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Open Source Three-Cushion Simulator

tailuge
Hi 3Cers,

I have a hobby project of many years to create an open source billiards simulator that you can use in a web browser.
I reference several great papers by Han, Mathavan, Alciatore and Stronge for physics on github - try it here .

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I posted here today because I recently added a beginners feature that still allows you to score a point even if you just miss the ball in three cushion.
A successful point scores 3. A near miss scores 2 or 1 depending on how close the cue ball passes the target, see an example here

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What surprised me was that even as a regular player I enjoyed it.

Near misses feel rewarding rather than frustrating, and beginners can put together short runs more easily.

I'm curious whether features like this could help make three-cushion more approachable for new players while still encouraging proper position play and shot planning.

It's free to use, requires no registration, and works on both desktop and mobile browsers.
Happy to hear feedback from fellow three-cushion players.

Luke

https://billiards.tailuge.workers.dev/lobby
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I believe I had an arm alignment epiphany

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straightline said:
How tall are you? Tall helps with that but otherwise you'd be on diminishing returns. If you watch the majors, few have that textbook pendulum thing.

If you set the stroke finish past the ball maybe 3 inches and aim for that point, hitting the cue ball "perfect" will become a function of that.
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I'm 5'4, so not exactly tall. I actually don't have that much elbow drop, but I agree that elbow drop is not the bad thing it's made out to be. It's not a quirk that some pros have, it's more like a feature that most of them have.

However, I view the chicken wing as a different issue. For me at least, it inherently leads to wrist pronation, and the cue not being 100% straight at contact. With my old setup, I noticed that my lag practice would result in unwanted right English like 80% of the time.
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