accelerate after bounce

ShaunElery

I want enemy actors to bounce off my hero's force field. I got them to bounce but they move very slowly. I want them to accelerate in what ever direction they are moving after the bounce. How can I do that?

thank you

gamesfua

You can try changing the balls bounciness for starters. Or perhaps have some kind of rule that says when ball collides with forcefield to accelerate x (speed amount).

ShaunElery

No matter what I set the bouncy to the speed stays the same.

If I accelerate X it only moves in the X dimension. I want it to accelerate in the direction it is already moving in because of the bounce. Is there a way to get the direction of an actor?

RThurman

Keep the bounce and collision parts but add another rule:

When actor overlaps or collides with actor of type force-field
--Timer (after) .01 seconds
----Change Velocity
------Direction: vectorToAngle( self.Motion.Linear Velocity.X , self.Motion.Linear Velocity.Y )
------Speed: 500

ShaunElery

I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

ShaunElery

That did it! thank you

RThurman

You are welcome. Glad it's working for you!