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Post by microfarad on Jan 13, 2011 2:17:09 GMT
I was playing with shooting beams of super ball, when, much to my surprise, the arc of superballs SPLIT. I was able to replicate the result, and so can you, if you have a load of time. Position the player exacly as you see in the image, and shoot to the left. After a while you will see the split.  |
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Post by Fringe Pioneer on Jan 13, 2011 2:18:51 GMT
The left? Perchance do you mean the right?
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Post by Qwerty on Jan 13, 2011 2:19:09 GMT
I believe that may be the superballs interacting with each other.
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Post by microfarad on Jan 13, 2011 2:26:43 GMT
I mean the left. They bounce around the screen for a long time before they do that.
Qwerty, you might be right. Maybe it isn't a glitch. Perhaps the line of super balls just compresses enough at that point to start hitting each other. Interesting theory. I thought it probably had something to do with floating point numbers rounding off or something. They had been traveling for a long time.
Edit: Actually, this isn't so rare. I got it to happen in 2 more positions, in just 10 minutes. It seems that, in fact, Qwerty is right. Once they lose velocity a bit, they may compress around that point in the arc and bounce off of each other. A related phenomenon can often be seen with collisions with floors.
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Post by vaconcovat on Jan 13, 2011 2:44:06 GMT
Sorry, this has always happened for me. As soon as they slowdown, they start bouncing in many directions, after splitting.
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Post by Elmach on Jan 15, 2011 5:22:04 GMT
Yep. I made a stream. It started slowing and hit the wall directly horizontally. It split.
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Post by Draxorion on Jan 17, 2011 10:24:18 GMT
I'm sure it was the falling effected by the last bounces into a certain angle that you can find in some places. I don't think this makes much sense, but I'm kind of tired right now. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Post by greggster990 on Mar 1, 2011 21:58:03 GMT
good find will try it
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Post by noodlesoup on Mar 2, 2011 1:49:31 GMT
I believe that may be the superballs interacting with each other. This makes sense. |
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Post by Anonymousperson5 on Mar 2, 2011 1:58:45 GMT
It's March 1st now...this thread was revived by snipers of peta...
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