: sin(x)/cos(x)}
tand(x)
{return: sind(x)/cosd(x)}

A good project could be encrpytion/decrpytion and file I/O... I also believe that turing documentation has a (somewhat broken) online chat program... perhaps you cold look into that and do TCP/IP. Both of these I would say are pretty good stater projects.