Comment on Lets talk about physics of the speed of spaceship

• Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Well, how do they work?

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  • PM_me_your_vagina_thanks@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They have a tick speed, which is how often they update the values for objects being simulated, if you're going too fast, you jump too far between ticks, and can skip collisions and such entirely, it ends up far too janky, and is why otherwise accurate games have top speeds.

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    • Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The maximum speed is not what we are discussing here, it is the automatic deceleration, which has to be calculated each tick. The maximum speed is the same in both cases.

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      • PM_me_your_vagina_thanks@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah no, I got confused, I shouldn't discuss things in the early hours lol

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