Please HELP - Using Control Template for Bottom Up Shooter

hzapps

I'm using the controller template to start a shooter game where an actor starts from the bottom and works his way upwards, probably 5 screens high, and will encounter other actors to shoot or blow up with a thrown bomb. I worked though a bunch of trys lastnight but I am totally new to this. I have placed long walls on the left and right so that the charachter wont wrap from screen to screen. How can I

1 is there an easier way to stop them from wrapping from side to side?
2 How can I stop them from bouncing when encounter another actor? Like a shrub or fence.
3 When they do encounter the walls i have placed it does stop, but then falls back and spins. Is it because I moved the controller knob up a little on the screen.

I will be reviewing the camera tutorial to make that follow it up. When I do, is there anything that I need to do to keep the controllers (including A and B and Knob) on the screen.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.
HerenzonaApps

MotherHoose

the Controllers should be in a HUD layer (that is heads-up-display … see wikipedia)
that should be the top lay in your Inspector > Scene > Layers
it should be unchecked so it doesn't scroll

1. yes … use Rules that allow movement only when Actor is in a specified ares of screen (videos)
2. bounce is controlled by the actor's Physics > Restitution set it to 0 for no bounce
3. while there you might want √ the Fixed Rotation … to eliminate spin

for a newbie … you are doing super! @theazlowes
just need to do some of the tutorials in the Cookbook link at the top of this page

Enjoy!
@};- MH

hzapps

Also, Is it okay to stretch the background all of the way from the bottom to the top of a five screen tall IPad game?