Ball to Ball Collision - Detection and Handling

Question

With the help of the Stack Overflow community I\'ve written a pretty basic-but fun physics simulator.

Answer 1

I see it hinted here and there, but you could also do a faster calculation first, like, compare the bounding boxes for overlap, and THEN do a radius-based overlap if that first test passes.

The addition/difference math is much faster for a bounding box than all the trig for the radius, and most times, the bounding box test will dismiss the possibility of a collision. But if you then re-test with trig, you're getting the accurate results that you're seeking.

Yes, it's two tests, but it will be faster overall.