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[Muz]

Why/how would you use quadratics? I'd probably just use physics. Or what Fallsburg said. Unless there's some quadratic platform method I'm not familiar with.

You don't start off designing something with saying "I'll use this difficult math thing I learned but don't know how to use". You start off plotting exactly how you want the movement and finding the right formula to fit that plot.

[Fallsburg]

By quadratic, I'm he means a*t^2 + v*t.

[BorisTheBrave]

No one actually uses the quadratic formula. "Using" quadratics is usually taken to mean subtracting a constant amount from velocity each frame - that will very closely approximate the quadratic formula, which is how things fall in real life. It just means the starting point, from which people add all sorts of non-physical variations that feel better or change the gameplay.

[Muz]

By quadratic, I'm he means a*t^2 + v*t.

But you don't actually store t as a variable anywhere? It's more like

Every t,
 Vnow += A.

[Impmaster]

Hey guys, I finished my jumping (except for a few bugs which I'll fix later). I didn't use quadratics, so I don't really need more people telling me that I shouldn't use it. k? Thanks for all the help, and let's kill this thread.