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Question by defenceplox · Jul 02, 2013 at 03:52 PM · velocityspeedrespawnbreakout

Simple breakout game issue

so ive been working on a simple Breakout style game. problem is, when you lose the ball below the paddle, the ball wont reset its speed to minimum. heres the script for the ball.

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 public class Ball : MonoBehaviour {
     public float multiplier = 1.1f;
     public float minSpeed = 5;
     public float maxSpeed = 10;
     
     public float curSpeed = 0;
     
     private Transform _t;
     
     public List<GameObject> blocks;
     
     void Awake() {
         _t = transform;
         
         blocks = new List<GameObject>();
     }    
     // Use this for initialization
     void Start() {
         blocks.AddRange( GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag( "Block" ) );
         
         ResetBall();    
     }
     
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update() {
         if( blocks.Count <1 )
             WonLevel();
         if( _t.position.y < -5 )
             MissedBall ();
     }    
     void FixedUpdate() {
         curSpeed = Vector3.Magnitude( rigidbody.velocity );
         
         if (curSpeed > maxSpeed ) 
             rigidbody.velocity /= curSpeed / maxSpeed;
         
         if ( curSpeed < minSpeed && curSpeed > 0 )
             rigidbody.velocity /= curSpeed / minSpeed;
     }
     
     void OnCollisionEnter( Collision col ) {    
         rigidbody.velocity += rigidbody.velocity * multiplier;
         
         if( col.gameObject.CompareTag( "Block" ) )
             blocks.Remove( col.gameObject );        
     }
     
     private void MissedBall() {
         if( Lives.curLives-- < 2 )
             GameOver();
         else 
             ResetBall();
             
         
         
     }    
     
     private void ResetBall() {
         _t.position = new Vector3( Random.Range( -Player.xBoundry + 2 , Player.xBoundry - 2), 2, Player.zPosition );
         _t.LookAt( GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag( "Player" ).transform.position );
         
                 rigidbody.AddRelativeForce( new Vector3( 0, 0, minSpeed ) );
     }
     
     private void GameOver() {
         Debug.Log(" Game Over");
         _t.renderer.enabled = false;
         rigidbody.velocity = Vector3.zero;
         _t.position = Vector3.zero;
     }    
     
     private void WonLevel() {
         Debug.Log( "We Won Level" );    
     }    
 }
 
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Answer by InfiniBuzz · Jul 02, 2013 at 03:59 PM

As the name says AddRelativeForce adds the given force to the rigidbody regardless of what force / velocity is already applied. You probably want to use

 private void ResetBall() {
 
    _t.position = new Vector3( Random.Range( -Player.xBoundry + 2 , Player.xBoundry - 2), 2, Player.zPosition );
    _t.LookAt( GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag( "Player" ).transform.position );
 
    rigidbody.velocity = Vector3.zero; // Add this line
    rigidbody.AddRelativeForce( new Vector3( 0, 0, minSpeed ) );
 }

hope it solves your problem

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thanks so much

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Answer by robertbu · Jul 02, 2013 at 03:57 PM

In ResetBall() you are adding a relative force, but you are not canceling any velocity already on the ball. Try adding this at line 65:

 rigidbody.velocity = Vector3.zero;

Or you can assign the velocity directly:

 rigidbody.velocity = transform.foward * minSpeed;

Note that minSpeed is independent of mass, so it will need to be substantially smaller if you have the default mass of 1.0.

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