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A game played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.

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Python 3.3 Threading.Semaphore does not accept the verbose argument

I have a problem. I want to use celery on python 3.3, I have installed this packet and it works fine. But if I run it, there is a problem in the library of billiard. the first problem was that he didn't know the library _subproces. now I have change…
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How can I detect when multiple rigid body velocities are under 0.1?

I am developing an 8 ball pool/billiards game in which I want to find out when all the balls on the table stop. I tried using this piece of code however the number of balls that have stopped keeps on incrementing to massive numbers when the value…
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Finding collision between two balls

QUESTION: Given the position, velocity, and acceleration of two balls (Ball#1 and Ball#2). Is there a way to figure out when they will collide? (The acceleration is constant and caused by friction) WARNING I'm looking for a function that can take an…
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2D Collision between Ball and Immovable object(wall) (Elastic collision?)

So I am making a simple pool game (no ball to ball collisions only ball to wall) and I'm kind of struggling (especially with an actual ball (diameter>0)). (After I figure out the logic and physics I am going to make it on c++ code) So basically I…
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How to calculate position of a moving object on a line

So basically I'm making a pool game (sort of) on c++. I'm still thinking about the theory and how exactly to make it before I start coding and I'm a bit stuck. So the ball starting coordinates are given and also an input is given on how much power…
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How can I remove the white background and how can i add a stick?

I am trying to create a Billiards game for my project and I am having difficulty in adding the stick and the balls at the same time. Also, when I add the balls the background of the JFrame goes white, it is actually supposed to be green (the color…
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How to create 'billiard ball' reflection boundary condition in python?

According to Erwin Schrodinger (in What is Life?), diffusion can be explained entirely by the random motion of particles. I want to test this myself by create a program the creates a time-step visualization of the diffusion of "gas molecules" in a…
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Balls colliding - vPython problems

So I'm coding a snooker game, and I decided the best way to figure out how to make the balls collide with one another was to do so in a separate program then copy it in. I'm a pretty competent mathematician, so I've sat down, drawn the event and…
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Python billiards collision response some angle problems with my formula

This is my collision response code for a billiards simulation of 2 moving balls colliding. I used newton's laws of equation and then parametrised the components of the velocity vectors, Alpha is the trajectory of ball 1 Beta is the trajectory of…
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Crash in billiard after celery upgrade to 3

I recently did a django-celery upgrade using on a ubuntu 10.4 server. It upgraded celery to 3.0.1 and then also installed billiards. Output as follows. sudo easy_install --upgrade django-celery Searching for django-celery Reading…
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I cannot figure out a way to move the balls

I am currently working on a 3 cushion billiards game project. I have added two balls on the table so far. I am trying to move one of the balls but I am having a hard time doing that. Should I use a timer? If so then could you tell me an effective…
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How do you solve this Pool Game?

I know the answer is B, but I am unclear as to why it is. If someone could kindly explain the process of finding the answer or possibly show a simulation, it would be awesome. Thank You.
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