Drawing a line that bounces off obstacles?

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    Been trying to figure out a way to do this easily with no luck.

    I want to have my player aim with a line that draws where the object thrown will bounce. Here is a cheap mock up from Paint
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    I suppose the easiest way to describe it would be like in a pool game, you can see the assist line showing what direction the ball will bounce

    Hmmm that is interesting.....

    Off the top of my head I see you actually launching out a stream of objects to see where the bounces will be.
    Not sure how easy that would be to code or the impact of using all those objects for something like this.

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    - Make a second object exactly like your ball, with the ball movement (I guess phsyics?). Name it "Invisible ball". Put its hot spot in the center
    - Create a small, 1 pixel x 1 black pixel object. Name it "Trace"
    - Put the event :
    Start of frame
    Trace : make invisible
    Invisible ball : make invisible
    - Launch the invisible ball as you would launch the visible ball
    - Do this event while the invisible ball is moving :
    Every 100ms
    Paste Trace into background at X("Invisible ball"), Y("Invisible ball")
    - Destroy the invisible ball when it reaches the edge of the playfield

    Should work.

    Francois
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