I am building a very basic tower defence game in Unity3D where one tower is your standard long range mortar/artillery.
I want the projectile it fires to follow a parabola curve to make its movement seem like a mortar. This movement is not dependant on any physics (as I can make a projectile follow a curve but I could implement the Unity3D physics if the method used would benefit from it.
My question is: What technique should I use to ensure the projectile hits the locked unit whilst taking into account that the unit is moving along a possibly non linear path (defined with my A* implementation.) I have not implemented any code as of yet as I wanted to consult the masses for any wisdom you can provide!
My initial idea was to fix the time the projectile would take along its parabola curve (regardless of distance) and try and track the position the unit would be at after this time delay. Is this along the right lines or are there alternative methods to consider when aiming a projectile that follows a curved path instead of a linear one?
Thank you for your time.
