blackcaer / Oblique-Throw-Simulation

Interactive and customizable simulation of oblique projectile motion with SFML

Oblique Throw Simulation

A dynamic simulation of oblique projectile motion with an interactive and customizable user experience.

This project was independently developed as a final project to complete the Introduction to Computer Science course ahead of schedule during my studies.

📄 Project Presentation

You can view the original project presentation by clicking the link below:

📄 View Presentation

Features

🎨 Interactive GUI

• Manual configuration of simulation parameters:
  • Initial speed
  • Launch angle
  • Initial height
  • Gravity acceleration
• Real-time display of position and velocity components (Vx, Vy)
• Visualization of the projectile's trajectory

🎛 Simulation Controls

• Pause, resume, or reset the simulation
• Toggle between a ball-following or static view
• Dynamically adjust zoom levels

⚙️ Advanced Customization

• Modify appearance via a configuration file:
  • Background, ball, and ground colors
  • Ball radius and tracer size
  • Name of the statistics output file

📊 Statistics & Analysis

• Displays final flight parameters:
  • Range, max height, and time to max height
• Saves simulation statistics to a specified file

🛠 Config Values

• Set colors using uint32 numbers (max value for white: 4294967295)

Controls

• S → Start movement
• G → Pause movement
• R → Restart the simulation
• Z → Zoom in
• X → Zoom out
• C → Center view on the ball
• V → Toggle ball-following view

Configuration

Configuration file can be changed in config.txt file

Example "Dark Mode" Config:

stats_file=stats.txt
color_ball=252645375
color_background=2305343
color_ground=5980671
unit_to_px=50
ball_radius=20
view_change=50
tracer_radius=10

Default Config:

stats_file=stats.txt
color_ball=
color_background=
color_ground=
unit_to_px=
ball_radius=
view_change=
tracer_radius=