Getting the balls to constantly move when they are clicked on them

Gragnit

Boolean IsMouseInCircle;
Boolean IsMousePressed;
PVector MyCoor[];
PVector CircleSize;
PVector MousePos;
int CircleNumber;

float diameter[];

float CircleSpeed_Y[];

int counter;  

import ddf.minim.*;
Minim minim;
AudioPlayer Boing;

void setup() {
  size(1024, 700);
  frameRate(60);

   minim = new Minim(this);
   Boing = minim.loadFile("Boing.mp3");

  CircleNumber = 6;

  MyCoor = new PVector[CircleNumber];
  diameter = new float[CircleNumber];
  CircleSpeed_Y = new float[CircleNumber];
  int counter = 0;

  IsMouseInCircle = false;
  IsMousePressed = false;


  while(counter < CircleNumber){

    diameter[counter] = 80;
    float xp = diameter[counter] + counter * 170;
    float yp = diameter[counter] ;

    CircleSpeed_Y[counter] = 20;
     MyCoor[counter] = new PVector(xp,yp);

    counter = counter + 1;

    }



}

void draw(){



  background(255,255,255);
  counter = 0;


  while(counter < CircleNumber){

    if(checkMouseInZone(MyCoor[counter], diameter[counter]/2)){
        if( IsMousePressed){

          MyCoor[counter].y = MyCoor[counter].y + CircleSpeed_Y[counter];
           fill(200,255,0);

             if(MyCoor[counter].y > height) {
                   MyCoor[counter].y = height;
                   CircleSpeed_Y[counter] = - CircleSpeed_Y[counter]  ;
                        println("too far bottom");
                         Boing.pause();
                         Boing.rewind();
                         Boing.play();

                }

             if(MyCoor[counter].y < 0) {
                   MyCoor[counter].y = 50;
                   CircleSpeed_Y[counter] = -CircleSpeed_Y[counter] ;
                        println("too far top");
                         Boing.pause();
                         Boing.rewind();
                         Boing.play();
                     }

                }
        }else{fill(100,100,100);}





   ellipse(MyCoor[counter].x, MyCoor[counter].y, diameter[counter], diameter[counter]);
    fill(0,200,0);


  counter = counter + 1;
  }



}












boolean checkMouseInZone(PVector p, float radius){

                                                                        //this is my function to check if the mouse is in range of the button
  PVector m = new PVector(mouseX, mouseY);  // a temporary PVector to store the current mouse position
  return (m.dist(p) <= radius); // returns true or false

}  


void mousePressed(){


  IsMousePressed = true;
}



void mouseReleased(){

  IsMousePressed = false;
}

Chrisir

here....

Boolean IsMouseInCircle; 
Boolean IsMousePressed; 
PVector MyCoor[]; 
PVector CircleSize; 
PVector MousePos; 
int CircleNumber;

float diameter[];

boolean isMoving[];

float CircleSpeed_Y[];

int counter;

import ddf.minim.*; 
Minim minim; 
AudioPlayer Boing;

void setup() { 
  size(1024, 700); 
  frameRate(60);

  minim = new Minim(this); 
  //  Boing = minim.loadFile("Boing.mp3");

  CircleNumber = 6;

  MyCoor = new PVector[CircleNumber]; 
  diameter = new float[CircleNumber]; 
  isMoving = new boolean[CircleNumber];

  CircleSpeed_Y = new float[CircleNumber]; 
  int counter = 0;

  IsMouseInCircle = false; 
  IsMousePressed = false;

  while (counter < CircleNumber) {
    diameter[counter] = 80;
    float xp = diameter[counter] + counter * 170;
    float yp = diameter[counter] ;

    CircleSpeed_Y[counter] = 20;
    MyCoor[counter] = new PVector(xp, yp);

    counter = counter + 1;
  }
}

void draw() {

  background(255, 255, 255); 
  counter = 0;

  while (counter < CircleNumber) {

    if (checkMouseInZone(MyCoor[counter], diameter[counter]/2)) {
      if ( IsMousePressed ) {

        // mark as moving 
        isMoving[counter] = true;
      } // if
    } // if 
    else {
      fill(100, 100, 100);
    } // else 

    // -----------------

    if (isMoving[counter]) {  

      MyCoor[counter].y = MyCoor[counter].y + CircleSpeed_Y[counter];

      fill(200, 255, 0);

      if (MyCoor[counter].y > height) {
        MyCoor[counter].y = height;
        CircleSpeed_Y[counter] = - CircleSpeed_Y[counter]  ;
        println("too far bottom");
        //          Boing.pause();
        //          Boing.rewind();
        //          Boing.play();
      }

      if (MyCoor[counter].y < 0) {
        MyCoor[counter].y = 50;
        CircleSpeed_Y[counter] = -CircleSpeed_Y[counter] ;
        println("too far top");
        //          Boing.pause();
        //          Boing.rewind();
        //          Boing.play();
      }
    } // if

    ellipse(MyCoor[counter].x, MyCoor[counter].y, diameter[counter], diameter[counter]); 
    fill(0, 200, 0);

    counter = counter + 1;
  } // while
}

boolean checkMouseInZone(PVector p, float radius) {


  //this is my function to check if the mouse is in range of the button

  PVector m = new PVector(mouseX, mouseY); 
  // a temporary PVector to store the current mouse position 
  return (m.dist(p) <= radius); // returns true or false
}

void mousePressed() {

  IsMousePressed = true;
}

void mouseReleased() {

  IsMousePressed = false;
}

Chrisir

the idea is to have another array to store if this ball is moving permanently

it's like a marker for each ball

remarks

1.

instead of while you can also use a for-loop

2.

you approach uses several arrays that are parallel: each ball has properties distributed over several arrays (always at the same index) - to overcome this you can turn to OOP / classes

see:

http://wiki.processing.org/w/From_several_arrays_to_classes

and #6 here: Objects

https://forum.processing.org/tutorials/

Chrisir ;-)

Chrisir

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Gragnit

Hi Chrisir.

Thanks for the help on this one, its helped me alot.

Also sorry about the poor set-up of the question. I've only just started using this forum, so thanks for the advice on posting future questions.

Thanks again.

Gragnit

Chrisir

the forum is broken somehow anyway....

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