Balls occaisionly go through the walls.

sparx13

Hi, Can someone help me with this problem.
I have a game and most of the time the balls bounce off all the walls but sometimes 1 ball will go strait through the wall.
Can someone tell me how to fix this problem.

Thanks in advance.

mynameisace

Don't use Move To... There's your problem. Use a different way to move your character with physics and your problem should be fixed.

Ace

tatiang

Glad to hear you got it working!

Please don't reject answers that are on topic (and in this case, correct). The "Rejected Answer" status is really for posts that have nothing to do with the question or aren't trying to be helpful.

GLGAMES

Erm i think i have this problem before too. And i think it was mentioned that by rearranging the actors in your scene according to which rule should be run first will help solve the issue. sometimes the rule for collision is activated after the movement rule , sort of a delay.

Wingmanapps

Just increase your density

mynameisace

I'm 25, but any thread with balls in the title still makes me grin haha.

To reiterate what @GLGames said. That could be the underlying problem. GameSalad fires the actor at the bottom of the layers first, then works it's way up. Inside an actor, it does the opposite and fires the top rule first.

Ace

sparx13

Hi, I tried increasing density and putting the collide with wall option at the top of the ball actors behaviors but they still occasionally go through walls.

Any other ideas?

sparx13

Hi I recently posted a message about the balls in my game occasionally going through the walls. Its really annoying because i have a certain amount of balls to spawn and you have to destroy a certain amount to beat the level. If one of the balls go through the wall you can not pass the level so its really annoying.
I have put the collide with wall rule before the move rule and I also got a suggestion about increasing the density. Although I'm unsure if I did this right, was i supposed to increase the density on the ball or the wall or both?
If anyone has any ideas of how to fix this it would be great.

ericzingeler

Do the balls need to bounce off the wall?

sparx13

Do the balls need to bounce off the wall?

Yes deffinattely I don't think the game could work any other way.

tatiang

Please don't create multiple threads for the same issue. I went ahead and merged the two threads. It's a good idea to post your rules so that the community can help you further.

sparx13

I have a move to rule, a collide and bounce with wall rule and more such as the ball being destroyed.

I really NEED help with this it's a vey big issue.

sparx13

Don't use Move To... There's your problem. Use a different way to move your character with physics and your problem should be fixed.

Ace

Thanks, but how do I do that?

tatiang

Use Change Velocity or Change Attribute self.Motion.Linear Velocity.X/Y. Accelerate Toward might work, too.

Oops, mynameisace is right... forget about Interpolate. Was just trying to brainstorm movement behaviors.

mynameisace

Yeah, but avoid Interpolate too, as collisions don't work with interpolate.

Giving you advice as to which way to use really depends on your game. Do you have a video or a description or something of what you are trying to do? There are a million ways to move a character, but each one has it's strengths and weaknesses.

Ace

sparx13

The balls just bounce off the wall and the aim is for the character that i control is to run into the balls and destroy the halls.

tatiang

Have you tried using a Change Velocity behavior? If you have and it's not working, you'll need to provide a screenshot of your ball's rules (sorry, couldn't resist... @mynameisace) or send me a link to your zipped project file so I can take a look at it.

sparx13

No I haven't tried change velocity. Are you able to give me simple instructions on how to do it? If you can that would be great!

sparx13

Thanks, I have now got balls that always bounce off the wall.

THANKS!!!