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Breakout - bounce off brick- why do I need to check for object == NULL?
If you're following the distribution code, you're likely to have a variable named paddle that stores an instance of your paddle. If the ball collides with the paddle, detectCollision returns an ...
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Breakout -- ball continues bouncing after it moves past paddle
First consider instead of just getY(ball) to also add two times the diameter of the ball so by the time the bottom of the ball hits the bottom of the screen you count a lost life. Also it's not a good ...
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pset3 Ball not detecting bricks
You should use the second approach like other people suggested. In your code:
GObject object = detectCollision(window, ball)
if (strcmp(getType(object), "GRect") == 0)
{
velocityY=-velocityY;
}...
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