noobs question.

[piki]

hi

i am new to this mmf2 but did few tutorials in another tool, so i have some expirience.

i did the breakeout tutorial and i have small question for now and the question is:
how can i make the ball to react more sharp when it hits the corners of the bat? right now its too clamzy and not sensative as it should be, so..i will apriciate any instructions of how to fix this.
thanks ahead.

[Attan]

If i understand the problem correctly, you're facing a pretty hard challange. I think you have to create a custom bouncing ball movement, and that's hard stuff! I'm not the right person to teach you that.

[LB]

Do you mean you wnt it to bouce depending on where it hits the bat? Because this would be some simple eqasions.

I don't quite understand what you mean. Please be more or less specififc.

[Sarah]

You could try experimenting with the options in the Ball Movement properties - randomizer, security etc and see if you like the effect better.

Or you could look at this beginner's example on custom movement:
http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=48007&page=1#Po st48007

[piki]

"Do you mean you wnt it to bouce depending on where it hits the bat? Because this would be some simple eqasions."

yes!

thats what i mean't

and thank you sarah for the link and the other info

[maVado]

There are multiple ways of approach

Here is one:

Instead of One Active as Paddle make 3, make them slightly overlap each other. Now make conditions for all 3 paddles.

The one in the middle should always bounce normally, the one on the left should bounce to the left, and the one on the right should bounce to the right.

You could even split up more with like 5 actives.

Another one is to compare the X coordinate of the ball when it hits the paddle.

Lets say your paddle is 64 pixels long ( make sure both paddle and ball have their hot spots centered)

On the collision you could check where the balls X coordinate is compared to the paddle X coordinate

Lets pretend your paddle is somehere around X 200

the balls X coordinate is 180 on the time of the collision.

What you know right now is

Your paddle center is at 200

left border of the paddle would be 200 - 32 = 168 min

and 232 (200 + 32) max in pixels

180 ( ball X ) - 168 ( paddles left border ) = 12

Your now know that the ball hit the 12th pixel from the left side of the paddle

You could write all those values to counters and then compare the final value like this

if Value Collision >= 0
and Value Collision < 12

do hard left bounce


if Value Collision >= 12
and Value Collision < 24

do soft left bounce

if Value Collision >= 24
and Value Collision < 36

do normal bounce

and so on

You simply define ranges for bounces.

For a beginner the first one is easier to accomplysh and understand.

[Joshtek]

http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=2&Number=24991 <-- The later posts in this thread may be helpful.

[piki]

There are multiple ways of approach

Here is one:

Instead of One Active as Paddle make 3, make them slightly overlap each other. Now make conditions for all 3 paddles.

first of all, thanks alot to all of you for the fast and freindly answers

mayado, you mean physicaly to create 3 bat objects?
and if so, how can i make them move as one object?
(i know i am stupid lol, but better stuipid who want's to learn

[maVado]

simple:

for the middle pad have your normal <- -> movement

Always
x of left pad = x of middle pad - 32 ( the distance you want to be from the middle pad )
x of right pad = x of middle pad + 32 ( the distance you want to be from the middle pad )

thats it