creating a jump

[pizzadude223]

I'm just working on making a simple ball game right now and I want the ball to go up 100 pixels then come down when you hit space bar. But for some reason I either get the ball to go up and not come down or it just freezes. Here the space bar part of my code where it just keeps floating up:

else if (key == 32)
{
if (y_pos > 150)
{
y_speed = -1;
}
else
{
y_speed = 1;
}
}


yes there is another if above the else if so thats not it.

[Norm]

I want the ball to go up 100 pixels then come down

Where do you paint the ball?
How does that code determine where to paint the ball?

What does this mean: key == 32
Is it the same as: key == ' '

Have you tried debugging the code by adding println()s to show how the values for the y location of the ball changes?

[pizzadude223]

key == 32 is the detection of the space bar being pressed. I draw a circle like this:

public void paint (Graphics g)
{
g.setColor (Color.red);

g.fillOval (x_pos - radius, y_pos - radius, 2 * radius, 2 * radius);
}

[Norm]

Have you tried debugging the code by adding println()s to show how the values for the y location of the ball changes?

[pizzadude223]

O yeah and x and y pos are determined like this:

x_pos += x_speed;
y_pos += y_speed;

[pizzadude223]

Umm I just compile using the javac code and then I put it in a web page coding.

[Norm]

Have you tried debugging the code by adding println()s to show how the values for the y location of the ball changes?