Making "magnet" event?

[Outcast]

I need an event for when a falling object (bouncing ball movement) comes close to another object it should get "draged" toward that other object a bit like a magnet. I have tried some events like when X and Y position is equal or closer then look at object that they should drag toward, but i have not really got it to work like i want.

How can i do this event?

[Grim]

You can use tangent x / y to get angle between two objects and nextly move it by sin() and cos() directly to dragging object.

To get distance between two object, you can use advanced math object, or use Pythagorean formula.

[Dynasoft]

It would be much easier if you were using a vector movement instead of bouncing ball, then you could use standard point gravity formulas.

You'd just add 10 / the difference in x position (x position("magnet") - x position("object")) to the x speed, and same for the y. The 10 is a tunable strength. Technically you should pow 2 (gravity) or even pow 3 (magnetism) the difference in position, but games are about results that look good rather than being physically accurate.

EDIT: Actually that's not quite right. Hmm.

[arfa]

Do you have a copy of Snippet Manager? It has lots of neat math solutions. Try: snippetmanager.net

Also ParticleSpray has a magnet funtion - which I have yet to work with.