Thread: Collision Detection.

First of all sorry about the double post. In my pong game I need to of course have the paddle reflect the ball. My ball moves by having its velocity in both the x and y axis added onto its current position.

Code:

if (pongBall.xpos<=ppaddlex+5 && pongBall.ypos-5>=ppaddley-40 && pongBall.ypos-5<=ppaddley){
        pongBall.vely=pongBall.vely*-1;
    };

In this piece of code I am trying to test:
1st: if the x cordinate of pong ball = the front part of the paddle.

2nd: If the middle of the pong ball is greater than the lowest part of the paddle.

3rd: If the middle of the pong ball is less than the hightest part of the paddle.

pongBall is a class with its xpos, and ypos and there accompaning velocities name vely and vel x. ppaddle x and y are the upper left corner of the paddle.

Does anyone know why this collision detection wont work. Ive been staring at it for about 2 hours and I just cant figure it out. Sorry if I didn't give enough info please tell me and I will put up more.

ARRRRRRRRGHHH. I cant do it. can somebody please help me or give me a hint?

ya I can and did that, But it still seems like it should work. I have all the coordinates correct as far as I can tell.

Never mind I did it. I thought that the graph was
---------------------<---- x
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|<---- -y

when y is realy positive