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dozingcat
Ball got stuck top left corner
I didn't manage to get a screenshot but somehow the ball got stuck on the "default" table up at the top left corner just to the right of the white circle.
I just encountered the same! It is a very edge case probably. The ball just stayed there and I had to quit the game and start again to fix the problem.
And I managed to get a screenshot :grinning:
The ball got stuck again, but this time it got stuck on the divider next to the right save.
I was thinking of the exact same thing! In fact, the first time this happened, I instinctively tried tilting the phone to see if something happens :p
Found this in field.java. Looks like most of the necessary code has already been written. :o
/** Adjusts gravity in response to the device being tilted; not currently used. */
public void receivedOrientationValues(float azimuth, float pitch, float roll) {
double angle = roll - Math.PI/2;
float gravity = layout.getGravity();
float gx = (float)(gravity * Math.cos(angle));
float gy = -Math.abs((float)(gravity * Math.sin(angle)));
world.setGravity(new Vector2(gx, gy));
}
Right, I haven't enabled tilting because avoiding false positives can be tricky. But feel free to play around with the code and let me know if you come up with something good.
I would like to at least detect the case of the ball getting stuck and then "auto-bump" it.
Commit 9f35df62b503f4dbf863d658f0ffcbf8dcb4e664 attempts to detect when the ball is stuck and nudge it.
That's great! But considering that the ball getting stuck happens so rarely, we might have to wait for a long time before we can confirm that the fix works. But I'll make sure to post a comment here.
On a side note, can you bump the version, so that I can get it from f-droid?
If it doesn't otherwise affect the game play, I'd recommend bumping to Google play too. This has happened to me many times, especially on the many-color-small-bumpers board where there are two places the ball can rest on a bumper if it's slow enough. Believe it or not, I actually got it stuck on the single-pixel-wide line between the side alleys. Does this mean I play too much?
Anyway, here's hoping the bump is is a random direction. A vertical bump would return it to its original position in the last case.
(Note also the bump should be big enough to set off the bumpers in case it is wedged)
Hi there, everyone! First of all, huge thanks @dozingcat for developing this neat app and especially for publishing it on F-Droid! About this Issue: Ha, the same thing happened to me the other day, I did take a screenshot and just wanted to file this when I noticed that @seabastion already did. If you ask me, I'd vote for implementing the tilt as suggested in https://github.com/dozingcat/Vector-Pinball/issues/7#issuecomment-162807752, of course including setting off the bumpers. This even opens up the possibility to add a funky a noise alarm when shaking the phone.
Yeah, the "shake the phone" option could work, just requiring a very high threshold / violent shake to bump the ball and set off the bumpers.
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Hi there, everyone! First of all, huge thanks @dozingcat https://github.com/dozingcat for developing this neat app and especially for publishing it on F-Droid! About this Issue: Ha, the same thing happened to me the other day, I did take a screenshot and just wanted to file this when I noticed that @seabastion https://github.com/seabastion already did. If you ask me, I'd vote for implementing the tilt as suggested in #7 (comment) https://github.com/dozingcat/Vector-Pinball/issues/7#issuecomment-162807752, of course including setting off the bumpers. This even opens up the possibility to add a funky a noise alarm when shaking the phone.
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Version 1.5.2 with the auto-bump fix should be available the Play store now.
Version 1.5.2 with the auto-bump fix should be available the Play store now.
I`m a privacy-geek and only update via F-Droid. Hope to see it there soon.
Yeah, the "shake the phone" option could work, just requiring a very high threshold / violent shake to bump the ball and set off the bumpers.
As well as a possible feature to lock the table up if it's tilted too much.