From: "Mike Winsor" <mwinsor AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: djgpp crashes under DOS 7
Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 17:03:15 -0230
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I had it running under the dos box and vanilla DOS 7... in fact that's how
I would boot the computer... I had it going to DOS instead of booting
windoze.  Maybe it has something to do with your particular setup?
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 and improved ARKANOID like game
> and a ball can have collisions from many different angles. How would I go
> about doing this. Can someone get me started on a collision with my paddle?
> My paddle has 3 'bounding boxes' (my 'paddle' thing looks like o--o). The
> sides are different from the middle, so I want to detect different
> collisions in the different parts.

Here's a picture of what I think you're saying:
  _______                            _______
 |       |__________________________|       |
 |   A   |____________B_____________|   C   |
 |_______|                          |_______|

Each of A, B, and C are seperate bounding boxes.  And you want to detect a
collision such that if the ball hits B or the top sides of A and C, the
ball's vertical velocity becomes the negative of itself.  If the ball
touches either side of the A or C boxes, the ball's horozontal velocity
becomes the negative of itself.

If this is what you want, detecting B is easy since it doesn't matter
where it hits.  A and C, however is somewhat more tricky.  I would try
dividing A and C into three smaller bounding boxes apiece as folows:
 _________                          _________
|\___E___/|                        |\___I___/| When the ball hits E, G or
| |     |F|                        |H|     | | I, you negate the vertical
| |     |_|________________________|_|     | | velocity, and when the ball
|D|     |______________G_____________|     |J| hits D, F, J, or J, negate
| |                                        | | the horzontal velocity.
|_|                                        |_|

This is the easiest way I can think of to solve the problem.  Another
technique you could use is to keep A and C as single boxes.  When the ball
hits one of them, compare the position of the center of the box with the
position of the ball.  If the ball's position lies within a predetermined
area of the box that you have determined as the "top", take the appropiate
action.
 ________
|\ Top  /| Likewise, if the ball falls within the area of the left or
| \    / | right side, do what needs to be done.  Of course, if the ball
|  \  /  | hits the top and a side at once, both of the velocities will be
|Lt \/ Rt| negated which is exactly what you want to happen.
|___|____|

-Richard Ellwood

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