How to make objects bounce of walls need help plz

[Confused Child]

Hi guys so I was just bored and wanted to make a game on Turing. My game will basically feature a ball which is on your mouse and squares bounce around the screen, you have to make sure you do not go inside the square. Just one problem, how do i make the squares bounce around and how can i make the program exit when the ball hits a square.


Heres my program, please tell me if changes can be made to make it better,

P.S. Its my ISU. So i really need a good mark

Any help will be appriciated!

setscreen ("graphics")
var font1, font2, font3, font4 : int
drawfillbox (maxx, maxy, 0, 0, 7)

for xc : 1 .. 310 by 2
drawfilloval (xc, 10, 10, 10, 13)
drawfilloval (maxx - xc, 10, 10, 10, 13)
delay (10)
drawfilloval (xc, 10, 10, 10, 7)
drawfilloval (maxx - xc, 10, 10, 10, 7)

end for


font1 := Font.New ("Arial:50")
font2 := Font.New ("Times New Roman:20")
font3 := Font.New ("Times New Roman:15")
font4 := Font.New ("Roaringfire:30")
Font.Draw ("Welcome to my ISU!", 200, 200, font2, 12)
delay (5000)

cls
drawfillbox (maxx, maxy, 0, 0, 3)
Font.Draw ("Welcome to dodge the balls!", 200, 200, font2, blue)
Font.Draw ("Try too keep the ball away from the sqaures!", 160, 170, font3, black)
cls
var x, y, button : int
drawbox (50, 50, 0, 0, 10)

loop
mousewhere (x, y, button)
locate (1, 1)
if button = 0 then
put x : 4, " ", y : 4, " button up"
else
put x : 4, " ", y : 4, " button down"
end if
drawfilloval (x, y, 5, 5, 13)
delay (10)
drawfilloval (x, y, 5, 5, 31)
end loop

var b11x, b11y: int



plz post TY!

[Insectoid]

So you decided to start your ISU because you were bored? What would happen if you weren't bored?

If adding a positive number to an X value makes it go right, what value will make it go left? Hint: Hold the 'movement' in a variable.

Ex.

code:

var moveX := 1 x += moveX

Now what can you do to 'moveX' to make it the value to go to the left? When will you do this?

[Confused Child]

And this is going to make it bounce of walls?

[Insectoid]

If you think really hard about it.

Where are the ball's X and Y values in relation to a wall's coordinates when they collide? How could you make it change direction? when what conditions are met will you change direction?

[Confused Child]

It's squares i want to make bounce of walls, the ball in controlled by mouse. Would it have to do something with x1,y1,x2,y2 of the squares?

sorry programming not my thing trying to learn!

[Insectoid]

Same idea. If What is the relation of the box's coordinates and the wall's when they collide?

[Confused Child]

Im still confused

[TheGuardian001]

for information on collision detection, you should read this: http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=13661. that should help you understand the basics of collisions.[/url]

[Confused Child]

I read that guide. There one prob, since im using mousewhere I want to control that ball i have on the mouse but i want to make other balls bounce around I got a code plz tell me why it doesnt work. The balls dont even come!



setscreen ("graphics")
var font1, font2, font3, font4 : int
drawfillbox (maxx, maxy, 0, 0, 7)
for xc : 1 .. 310 by 2
drawfilloval (xc, 10, 10, 10, 13)
drawfilloval (maxx - xc, 10, 10, 10, 13)
delay (10)
drawfilloval (xc, 10, 10, 10, 7)
drawfilloval (maxx - xc, 10, 10, 10, 7)


end for
font1 := Font.New ("Arial:50")
font2 := Font.New ("Times New Roman:20")
font3 := Font.New ("Times New Roman:15")
font4 := Font.New ("Roaringfire:30")
Font.Draw ("Welcome to my ISU!", 200, 170, font2, 12)
delay (5000)
cls
Font.Draw ("The Dodge the squares game!", 200, 200, font3, 12)
Font.Draw ("Keep the ball(the mouse) away from the squares", 100, 170, font3, 12)
delay (3000)
cls

var x, y, button : int


loop
mousewhere (x, y, button)
locate (1, 1)
if button = 0 then
put x : 4, " ", y : 4, " button up"
else
put x : 4, " ", y : 4, " button down"
end if
drawfilloval (x, y, 5, 5, 13)

drawfilloval (x, y, 5, 5, 31)
end loop



var circle_1_x, circle_1_y, circle_1_radius : int
var circle_2_x, circle_2_y, circle_2_radius : int
var distance_between_centres : real
%give our two circles values. These can obviously be changed.
circle_1_x := 4
circle_1_y := 4
circle_1_radius := 5
circle_2_x := 210
circle_2_y := 190
circle_2_radius := 20
%main program
loop
%draw our circles. Remember, the x-radius and y-radius are the same!
cls
drawoval (circle_1_x, circle_1_y, circle_1_radius, circle_1_radius, 12)
drawoval (circle_2_x, circle_2_y, circle_2_radius, circle_2_radius, 9)
delay (20)
%Move the first oval diagonally
circle_2_x += 1
circle_2_y += 1
%calculate the distance between the centres of the circles
distance_between_centres := sqrt ((circle_2_x - circle_1_x) ** 2 + (circle_2_y - circle_1_y) ** 2)
% collision detection method
if distance_between_centres <= circle_1_radius + circle_2_radius then
put "The circles have collided!"
exit
end if
end loop

[S_Grimm]

Heres a hint: Use code tags. And take a look into the

code:

"offscreenonly"

and

code:

"View.Update"

commands

[TheGuardian001]

you may wish to look at the way your code is structured.

code:

1)loop 2)    mousewhere (x, y, button) 3)    locate (1, 1) 4)    if button = 0 then 5)       put x : 4, " ", y : 4, " button up" 6)    else 7)        put x : 4, " ", y : 4, " button down" 8)    end if 9)    drawfilloval (x, y, 5, 5, 13) 10)    drawfilloval (x, y, 5, 5, 31) 11)end loop %---------------------------------------- %and heres the rest of the code... %---------------------------------------- loop %draw our circles. Remember, the x-radius and y-radius are the same! cls drawoval (circle_1_x, circle_1_y, circle_1_radius, circle_1_radius, 12) drawoval (circle_2_x, circle_2_y, circle_2_radius, circle_2_radius, 9) View.Update delay (20) %Move the first oval diagonally circle_2_x += 1 circle_2_y += 1 %calculate the distance between the centres of the circles distance_between_centres := sqrt ((circle_2_x - circle_1_x) ** 2 + (circle_2_y - circle_1_y) ** 2) % collision detection method if distance_between_centres <= circle_1_radius + circle_2_radius then put "The circles have collided!" exit end if end loop

looking at the lines i've numbered here, we can see that you draw the circle at the mouse. then you hit the end loop, so you go back up to 1, and keep doing this forever.

later on in your program, we get to drawing the obstacles. but wait... we never left the first loop of drawing the ball at the mouse. so our program is still back up there repeating the lines I've numbered 1 to 11.

you need to keep all of your games main code in ONE main loop. that way the program runs all of its code before restarting the loop, instead of doing what yours does and do only one chunk of the code over and over.