I am working on a sketch in which an animated object seek another animated one. What I would like to have happen is have the first object approach the second one, then if the distance is too close, move around behind it and then once behind it, move closer to it. I can nearly do this but very primitively.
      The avoidance path of what I have right now is very choppy and not all the smooth circular path that I would like it to be. Does anyone have a hint as to how I might go about this? I would like the movement to be the same no matter the approach angle of the first object. Here is what I have: Code:

if(dist(x,y,X_,Y_) < 150){
          if(x < X_&& y < Y_- 50){
            x = x - 10;
            y = y - 10;
          }
          if(x > X_&& y < Y_- 50){
            x = x + 10;
            y = y - 10;
          }
          if(y > Y_- 50 && x < X_){
            y = y + 10;
            x = x + 10
          }
          if(y < Y_- 50 && x > X_){
            y = y + 10;
            x = x - 10;
          }
        }

 

Fasces wrote on May 2^nd, 2010, 10:45pm:

Might need some trigonometry maths, there...