Problem with hittest - object solidity?

[Jackal007]

Hi,

I am quite new to flash, and have started making break out, to learn some game programming aspects and knowledge, i have a ball pinging around the screen, the only problem at the moment is when the ball hits the top or bottom of a block it pings off in the opposite coordinates, but on the side of the object it goes through it awkwardly instead of pinging:-

________
* here goes thru * |_______| *

Anyone come across this before?

[rhine]

Hi,

I am quite new to flash, and have started making break out, to learn some game programming aspects and knowledge, i have a ball pinging around the screen, the only problem at the moment is when the ball hits the top or bottom of a block it pings off in the opposite coordinates, but on the side of the object it goes through it awkwardly instead of pinging:-

________
* here goes thru * |_______| *

Anyone come across this before?
Can you post the code? It may have to do with the _y hittest coordinates you're using.

[Jackal007]

Can you post the code? It may have to do with the _y hittest coordinates you're using.if (_root.mcBlock.hitTest(this)) {
redirectBall();
}


function redirectBall() {
speedX = +speedX;
speedY = -speedY;
}

that code is on the ball movie clip
if it hits a block it calls that function to reverse the balls direction

[RyxiaN]

Shall the ball move? Then you need to have:


if (_root.mcBlock.hitTest(this)) {
redirectBall();
}
function redirectBall() {
speedX = +speedX;
speedY = -speedY;
_x= speedX;
_y= speedY;
}

Right?

[lostinbeta]

Have you seen this?

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/pongout.htm

[JoMan]

Ah yes, the great pong tutorial! Well writen I say :thumb:

peace

[Jackal007]

Thanks, i just discovered this site, but its really good, i think ill give that pong tute a go and then ill be more aware of how to actually make arcanoid ;)