Physics of a snooker game

Question

Anyone can point me to any info regarding physics of a snooker game, if possible more about the ball collisions? I would like to make a game and I need some help about the physics.

Answer 1

There's a book online about this,

"Amateur Physics for the Amateur Pool Player" by Ron Shepard (PDF Link)

I haven't read it but I've heard it's good for game developers.

Answer 2

Carom3D is a great one, they seem to have mastered the physics. See these links for more info:

http://www.jimloy.com/billiard/phys.htm http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Classes/MATH198/townsend/math.html http://www2.swgc.mun.ca/physics/physlets/billiards.html http://www.regispetit.com/bil_praa.htm

Good luck!