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Revision as of 10:40, 25 March 2011

Gets the linear damping of the Body.

The linear damping is the rate of decrease of the linear velocity over time. A moving body with no damping and no external forces will continue moving indefinitely, as is the case in space. A moving body with damping will gradually stop moving.


Damping is not the same as friction - they can be modelled together. However, only damping is provided by Box2D (and LOVE).

Function

Synopsis

damping = Body:getLinearDamping( )

Arguments

None.

Returns

number damping
The value of the linear damping.

See Also


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