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+//
+//  basketball.js
+//  examples
+//
+//  Created by Philip Rosedale on August 20, 2015
+//  Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+HIFI_PUBLIC_BUCKET = "http://s3.amazonaws.com/hifi-public/";
+
+var basketballURL = HIFI_PUBLIC_BUCKET + "models/content/basketball2.fbx";
+var collisionSoundURL = HIFI_PUBLIC_BUCKET + "sounds/basketball/basketball.wav";
+
+
+var basketball = null;
+var originalPosition = null;
+var hasMoved = false; 
+
+var GRAVITY = -9.8;
+var DISTANCE_IN_FRONT_OF_ME = 1.0;
+var START_MOVE = 0.01;
+var DIAMETER = 0.30; 
+
+function makeBasketball() { 
+    var position = Vec3.sum(MyAvatar.position,
+                        Vec3.multiplyQbyV(MyAvatar.orientation,
+                      { x: 0, y: 0.0, z: -DISTANCE_IN_FRONT_OF_ME }));
+    var rotation = Quat.multiply(MyAvatar.orientation,
+                                  Quat.fromPitchYawRollDegrees(0, -90, 0));
+    basketball = Entities.addEntity({
+                                type: "Model",
+                                position: position,
+                                rotation: rotation,
+                                dimensions: { x: DIAMETER,
+                                              y: DIAMETER,
+                                              z: DIAMETER },
+                                collisionsWillMove: true,
+                                collisionSoundURL: collisionSoundURL, 
+                                modelURL: basketballURL,
+                                restitution: 1.0,
+                                linearDamping: 0.00001,
+                                shapeType: "sphere"
+                              });
+    originalPosition = position; 
+}
+
+function update() {
+    if (!basketball) {
+        makeBasketball();
+    } else {
+        var newProperties = Entities.getEntityProperties(basketball);
+        var moved = Vec3.length(Vec3.subtract(originalPosition, newProperties.position));
+        if (!hasMoved && (moved > START_MOVE)) {
+            hasMoved = true;
+            Entities.editEntity(basketball, { gravity: {x: 0, y: GRAVITY, z: 0 }});
+        }
+        var MAX_DISTANCE = 10.0;
+        var distance = Vec3.length(Vec3.subtract(MyAvatar.position, newProperties.position));
+        if (distance > MAX_DISTANCE) {
+            deleteStuff();
+        }
+    } 
+}
+
+function scriptEnding() {
+    deleteStuff();
+}
+
+function deleteStuff() { 
+    if (basketball != null) {
+        Entities.deleteEntity(basketball);
+        basketball = null;
+        hasMoved = false; 
+    }
+}
+
+Script.update.connect(update);
+Script.scriptEnding.connect(scriptEnding);
+