angle help.

[Bunny_Man_OC]

I have an object that i want to fly around a box (the box is a brightblue line. and when it hits a wall, I want it to deflect into another direction.

but the way I have it it juts follows the exact same pattern, (the oattern is only 4 bouces, is very obvious, and very unprofessional looking!)

so i was wondering if anyone could help me figure out a way to fix this, and make it look better.

this is the code I have for the deflection

code:

procedure birdMove     if rightUp = true and whatdotcolor (bX + (birdWidth div 2), bY) = brightblue then         rightUp := false         leftUp := true     elsif rightUp = true and whatdotcolor (bX, bY + (birdWidth div 2)) = brightblue then         rightUp := false         rightDown := true     elsif leftUp = true and whatdotcolor (bX - (birdWidth div 2), bY) = brightblue then         leftUp := false         rightUp := true     elsif leftUp = true and whatdotcolor (bX, bY + (birdWidth div 2)) = brightblue then         leftUp := false         leftDown := true     elsif rightDown = true and whatdotcolor (bX + (birdWidth div 2), bY) = brightblue then         rightDown := false         leftDown := true     elsif rightDown = true and whatdotcolor (bX, bY - (birdWidth div 2)) = brightblue then         rightDown := false         rightUp := true     elsif leftDown = true and whatdotcolor (bX - (birdWidth div 2), bY) = brightblue then         leftDown := false         rightDown := true     elsif leftDown = true and whatdotcolor (bX, bY - (birdWidth div 2)) = brightblue then         leftDown := false         leftUp := true     end if     if rightUp = true then         bX += 2         bY += 2     elsif leftUp = true then         bX -= 2         bY += 2     elsif rightDown = true then         bX += 2         bY -= 2     elsif leftDown = true then         bX -= 2         bY -= 2     end if end birdMove

bX = bird X position
bY = bird Y position
the pic of the bird is square , so i use bird width to place bX and bY in the middle of the pic. so half of birdWidth is the borders of the bird.

when a border hits a wall (whatdotcolor (coordinated) = brightblue) i want it to delfect.

so any ideas???? any help is appreciated.

[TokenHerbz]

deflect? like go in the opposite direction?

you need to make the +velocity go -, or - velocity go + for the approperiate x,y chords.

velocityX *= -1

[Bunny_Man_OC]

TokenHerbz wrote:

deflect? like go in the opposite direction?

you need to make the +velocity go -, or - velocity go + for the approperiate x,y chords.

velocityX *= -1

I need it boucne and change direction, but the way i have it it goes in a direction, and then when if bouces it will juts bounce off the other 3 walls and end up exactly where it started, and i want it to do more than that, so i thought that there has to be a way to make it bounce a little differently so that it doenst end up at the same point every 3 or 4 bounces.

[Bunny_Man_OC]

Bunny_Man_OC wrote:

TokenHerbz wrote:

deflect? like go in the opposite direction?

you need to make the +velocity go -, or - velocity go + for the approperiate x,y chords.

velocityX *= -1

I need it boucne and change direction, but the way i have it it goes in a direction, and then when if bouces it will juts bounce off the other 3 walls and end up exactly where it started, and i want it to do more than that, so i thought that there has to be a way to make it bounce a little differently so that it doenst end up at the same point every 3 or 4 bounces.

but after thinking about it, what i have will work, but my area is a square, and that is what i think my problem is. if i make the box a rectangle, it should work

[TokenHerbz]

perhaps try useing real variables, and Multiply by not a whole 1, but RandInt(.1, .6), Iv'e never tryed it, and its to late to test, but its worth a try. I think it would project a different path each time it hits somthing.

If you want a more specific deflection, like one would want for pong (depending where on the paddle the ball hits and which way the paddles going), It would involve alot more math.