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By: H

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:52:19 +0000

not only the paddle but the bricks also. somehow it manages to squeeze in beside the brick and get the other bricks that are near. im gessing its linked with the paddle. this is a real problem with hit testing. would really like some help with this if you have any?

Thanks
H

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:18:13 +0000

Hey there good tutorial, I’m just having an issue with the score. Everything seems to work it is just when I start the game the score starts at 160 and not 0. When I hit the bricks they disappear and add another 10 to the score. Not sure what I’ve done wrong

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:39:54 +0000

Nan Im getting that and tried the solution above and didn’t work… help please ^_^

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:52:37 +0000

Hi Mr. Chief,

A few people have asked me that… I haven’t had time to work on an answer, but my initial thoughts might be to create a second paddle movieclip much thinner than the first one and use it for the hit test. So, essentially the ball would have to hit the very top of the paddle only in order to bounce back. This is only an idea, haven’t tested it yet. I know hitTest in Flash isn’t an “exact” science, so it the “paddle” hit test is too small/thin, it may not work correctly. If I can find some time, I’ll try to look into a better solution for the bounce.

Thanks for reading!

- Mike

By: Mister Chief

Mister Chief — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:55:25 +0000

Hi there,
I wondered if you could give a solution to stop the ball going through the sides of the paddle? I have followed a different tutorial for my breakout based game but still have the same problem. I have tried inserting a movie clip at each end of the paddle reversing the X and Y values but this creates an unusual bounce.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:52:57 +0000

Hi Sasha,

Sorry, I don’t know C++ or it’s capabilities. Maybe another reader out there can answer that question?

- Mike

By: Sasha

Sasha — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:11:24 +0000

hey can you use C++ to program games like this

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:58:15 +0000

Hi Josh,

Sorry you are having problems with your scoreboard. I would be happy to help, but I would need more information. Are you getting any kind of errors? My first thought is to be sure you have all the instances/variables named correctly. Also, you can try downloading the source file at the end of this tutorial, and try to compare your to mine to see if you can find the error. If you are still having problems, you can send me the file to contact@spitshine-design.com and I can try and troubleshoot it for you.

Thanks for reading!

- Mike

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:29:52 +0000

Hi Nachoman,

Yes, there is a little quirk in this tutorial where when the ball hit’s the side of the paddle it gets caught up. The fix is beyond the scope of this set of tutorials. These were meant for users to start thinking about Flash and game development, and some of the skills needed for game development in Flash (i.e. hitTest, scores, lives, etc). When I have time I hope to expand on these and attempt to resolve this quirk, but have been too busy lately, sorry.

- Mike