How do I use the "___ is within ____ meters" function for object boundaries?

Originally Posted by tango217

just kidding, i just found out how lol

Could you please post how you did it? I am having serious issues with something similar and I would really appreciate any way you could help me.

[tango217]

Originally Posted by SammehDx

Could you please post how you did it? I am having serious issues with something similar and I would really appreciate any way you could help me.

I made world variable named ballDistanceBelowWall. Then i made in an event called "While the world is running do...." and in the "during" i put a method that says to "set the value of ballDistanceBelowWall to ball distance below wall" and since this value is constantly being calculated by the "while the world is running" event, i can then make another method saying, "if ballDistanceBelowWall <= 0 (or whatever number works), then do ...." which in my case would be running the angular launch equation after the ball hits the wall. i hope this isnt too confusing :/. but im releasing my pong game rather soon that has all this in there so you could look at that when it comes out.

[zonedabone]

I can't wait to see it! Please upload it soon!

Originally Posted by tango217

I made world variable named ballDistanceBelowWall. Then i made in an event called "While the world is running do...." and in the "during" i put a method that says to "set the value of ballDistanceBelowWall to ball distance below wall" and since this value is constantly being calculated by the "while the world is running" event, i can then make another method saying, "if ballDistanceBelowWall <= 0 (or whatever number works), then do ...." which in my case would be running the angular launch equation after the ball hits the wall. i hope this isnt too confusing :/. but im releasing my pong game rather soon that has all this in there so you could look at that when it comes out.

Oh. Alright. I'll give that a try... I hope it works.. I am getting rather desperate. lol Thanks a lot.

[tango217]

Originally Posted by SammehDx

Oh. Alright. I'll give that a try... I hope it works.. I am getting rather desperate. lol Thanks a lot.

Your very welcome, let me know if there is anything else i can do to help.

[tango217]

I just finished the version 1.0 of my PONG game. I'm very happy with the overall result. I'll post it right here and you can also search for the game under my name or pongiliscious (thats the title) lol

**MAKE SURE YOU READ THE DESCRIPTION IN GAME AND HERE FIRST PLEASE**
If you want to see some of the advanced programming that went into making this game work, take a gander through the various world methods. There's some pretty intense codes goin' on in those. Also take a look at how many variables that the game required for the different distance measurements, speeds, angles, and other values that get tracked. It's these conditions, variables, and advanced methods that cause the game to lag slightly at times unfortunately although IMO I don't think this detracts from the game's fun. I mention the bugs in the game notes.

A couple cool things about the game is that if your paddle is moving downward and if the ball is moving downward as well and they make contact, then the ball will increase speed and steepen its bounce angle. And the other way around too if the paddle and the ball are moving in the opposite direction. This makes the game much more realistic.

I hope everyone enjoys my game! And if you come across any bugs that aren't already mentioned or want to know how I made certain things work please let me know. Thanks!!

[zonedabone]

Awesome! I tried it and it was great! I did notice the ball getting stuck, though. I'll see if I can try to fix it. I'll post if I do.

[tango217]

Thanks! Ya it's tough to stop that, I think it's just cause it lags. If i could convert this to java idt it would lag as much.

[Dameria]

Nice! I like how you got the turning for the ball right. I remember I tried to make a pong game before but I got stuck with the part in turning the ball to match the angle you hit it at.

Do try to fix that "sponge" glitch though, and also if you hit the ball through the bottom of a paddle, it "sponges" through the paddle and then either goes back into the field or goes out of bounds randomly.

[tango217]

ya i did realize that. well this is only version and ill keep working to eliminate those glitches in the future!!