Pinball Flippers? Is this possible? and how?

PixelPunPixelPun Member Posts: 324
edited January 2012 in Working with GS (Mac)
Hey guys the best way to describe what I want is the equivalent of pinball flippers that can be moved with your finger. They should only have a few degrees of movement.. then snap back to their original position.. Is this possible to do with GS? if so is there a tutorial or a video I can watch? I am pretty familiar with GS but achieving this is beyond me. Any help would be amazing!

Thank you in advance everyone!

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  • LumpAppsLumpApps Member Posts: 2,881
    There used to be a pinball template but I believe they are all gone...
    But anyway, it can be done!
    Hope that helps a bit.
  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/29037/free-yourselves-from-the-tyranny-of-center-only-rotations

    that should help get you started
  • PixelPunPixelPun Member Posts: 324
    thanks guys... working it out..
  • Rob2Rob2 Member Posts: 2,402
    Best performance ive seen for GS pinball http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/30374/stadium-pinball-coming-on-top
  • RThurmanRThurman Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 2,881
    Here is one example of how to do flippers:
    http://www.mediafire.com/?n7ndp4npbk48b3p

    Hope this helps!
    RThurman
  • RThurmanRThurman Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 2,881
    edited January 2012
    Just thought of another way to do flippers. It is based on RKS' use of two persistent behaviors -- Sort of a Jedi mind trick he used on GameSalad: http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/35841/how-to-rotate-from-a-different-axis-the-much-much-easier-way-rks/p1

    Anyway, here is a way to do flippers without a bunch of math (but a lot more trust):
    http://www.mediafire.com/?nzpp44l83ppno5d

    RThurman
  • LeonardDeveloperLeonardDeveloper Member Posts: 4,630
    I have a game that I started working on for a client but he never wanted it.... If I can find it you can have it for free! :) if you want it?
    ----
    Great GS templates: http://www.thermo-Apps.com/templates
    Great GS tutorials: Http://www.thermo-apps.com/GameSalad
  • PixelPunPixelPun Member Posts: 324
    Thanks again guys! Big help!
  • PixelPunPixelPun Member Posts: 324
    I feel like the guy will a million questions... The flipper template that rthurman gave me is great... but if I add a ball the flippers move.... how do I stop this?
  • LeonardDeveloperLeonardDeveloper Member Posts: 4,630
    Wow @rthurman You could have just done when touch is pressed rotate to angle! :)
  • RThurmanRThurman Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 2,881
    @LeonardDeveloper .... Yes you could use a simple rotate to angle. It all depends on what is needed. And sometimes a simple rotation really is all that is needed. (But only sometimes.) I assumed that PixelPun already knew how to rotate an actor and that he wanted a flipper -- not a actor that rotated at its center. But you might be right! Perhaps it is overkill for a simple question.

    @PixelPun .... I'm not sure which flipper template you are referring to. (I showed two ways to do it.) However, my guess would be that you need to set the density of the flippers to something fairly high. (A lot higher then the ball.)
  • jay2dxjay2dx Member Posts: 611
    edited April 2015

    @RThurman said:
    LeonardDeveloper .... Yes you could use a simple rotate to angle. It all depends on what is needed. And sometimes a simple rotation really is all that is needed. (But only sometimes.) I assumed that PixelPun already knew how to rotate an actor and that he wanted a flipper -- not a actor that rotated at its center. But you might be right! Perhaps it is overkill for a simple question.

    PixelPun .... I'm not sure which flipper template you are referring to. (I showed two ways to do it.) However, my guess would be that you need to set the density of the flippers to something fairly high. (A lot higher then the ball.)

    hey man, bumping this thread as I'm going crazy trying to make some pinball flippers work! any help guys? the links in here all lead to dead ends now :(

    thanks

  • QuitQuit George CaliforniaMember Posts: 38

    @jay2dx Please Start a new thread as the last post was in 2012.

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    @jay2dx said:
    hey man, bumping this thread as I'm going crazy trying to make some pinball flippers work! any help guys? the links in here all lead to dead ends now

    I've made you a quick demo (attached) - use the space bar to actuate the flipper.

  • jay2dxjay2dx Member Posts: 611
    edited April 2015

    @socks nice one mate :smile: will try this out later when I get in. Much appreciated

  • jay2dxjay2dx Member Posts: 611

    @Quit said:
    jay2dx Please Start a new thread as the last post was in 2012.

    I thought about a new thread but the guys posting in this are still here so didn't see the point!

  • jay2dxjay2dx Member Posts: 611

    @socks thanks man it works great, i turned on fixed rotation on the flippers to stop them moving down when hit, only happens sometimes though and i also added an unmovable actor below the flippers that the flippers collide with so to double check they won't move down when the ball hits them,

    but yeah thanks mate, this was a real help, i was trying to do it with an angle offset, varied results that were rubbish, so simple really! thank you

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    @jay2dx said:
    thank you

    No problem ! :smile:

  • jay2dxjay2dx Member Posts: 611

    @Socks said:
    No problem ! :smile:

    hoping to make the best pinball game GameSalad has ever seen! :D

  • LovejoyLovejoy Member Posts: 2,078

    @jay2dx said:
    hoping to make the best pinball game GameSalad has ever seen! :D

    Aim higher, the best pinball game the world has ever seen. Don't set yourself up so early on my friend.

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