Orbital Mechanics

Question

Does anyone have an example of implementing Orbital Mechanics (preferably in XNA)? The code I am currently using is below, but it doesn\'t \"feel right\" when it executes. The

Answer 1

In the last line you're updating the position of the shot. You should be updating the velocity.

You might want to take a look at the code in this blogpost http://blog.mendeltsiebenga.com/post/Fun-with-planets.aspx No xna, but working orbital mechanics. (although i never got rid of the screen-flicker)