Ball keeps locking even with the bool

[Dorkbomb]

The ball keeps locking to the paddle when I launch it, I put in the bool exactly like Rick but somehow it’s just not working for me D:

{
    [SerializeField] Paddle paddle1;

    //state
    Vector2 paddleToBallVector;
    bool hasStarted = false;


    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        paddleToBallVector = transform.position - paddle1.transform.position;

    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (!hasStarted)
        {
            LockBallToPaddle();
            LaunchOnClick();
        }
        

    }

    private void LaunchOnClick()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
        {
            hasStarted = true;
            GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = new Vector2(2f, 15f);
        }
    }

    private void LockBallToPaddle()
    {
        Vector2 paddlePos = new Vector2(paddle1.transform.position.x, paddle1.transform.position.y);
        transform.position = paddlePos + paddleToBallVector;
    }
}

[Nina]

Hi,

Have you already tried to add Debug.Logs to your code to see what is going on during runtime?

[Dorkbomb]

Pretty new to both unity and C#. Where would I add the debug.logs string?

[Nina]

LockBallToPaddle gets called in the if-block in the Update method if hasStarted is false. In your code, hasStarted gets set to true in the if-block of the LaunchOnClick method. For this reason, it makes sense to add the Debug.Log to the if-block in LaunchOnClick to see if that code block gets executed. If it doesn’t, hasStarted will not get set to true and LockBallToPaddle will continue to get called each frame.

[Dorkbomb]

Ok so it gets set to true.
The ball will launch but snap back and bounce off the paddle again continuously.

[Dorkbomb]

Ok. i figured it out. I thought it was the code but for some reason the ball gravity scale was set WAY up. Haha thanks for the help though. i

[Nina]

Good job on solving the problem!