Getting the cross point between a projectile and its target

[genesisV]

If you have unguided projectiles and moving targets and need the cross point of the projectile and its target (or the desired impact point) I can proudly inform you, that I have written a tutorial at the wiki page

http://wiki.truevision3d.com/tutorialsarticlesandexamples/getting_the_cross_point_between_a_projectile_and_its_target

[nadjibus]

Very nice thank you  . I used the same algorithm in my game (for bow arrows)

[SylvainTV]

Nice !

Reminds me of what we did at school.

I hope that the analytical result would match +- the real time simulation with Newton

[genesisV]

Hehe, thx. Nice to know I am not the only one in need of this algorithm.

Thus far I do not use newton at the moment because I think there are no real advantages in space (without gravitation).  But as far as I can see in my project, it works perfect as long as the target is not changing its direction or increasing/decreasing speed.

So my conclusion is: Small, fast vessels are really hard to hit over long distances. But thats the intention