Coding random patterns.

[ginanubismon]

Is there a way to create a random path for small ball like a pinball?

I was thinking of adding a small mini-game of pachinko for fun (and perhaps extra prizes and to be different ) and I was wondering what kind of scripting would be needed.

[R4L]

Well, you would have to create ball physics, and that would be a little bit of code. Use the Maths functions in AGS to do this. Also, you might need to code in a SINE table. Heres a link to the SINE table

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/SINE_TABLE.zip

Theres the demo game, and if you open it in AGS you'll see the code for it all.

[Kweepa]

Whoa there! There is no need for that "SINE table" any more, since AGS has built in functions for sin, cos etc.

Writing a pachinko simulation from scratch would be pretty difficult for a beginner. You could fake it by having each ball object decide randomly whether to fall to the left or right (using "Random(1)") of the next pin.

[R4L]

Whoa there! There is no need for that "SINE table" any more, since AGS has built in functions for sin, cos etc.

It was just a little example to maybe help him get on track. 

[Kweepa]

Here is a pachinko physics demo with source code, for AGS2.72.
http://www.kweepa.com/step/ags/tech/pachinko.zip
It's probably not much use to you but I felt inspired to write it.
Includes a Math3d module and a Collide3d module (although obviously this demo only uses 2 of the 3 d).

[R4L]

holy crap! :o Thats awesome Steve! Where is this collide 3d?

[Kweepa]

It's the module "Collide3d.scm" in the zip file. It doesn't do very much - just sphere v sphere, sphere v capsule, moving sphere v sphere, and moving sphere v capsule.