Multiple Objects, Same Physics Diff Place..

[zKarp]

Hello Im at a standstill with a project.
I have a ball drop currently that goes from y = 0 to y = 420 or w/e then respawn.

It drops above you when it repawns.

Now i'd like to randomly have more balls drops with same like respawn code, fall speed, picture but different x location.
How can i manage this without making 20+ diff ball objects.?

*this is not opengl.

**Also a timer code would be nice where every .0001seconds or whatever the score increases. Im a noob to this Cocoa but Im learning off a tut from another site and It has gotten me pretty far.

[Gottaa]

My thought would be an array of object that are falling, the timer wouldn't need to be that quick though, but you'll learn that by playing around and in the actual timer event all you have to do is move each object in the array down the y axis (could even have either a second array and have variable speeds so basically

dropSpeed[<idNumber>] = arc4random(4);

would randomly set the ball speed.in the same way arc4random(320); would random pick you the x location of the ball

Not sure that's clear but it should give you a better idea

[zKarp]

Originally Posted by Gottaa

My thought would be an array of object that are falling, the timer wouldn't need to be that quick though, but you'll learn that by playing around and in the actual timer event all you have to do is move each object in the array down the y axis (could even have either a second array and have variable speeds so basically

dropSpeed[<idNumber>] = arc4random(4);

would randomly set the ball speed.in the same way arc4random(320); would random pick you the x location of the ball

Not sure that's clear but it should give you a better idea

What do u mean by array?
Sry im pretty new to this still. Any code examples for that?

[smasher]

Originally Posted by zKarp

What do u mean by array?
Sry im pretty new to this still. Any code examples for that?

I posted some code for creating 10 objects and putting them in an array:
http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/ip...html#post65714

When you want to move them all, you need to loop through the array and move everybody:
http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/ip...html#post66097