how to make ball start on paddle.

[gergysun]

Heyu guys, ive changed my menu alot and it would be nice if the user to press spacebar to start the ball, with its beginning possition on the paddle...ive looked at other pong games, and most of them dont have it
I was wondering of how to do so...
Can anyone help me out?

[HeavenAgain]

its really easy..... just add ,
if the input key down is space then your game code here,
else if input key down is left, then move the ball + the paddle left,
else if input key down is right, then move the ball + the paddle right,

simple? yes!

[gergysun]

ok, im moving the paddle with the mouse, does that make any difference..to what u just said?
im not sure how to start off the Input.Keydown thing, concidering ive never looked at it before.
what would i type?

[HeavenAgain]

Quote:

ok, im moving the paddle with the mouse, does that make any difference..to what u just said?

nope, no big difference

Turing:

var chars : array char of boolean         Input.KeyDown (chars)         if chars ('t') then             put "The T key is pressed"         end if

i copyed this straight from the f10 help, all you have to change is make the t into space, and replace "put "the T key is pressed" with your game code.
and elsif check mouse's x position, and move your paddle + ball

[gergysun]

Awsome!
the only thing is that i have to hold down the space bar to continue the game...like what i mean is that the ball wont start until i press the spacebar (good) but i have to keep holding it for the game to run smoothly....im not sure if i explained that correctly or not...

[HeavenAgain]

you have to keep on holding it? thats odd, you just have to add that if statment before the WHOLE game code, not somewhere in the game code
So it acts as a "gate keeper" before the player can acually start the game, is that they must press space at the beginninng, before they enter the game, get what i mean?

[gergysun]

well, i got it somewhat fixed..i dont have to hold up arrow anymore, but what is done now is when you press it, it resets the ball into the centre...what i want it to do it that when i start the game, the ball is on the paddle and i have to press up arrow to start the ball moving. Using your method, how would i do that?
here is my code, if it makes u understand what i just said a bit better...

Code edited out at OP's request.

[HeavenAgain]

ok, i have no idea why the up arrow is there in the first place, i mean, you dont even need to use up arrow to play pong.... so.... errr
ok, i wont look through your code, because i am lazy but i'll explain it this way, again

code:

loop {  if space is pressed    {    your game code here    exit game's loop when player lose % so it goes back to the main loop    }   else if mouse or left right arrow is moved   {    move your paddle accordingly   } }

[gergysun]

alright. And the reason i put the up arrow in there cause i 2 was lazy...to find the text for the spacebar so i used the up arrow.
and when u say mouse, u mean ( from my code) .......x - 40 and x + 40?
so.. like this..?

code:

loop %begins main loop     Input.KeyDown (chars)     if chars (KEY_UP_ARROW) then         % full game code         exit when score1 = scoremax     elsif x - 40 and x + 40 then     end if end loop

[HeavenAgain]

nop nop nop , that doesnt give you anything, you are checking for where the mouse is, i think the code is mousewhere, and check if the x value of the mouse changed from the orginal paddle's position, get the idea?

[gergysun]

sooo i use

code:

Mouse.Where (x, y, button)

and i dont understand what you mean by "check if the x value of the mouse changed from the orginal paddle's position"
my paddle does not show up in my same spot everytime the game starts, it whereever ur cursor is on the window.

[HeavenAgain]

OHH, well in that case... i have made some silly mistake in explainning... first, obviously you gotta draw out the stuffs.... and whenever mouse position changes, you have to update the paddle, if this makes more sense to you.... implement it in your code and see what happens; try first then if you dont understand then ask play around with your code and logic a bit, a great way to learn

[Nick]

code:

var mx,my,oldx,oldy,b:int:=0 loop     Mouse.Where(mx,my,mb)     if mx not = oldx or my not = oldy then         mouse moved     end if     oldx:=mx     oldy:=my end loop

[gergysun]

ok, so do i put the key down thing before or after the mouswhere below?
and what would i tpye for "mouse moved" in the below code?

code:

var x,y,oldx,oldy,b:int:=0 loop     Mouse.Where(x,y,mb)     if x not = oldx or y not = oldy then         mouse moved     end if     oldx:=x     oldy:=y end loop

Does oldy and oldx have to be present anywhere else in the code?

[HeavenAgain]

if you are using mouse to play the game, there isnt much point for input key down, cept for the starting part (which i hope you get it)
and as for the old and new x and y, you certain will live without the old, because you are simply drawing the paddle base on your mouse's x and y right? (thats how i understands it) so just check mouse where, and draw the paddle according to the x and y, simple as that