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#1 2009-09-17 20:17:15
- wowwheeitsnicki
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- Registered: 2009-09-17
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Ping Pong game?
We have to make a pretty basic ping pong game at school: two paddles, one ball, etc. I had the whole thing done and working, and then my teacher announces that we're not allowed to use the "if on edge, bounce" script. This totally throws me off, because I have no idea how to make it without that. He said something about setting the x to an xVelocity variable and the y to a yVelocity variable, but whenever the ball hits the paddle, it just shoots into the left top corner. I can't figure it out.
Help?!
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#2 2009-09-18 22:57:44
- floatingmagictree
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Re: Ping Pong game?
Instead, make a sprite that goes around the border. Make it thin so it is hard to notice. Now make this:
<when green flag clicked>
<forever if <touching [border]>
<change direction by ( pick random (20) to (-20) )>
</forever>
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#3 2009-09-18 22:59:36
- shadow_7283
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Re: Ping Pong game?
Most pong scripts use a script something like this:
<when green flag clicked>
<point in direction( 90
<forever>
<move( whatever )steps>
<if><< <touching[ edge <or><touching[ paddle >>
<point in direction( (( direction <-> 180 ))
Atleast I think this is how it works . . . Just add velocity from here.
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#4 2009-09-19 03:20:04
Re: Ping Pong game?
floatingmagictree wrote:
Instead, make a sprite that goes around the border. Make it thin so it is hard to notice. Now make this:
<when green flag clicked>
<forever if <touching [border]>
<change direction by ( pick random (20) to (-20) )>
</forever>
That would work, but the problem with it is that the bouncing is random; it's not at all accurate. Shadow_7283's does "bounce".
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#5 2009-09-19 04:41:27
- deatheater
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Re: Ping Pong game?
Oh and for all those previous scripts, you need a sprite called edge, drawn so it's on the top and bottom
Last edited by deatheater (2009-09-19 04:41:38)
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#6 2009-09-21 21:25:58
Re: Ping Pong game?
floatingmagictree wrote:
Instead, make a sprite that goes around the border. Make it thin so it is hard to notice. Now make this:
<when green flag clicked>
<forever if <touching [border]>
<change direction by ( pick random (20) to (-20) )>
</forever>
what happens if he notices you without the x velocity and y velocity thing?
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