Collecting Randomly Appearing Coins

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#1

Hello Everyone!

I’m creating an arcade game where you are a ball that is bouncing around a contained area the size of an iphone screen. Every 5 seconds or so a column of coins appears and then disappears after 5 seconds. The location of the coins that appear depends on a randomly generated number, 1 through 8. The amount of points each coin is worth starts at 10 and every 5 coins the player collects their worth increases by 10 (10, 20, 30, 40, etc).

The problem I’m having is that when the ball passes through a coin the coin does not consistently disappear (as it should after being collected). The amount of points given by the coins is correct when a coin does disappear however.

If anyone could help me out by showing me a good way of collecting coins I would greatly appreciate it. I would post some of my code, but it’s so convoluted that it probably wouldn’t be much help.

Note: I don’t want the ball to change direction or momentum at all when it passes through a coin, I want it to continue moving like nothing happened.

Thanks in advance! [import]uid: 144843 topic_id: 28484 reply_id: 328484[/import]

#2

Showing some simple plug and play demonstrating the issue would be a good idea, it would make it a lot easier for someone (myself included) to help you find and fix the issue. [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 28484 reply_id: 115046[/import]

#3

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#4

Nice spamming - one step down from begging on the street. [import]uid: 93133 topic_id: 28484 reply_id: 133059[/import]

#5

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#6

Wow nice I am also collecting Military Challenge Coins and enjoying because it is really interesting. [import]uid: 200435 topic_id: 28484 reply_id: 133057[/import]

#7

Nice spamming - one step down from begging on the street. [import]uid: 93133 topic_id: 28484 reply_id: 133059[/import]

#8

Removed spam post and blocked spammer. Commenting so it doesn’t look like you (nick) were speaking to me above :wink: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 28484 reply_id: 133102[/import]