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JPanel not showing up in another JPanel

I'm trying to make a 2D racing game here by adding a Jpanel on top of a Jpanel. This is done by using 2 classes which I have posted down below.
The problem is the car is never appears on the track... I'm really not sure what I'm missing.. any help is more than welcome!
Thank you in advance!
Car.java
public class Car extends JPanel implements Runnable
{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 007;
private BufferedImage car = null;
private float x = 100F, y = 100F;
private Thread driveThread = new Thread(this);
private double currentAngle = 0; // angel of the car
private static int[] key = new int[256]; // keyboard input
private float MAX_SPEED = 7F;
private float speed = 0F; // speed of our racing car
private float acceleration = 0.15F;
private int player;
private boolean playable = true;
public Car(int player)
{
this.player = player;
this.setSize(super.getHeight(), super.getWidth());
this.setFocusable(true); // enables keyboard
try
{
if (player == 1)
{
//red car
car = ImageIO.read(this.getClass().getResource(
"/imagesCar/first-0.png"));
System.out.println(car.getColorModel());
} else if(player == 2)
{
//blue car
car = ImageIO.read(this.getClass().getResource(
"/imagesCar/second-0.png"));
x = x +30;
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("dupi");
}
// starts the drive thread
startGame();
}
private void startGame() {
driveThread.start();
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
this.setOpaque(false);
// rotation
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
AffineTransform rot = g2d.getTransform();
// Rotation at the center of the car
float xRot = x + 12.5F;
float yRot = y + 20F;
rot.rotate(Math.toRadians(currentAngle), xRot, yRot);
g2d.setTransform(rot);
//Draws the cars new position and angle
g2d.drawImage(car, (int) x, (int) y, 50, 50, this);
}
protected void calculateCarPosition() {
//calculates the new X and Y - coordinates
x += Math.sin(currentAngle * Math.PI / 180) * speed * 0.5;
y += Math.cos(currentAngle * Math.PI / 180) * -speed * 0.5;
}
protected void carMovement() {
// Player One Key's
if (player == 1) {
if (key[KeyEvent.VK_LEFT] != 0) {
currentAngle-=2;
} else if (key[KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT] != 0) {
currentAngle+=2;
}
if (key[KeyEvent.VK_UP] != 0) {
if (speed < MAX_SPEED) {
speed += acceleration;
}
} else if (key[KeyEvent.VK_DOWN] != 0 && speed > -1) {
speed = speed - 0.1F;
}
speed = speed * 0.99F;
} else {
//Player Two Key's
if (key[KeyEvent.VK_A] != 0) {
currentAngle -= 2;
} else if (key[KeyEvent.VK_D] != 0) {
currentAngle += 2;
}
if (key[KeyEvent.VK_W] != 0) {
if (speed < MAX_SPEED) {
speed += acceleration;
}
} else if (key[KeyEvent.VK_S] != 0 && speed > -1) {
speed = speed - 0.1F;
}
//reduce speed when no key is pressed
speed = speed * 0.99F;
}
}
public void getUnderground() {
}
// get key events!
final protected void processKeyEvent(KeyEvent e) {
key[e.getKeyCode()] = e.getID() & 1;
}
#Override
public void run() {
while (true) {
repaint();
carMovement();
calculateCarPosition();
try {
Thread.sleep(10);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
RaceTrack.java
public class RaceTrack extends JPanel
{
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
Color c1 = Color.green;
g.setColor(c1);
g.fillRect(150, 200, 550, 300);
Color c2 = Color.black;
g.setColor(c2);
g.drawRect(50, 100, 750, 500); // outer edge
g.drawRect(150, 200, 550, 300); // inner edge
Color c3 = Color.yellow;
g.setColor(c3);
g.drawRect(100, 150, 650, 400); // mid-lane marker
Color c4 = Color.white;
g.setColor(c4);
g.drawLine(425, 500, 425, 600); // start line
}
}
main
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame mainFrame = new JFrame();
mainFrame.setSize(850,650);
mainFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
Container content = mainFrame.getContentPane();
RaceTrack track = new RaceTrack();
Car carP1 = new Car(1);
track.add(carP1);
content.add(track);
mainFrame.setVisible(true);
}

