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Ball bounces along a parabolic trajectory

The question was initiated by a topic

In that question, the bounces were vertical

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    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
       width="200" height="200" viewBox="0 0 200 200" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin meet" style="border:1px solid" >  
 
<image xlink:href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/hXyA5.png" x="82" width="25px" height="25px" >
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     attributeName="transform"
     type="translate"
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This question concerns bounces with different amounts of offset in height and length

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But it is difficult to realize the unevenness of movement and speed.

How to implement realistic parabolic ball movement?

Any idea and solution would be appreciated.

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Answer

I allowed for this behaviour in my previous answer (in the linked question). Just set dx to a non-zero value.

ball = {x: 82, y: 0, dx: 1, dy: 0};
  • x and y are the starting position of the ball
  • dx and dy are the initial velocity of the ball

let ballElem = document.getElementById("ball");

let GRAVITY = 40;        // Acceleration due to gravity (pixels / sec /sec)
let FLOOR_Y = 200 - 25;  // Y coord of floor. The 25 here is because ball.y is the top of the ball.
let BOUNCINESS = 0.8;    // Velocity retained after a bounce
let LIMIT = 0.1;         // Minimum velocity required to keep animation running
let ball = {};
let lastFrameTime = null;

ballElem.addEventListener("click", startAnim);


function startAnim()
{
  ball = {x: 82, y: 0, dx: 1, dy: 0};
  lastFrameTime = null;
  requestAnimationFrame(animStep);
}


function animStep(timestamp)
{
  if (lastFrameTime === null)
    lastFrameTime = timestamp;
  // Milliseconds elapsed since last step
  const elapsed = timestamp - lastFrameTime;
  lastFrameTime = timestamp;
  
  ball.dy += GRAVITY * elapsed / 1000;
  ball.y += ball.dy;
  ball.x += ball.dx;   // not really used in this example

  if (ball.y > FLOOR_Y) {
    // Step has taken us below the floor, so we need to rebound the ball.
    ball.y -= (ball.y - FLOOR_Y);
    ball.dy = -ball.dy * BOUNCINESS;
  }
  
  // Update the <image> element x and y
  ballElem.x.baseVal.value = ball.x;
  ballElem.y.baseVal.value = ball.y;
  
  // Request another animation step
  if (Math.abs(ball.y - FLOOR_Y) > LIMIT ||  // Not on ground
      Math.abs(ball.dy) > LIMIT ||           // or still moving
      Math.abs(ball.dx) > LIMIT) {
    requestAnimationFrame(animStep);
  }
}
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     width="200" height="200" viewBox="0 0 200 200" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin meet" style="border:1px solid" >  
 
  <image id="ball" xlink:href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/hXyA5.png" x="82" width="25px" height="25px"/>
 
</svg>
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