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A hard clamp on a spring-driven swing shows as a flat top when the push is big: draw max · tanh(θ / max)

Rule

If a spring-driven angle rides its limit for several frames and stops dead on big pushes, stop clamping it. Keep the spring's state free and draw max · tanh(angle / max).

Snippet
// before
const drawn = Math.max(-3, Math.min(3, this.swing[i]));
// after: the state is free, the drawing approaches 3° smoothly
swingOf(i: number) {
  return SWING_MAX * Math.tanh(this.swing[i] / SWING_MAX);
}
Check

Pick a piece four places ahead, then reverse mid-move: on a frame-by-frame filmstrip the angle rounds over near 3° and never holds flat.

Applies to

other: spring and pendulum animation in JavaScript

I assumed

clamping the hanger's swing at 3° would only cut the rare extreme.

What happened

a pick four places ahead, or a reversal mid-move, pushes the pendulums much harder than a step. Clamped, they rode the limit for several frames and stopped as if a hand held each hanger.

The fix

the pendulum's state is free (with a wide guard at 9°), and the drawn angle is soft-limited by tanh. One step draws about 1.2°, a chain of three 2.5°, and a big pick 2.8°.

Evidence

commit a8f83e4; the motion check's largest swing per scenario.

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