Re: Vector Breakout

From: Heinz Seltmann <heinz_at_dctcorp.com>
Date: Tue May 11 1999 - 08:31:00 EDT

[snip]

>
> 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? :-)

It always seemed to me that if the paddle was in motion when the ball hit
it, then the ball would receive some portion of the paddles motion vector.
ie if you move the paddle to the right to hit the ball, then the ball
would move to the right and "up".

Heinz
Received on Tue May 11 07:33:41 1999

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