Rigged Physics Dice Roller
Messing around with Unity3D again after many years. Trying out a small project ot write a determinstic dice roller using non-deterministic physics.
All insipired and based off the reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/bq6c5d/deterministic_physics_dice_rolls_in_a_non/) by /u/TickTakashi
Basic idea being...
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The following occurs instantly in a single frame...
- Roll 'blank' 3D dice
- Record position + rotation at every frame of the roll
- Wait for them to settle
- Determine what rotation is needed to achieve the desired result
- Reset dice to their original state
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Replay all the saved position + rotation state
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After each step, apply the rotation required to get the desired result
Here's a GIF demo showing the system in action. The Frame Rate is poor due to the gif screen capture, in reality it runs smoothly.
The demo is setting 5 dice to roll all 6's
