BezierCurve:getDerivative

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Get the derivative of the Bézier curve.

This function can be used to rotate sprites moving along a curve in the direction of the movement and compute the direction perpendicular to the curve at some parameter t.

Function

Synopsis

derivative = BezierCurve:getDerivative()

Arguments

None.

Returns

BezierCurve derivative

The derivative curve.

See Also

• BezierCurve
• love.math