Question! Need Help!

minemaster654321

Hi, in my game, your a platform that you move left and right while keeping balls that are bouncing on you, from falling below your platform. I want the balls to act like the "ball" in the game Pong (Atari) where the balls bounce off the platform and go in a random direction depending where the ball bounced off the platform. any ideas on how I could make this happen?

2create

not sure it will work, but you can
try to record the angle of falling ball when it goes down

if

( this.motion.linearVelocity.Y < 0)

then

set varAngle = [formula to detect angle]

then, when touching platform, set ball's velocity angle to opposite value (that you recorded in varAngle)

goodLuck

Socks

@minemaster654321 said:
I want the balls to [ . . . ] go in a random direction depending where the ball bounced off the platform.

How does the interaction with the platform influence the 'random' direction ?

Socks

@iknikitin said:
set ball's velocity angle to opposite value (that you recorded in varAngle)

This will make the ball bounce like normal, for this you may as well use the built in physics.

minemaster654321

Like in Pong, the ball would ricochet of the platform and bounce off. Let's say the ball hit the left side of the platform, the ball would bounce to the left and same for the right

minemaster654321

Basically, the ball will go in a direction depending on where it hits on the platform