Question about Arkanoid Pad movement.

Hi guys,

I am making a version of the old classic Arkanoid. I want the Pad to be controlled by Mouse.X - but if the mouse is getting outside of the game area of the pad, then it feels like the Pad is stuck at the border if I want to reverse the Pad movement to the other side.

I think I can counter this by using Mouse.AbsoluteX and convert it to the Pad area, but I don't know how to do that properly.

I think it's impossible. When the mouse is getting outside of the game area, its value no longer change.

Makes sense. Is there any other way around this problem?

I would rather not use the keyboard to control the Pad.

I think you could multiply the mouse movement. Thus, when the pad reaches the edge of the layout, the mouse will still have space to move. And you can move the pad using (move_at_angle), and the speed of the cursor movement. I got the cursor speed using (lerp) expression. made an example.

drive.google.com/file/d/10ELD7oOg6aSTMOoxE6sSGOoH0euPGVFw/view

by the way, there is a useful "action" in the mouse plugin (pointer lock). But this may not work due to security restrictions.

Thanks mate, I wil have a look at it tmrw.😊

Mouse.X or Mouse.AbsoluteX should still work inside the window if you are using Letterbox scaling mode.

Another option is to lock the mouse pointer and use Mouse.MovementX/Y expression to detect mouse movements and position the paddle.

Thanks guys. You are solid gold.