Applying force in the facing direction?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hello,
I’m new to Corona and have a somewhat silly question. I tried solving this for the past hours and searched Google a lot but couldn’t find it.

Basically what I want to do is, apply force to an object so it flies in the direction it is facing.

Example: An arrow lying on a launchpad which you can move (angle up and down). When you hit a button it starts flying in the direction the launchpad is facing.

Obviously I want the thing to be influenced by physics, so I thought I could apply force once, like a push?

I know this is pretty easy to do, but I’m really stuck on this one, it would be greatly appreciated if somebody could help me out with this so I can grasp the concept of how Corona works better.

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#2

This is really getting frustrating. I can’t figure out if this is a ridiculously easy thing to do, or a hard one.

I’ve been trying the whole time but it doesn’t work.

I tried just putting force behind it, as in an explosion, but that doesn’t work either.

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#3

Have you tried applyLinearForce.
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