pex-physics-springs

Simple springs physics for Pex library, working with floats, Vec2, and Vec3.

Examples

For use with simple float numbers:

var Window = require("pex-sys").Window;
var Platform = require("pex-sys").Platform;
var Canvas = require("omgcanvas");
 
var Spring = require("pex-physics-springs").Spring;
 
Window.create({
  settings: {
    width: 1280,
    height: 720,
    type: "2d"
  },
 
  init: function() {
    this.position = new Spring(this.height / 2);
 
    if (Platform.isBrowser) {
      this.context = this.canvas.getContext("2d");
    }
    else {
      this.context = new Canvas.CanvasContext(this.canvas);
    }
 
    this.on("mouseMoved", function(event) {
      this.position.setTarget(event.y);
    }.bind(this));
  },
 
  draw: function() {
    this.position.update();
    var current = this.position.getPosition();
 
    this.context.fillRect(0, 0, this.width, this.height);
 
    this.context.beginPath();
    this.context.moveTo(0, current);
    this.context.lineTo(this.width, current);
 
    this.context.strokeStyle = "white";
    this.context.stroke();
  }
});

For use with Vec2:

var Window = require("pex-sys").Window;
var Platform = require("pex-sys").Platform;
var Vec2 = require("pex-geom").Vec2;
var Canvas = require("omgcanvas");
 
var Spring2 = require("pex-physics-springs").Spring2;
 
Window.create({
  settings: {
    width: 1280,
    height: 720,
    type: "2d"
  },
 
  init: function() {
    this.position = new Spring2(new Vec2(this.width, this.height).scale(0.5));
 
    if (Platform.isBrowser) {
      this.context = this.canvas.getContext("2d");
    }
    else {
      this.context = new Canvas.CanvasContext(this.canvas);
    }
 
    this.on("mouseMoved", function(event) {
      this.position.setTarget(new Vec2(event.x, event.y));
    }.bind(this));
  },
 
  draw: function() {
    this.position.update();
    var current = this.position.getPosition();
    var radius = 6;
 
    this.context.fillRect(0, 0, this.width, this.height);
    this.context.beginPath();
    this.context.arc(current.x, current.y, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
 
    this.context.strokeStyle = "white";
    this.context.stroke();
  }
});

Methods

Spring(position, stiffness, friction, threshold, dt)

Constructor for spring, arguments:

• position - initial spring position (float/Vec2/Vec3) depending on (Spring/Spring2/Spring3)
• stiffness - spring stiffness
• friction - spring friction
• threshold - spring threshold
• dt - time coefficient, usually 1/30 or 1/60

setPosition(position)

Resets spring positions, arguments:

• position - new default and current spring position

setTarget(position)

Sets spring target, arguments:

• position - spring "target", changing this will result in "springiness", if set to null the spring will default to initial position

getPosition()

Returns current spring position.

getDefault()

Returns default (initial) spring position.

update()

Updates spring calculation, should be run in every draw() in Pex.