Pygame - CollideRect - But How Do They Collide?
- by Chakotay
I'm having some trouble figuring out how I can handle collisions that are specifically colliding on the top or bottom a rect. How can specify those collisions?
Here's a little code snippet to give you an idea of my approach. As it is now it doesn't matter where it collides.
# the ball has hit one of the paddles. send it back in another direction.
if paddleRect.colliderect(ballRect) or paddle2Rect.colliderect(ballRect):
ballHitPaddle.play()
if directionOfBall == 'upleft':
directionOfBall = 'upright'
elif directionOfBall == 'upright':
directionOfBall = 'upleft'
elif directionOfBall == 'downleft':
directionOfBall = 'downright'
elif directionOfBall == 'downright':
directionOfBall = 'downleft'
Thanks in advance.
**EDIT**
Paddle rect:
top
____
| |
| |
| | Sides
| |
----
bottom
I need to know if the ball has hit either the top or the bottom.
