Need help with mouse script on WIP

I am currently working on a fun little physics game for the BGE contest and would like to know if I could have some help with scripting. Although I am familiar with it, I have no idea where to begin on this one.(Maybe, get the mouse’s rayposition?) I would like it so that when you click somewhere, a ball will set its linV towards that point. I saw this on the forum earlier but my search came up negative.

Please help! i would love to finish this game!-YA

A blend:

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Fallballexport.blend (964 KB)

This is probably no where near perfect as I’m not the best python/BGE logic person, but it may be what you’re looking for (see attachment)

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clickmovetest.blend (229 KB)

This is nearly what I want. since the game will not be using the x-axis, I was thinking that the script should tell the ball to get the y and z position of the click, and set the linv of the ball in that direction. Problem is, I don’t know how to write it.

Thanks!-YA

Is this what you are looking for? The world has zero gravity in my file, just to show what is actually happening.

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trackMouseClick.blend (36.6 KB)

Yes! It is! There is just one thing: how do I make it so that when you click in a certain direction, there is a gradual buildup of speed? Also, how do I make it so that gravity is applied unless you click somewhere in the +Z axis?

Come back, Blendenzo! You sound like you can fix this!:eyebrowlift:

An update: I made it so that the ball rotates behind a billboard plane, since the reflection of the ball would never change. Added more colors. Working on sounds.

Had to take out a few things, due to file size.

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Fallballexport.blend (797 KB)

Please! Help me! Save me from this state of ignorance!!!:eek:

If you use servo motion instead of simple motion, you can cause a gradual buildup of speed and specify a maximum limit on the speed.

I don’t know how you should best solve the issue of overcoming gravity. That could be rather complicated.

Yes… it would be complicated but…DUH!!! Servo motion was exactly what I was asking for!! I can’t believe I didn’t think of that!
The z-axis thing isn’t really necessary, but there is something that is…
The paddles in the blend are deigned to knock the ball off course: the whole goal of the game is to keep the ball from going off screen. I need to make the force of the pedals a priority over the movement of the ball towards the cursor.

Should I, like, Make it so that the linv is turned off when it is near a paddle?
…That could cause some bugs…