Cannonball physics

Hey Guys,

I'm working on projectile physics for a cannonball/ Tank projectile.

I want the projetile to somehow travel a great distance without having to travel at a very high speed.

I have tried altering the projectile gravity, but when my projectile hits another object, it bounces off and keep traveling at high speed.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. public class BulletPhysics : MonoBehaviour
3. {
4.     public float bulletGravity = 1f;
5.     Rigidbody rb;
6.  
7.     public void Awake()
8.     {
9.         rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
10.     }
11.  
12.     private void Update()
13.     {
14.         rb.AddForce(new Vector3(0, bulletGravity, 0), ForceMode.Acceleration);
15.     }  
16. }
17.  
18.  

The projectile speed is altered in another script, that i am applying to a shotspawner.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. public class Shot : MonoBehaviour {
3.  
4.     public GameObject projectile;
5.     public float projectileSpeed = 10;
6.  
7.  
8.     // Use this for initialization
9.     void Start ()
10.     {
11.          
12.     }
13.    
14.     // Update is called once per frame
15.     void Update ()
16.     {
17.         if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
18.         {
19.             Fire();
20.         }
21.     }
22.  
23.     void Fire()
24.     {
25.         GameObject bullet = Instantiate(projectile, transform.position, Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
26.         bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity = projectileSpeed * transform.forward;
27.  
28.  
29.     }
30. }
31.  

I hope you can help me find a way, to get the physics just right.

 

Ummm

Distane = Speed * Time. By definition. So if you want the object to travel a large distance, you must have a large speed or a large time. There are no other ways to approach this.

Perhaps a better description of the problem will help?

 

What do you normally expect your cannon do when it hits another object? Explode? Or perhaps just stop?