iPhone: Bounce on touch

Questions & Answers
1

I am currently developing a game for the iPhone and I have a question. First of all, the game is a soccer ball juggling game. The ball starts in the air And is pushed down by gravity and the game ends if it touches the ground. I want to make a script so every time someone touches the ball it bounces up but like a 30 degree range of direction. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

2

  • From an Update() function use Physics.RayCast to see if the touch position intersects with the ball. Use Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay() passing the touch positions (if you are using more than one).

  • Decide on whether to do the ray case when the touch begins, or all the time and only do the ray cast if the touch phase fits your expected phase(s).

  • When you detect a hit you need to AddForce to the rigidbody attached to the ball. You can create a Vector3 of the lowest possible angle and the multiple a Quaternion that you make from a random rotate around whichever axis you need (maybe Z).

      var q = Quaternion.Euler(0,0,Random.Range(0,30));
  var forceDirection = q * startingVector;
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Okay, I have almost got this working. Raycast now works and it successfully recognizes when I touch the ball. Now all I need to know is how to input the addforce.

Here is the code I’m using for the ray cast.

var particle : GameObject;
function Update () {
    for (var i = 0; i < Input.touchCount; ++i) {
        if (Input.GetTouch(i).phase == TouchPhase.Began) {
            // Construct a ray from the current touch coordinates
            var ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay (Input.GetTouch(i).position);
            if (Physics.Raycast (ray)) {
                // Create a particle if hit
                Instantiate (particle, transform.position, transform.rotation);
            }
        }
    }
}

How would I add the addforce to that code?
Here is the code I have for the addforce.

function FixedUpdate () {
    rigidbody.AddForce (Vector3.up * 10);
}

How would I input that code into the previous one?