Attractor.h

/*
 * Aurora: https://github.com/pixelmatix/aurora
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Jason Coon
 *
 * Portions of this code are adapted from "Attractor" in "The Nature of Code" by Daniel Shiffman: http://natureofcode.com/
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Daniel Shiffman
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#include "Vector.h"

class Attractor {

    public:

    float mass;         // Mass, tied to size
    float G;            // Gravitational Constant
    PVector location;   // Location

    Attractor() {

        location = PVector(MATRIX_CENTER_X, MATRIX_CENTER_Y);
        mass = 10;
        G = .5;
        
    }

    PVector attract(Boid m) {

        PVector force = location - m.location;              // Calculate direction of force
        float d = force.mag();                              // Distance between objects
        d = constrain(d, 5.0, 32.0);                        // Limiting the distance to eliminate "extreme" results for very close or very far objects
        force.normalize();                                  // Normalize vector (distance doesn't matter here, we just want this vector for direction)
        float strength = (G * mass * m.mass) / (d * d);     // Calculate gravitional force magnitude
        force *= strength;                                  // Get force vector --> magnitude * direction

        return force;
        
    }
        
};