Re: Vector Breakout

From: Jeff Anderson <mayday19_at_idt.net>
Date: Tue May 11 1999 - 00:26:45 EDT

> Bad news-- I'm still not sure how the hell to deal with bounces off the
> "paddle". I can't for the life of me characterize how it works in
> SuperBreakout-- it seems like some "hits" result in random bounces,
> while others cause true "mirror" bounces and other return the ball along
> the same path. Any help would be appreciated. (Ray, seems like you
> know something about this? :-)

I'm pretty sure the paddle is divided into fourths.. I remember seeing a
diagram somewhere, I think it was in the superbreakout manual. It
had arrows that show which way the ball bounces off the paddle depending
on which way it hit the paddle if I remember correctly..

Jeff
Received on Mon May 10 23:26:47 1999

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