Car has no defined sizing hints, so it's default size is 0x0
Adding Car to RaceTrack, which is using a FlowLayout will layout Car to it's preferred size of 0x0
Swing is not thread safe so you're probably have a bunch of thread race conditions/violations as well
Not sure if this is the proper way to solve this
Don't use components for this purpose, this problem just screams custom painting all the way.
There are plenty of blogs and tutorials about basic game development, so I don't want to spend a lot of time going over the same material.
Basically, what you want is to define a series of "attributes" to the objects you want to use in your game (AKA "entities"). Not all entities need to be paintable, some might trigger other actions or simply act as "markers" for other entities to use.
In this example, I'm defining two basic entities, "movable" and "paintable". A "paintable" entity may be static (ie the track) or "movable" (ie the car)
The intention is to provide a isolated concept of functionality which can easily be applied to a verity objects in order to "describe" their functionality and purpose within the game.
For example...
public interface MovableEntity extends Entity {
public void update(Rectangle bounds);
}
public interface PaintableEntity extends Entity {
public void paint(Graphics2D g2d, ImageObserver imageObserver, Rectangle bounds);
}
So, in your case, a Car is both Paintable and Movable.
Your "engine" would then maintain one or more lists of these "entities" and process them accordingly.
This example simply makes use of a Swing Timer to act as the "main loop"
mainLoop = new Timer(5, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
Rectangle bounds = new Rectangle(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
// Lots of collision detection and other awesome stuff
for (MovableEntity entity : movableEntitys) {
entity.update(bounds);
}
repaint();
}
});
mainLoop.start();
This provides a level of thread safety, as the Timer is triggered within the context of the Event Dispatching Thread, meaning that while we're updating the entities, they can't be painted.
Then we simply make use of the JPanel's paintComponent method to act as the rendering process...
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Rectangle bounds = new Rectangle(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
for (PaintableEntity paintable : paintableEntities) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
paintable.paint(g2d, this, bounds);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
This is a pretty broad example based on demonstrating basic concepts in a simple manner. There are far more complex possible solutions which would follow the same basic principles.
Personally, I'd define some kind of "path" which acts as the track, on which the cars would then calculate there positions based on different factors, but that's somewhat of a more complex solution then is required right now. But if you're really interested, it might look something like this
Runnable Example...
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.image.ImageObserver;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
/*
You could have entities which can collide which have collision detection
capabilities
Some entities don't need to be painted and may provide things like
visual or audio affects
*/
public interface Entity {
}
public interface MovableEntity extends Entity {
public void update(Rectangle bounds);
}
public interface PaintableEntity extends Entity {
public void paint(Graphics2D g2d, ImageObserver imageObserver, Rectangle bounds);
}
public Test() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new GamePane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class GamePane extends JPanel {
// Could use a single list and filter it, but hay
private List<PaintableEntity> paintableEntities;
private List<MovableEntity> movableEntitys;
private Timer mainLoop;
public GamePane() {
paintableEntities = new ArrayList<>(25);
movableEntitys = new ArrayList<>(25);
paintableEntities.add(new TrackEntity());
CarEntity car = new CarEntity();
paintableEntities.add(car);
movableEntitys.add(car);
mainLoop = new Timer(5, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
Rectangle bounds = new Rectangle(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
// Lots of collision detection and other awesome stuff
for (MovableEntity entity : movableEntitys) {
entity.update(bounds);
}
repaint();
}
});
mainLoop.start();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Rectangle bounds = new Rectangle(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
for (PaintableEntity paintable : paintableEntities) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
paintable.paint(g2d, this, bounds);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
public class CarEntity implements PaintableEntity, MovableEntity {
private int delta = 1;
private int xDelta = 0;
private int yDelta = delta;
private int xPos = 2;
private int yPos = 2;
private int size = 4;
#Override
public void paint(Graphics2D g2d, ImageObserver imageObserver, Rectangle bounds) {
g2d.translate(bounds.x, bounds.y);
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.fillRect(xPos - size / 2, yPos - size / 2, size, size);
}
#Override
public void update(Rectangle bounds) {
xPos += xDelta;
yPos += yDelta;
if (xPos + (size / 2) > bounds.x + bounds.width) {
xPos = bounds.x + bounds.width - (size / 2);
xDelta = 0;
yDelta = -delta;
} else if (xPos - (size / 2) < bounds.x) {
xPos = bounds.x + (size / 2);
xDelta = 0;
yDelta = delta;
}
if (yPos + (size / 2) > bounds.y + bounds.height) {
yPos = bounds.y + bounds.height - (size / 2);
xDelta = delta;
yDelta = 0;
} else if (yPos - (size / 2) < bounds.y) {
yPos = bounds.y + (size / 2);
xDelta = -delta;
yDelta = 0;
}
}
}
public class TrackEntity implements PaintableEntity {
#Override
public void paint(Graphics2D g2d, ImageObserver imageObserver, Rectangle bounds) {
g2d.translate(bounds.x, bounds.y);
g2d.setColor(Color.BLUE);
g2d.drawRect(2, 2, bounds.width - 4, bounds.height - 4);
}
}
}

java jpanel how to optimise painting

I am trying to implement langton's ant , and i did it well :
langton's ant java simulation screen
for painting in my jPanel, i override the paintComponent at each step but it take so much time for painting every black or white rectangle , i just want that at each step i only paint the two rectangle who have changed!?
So my question is, how to only paint a rectangle without changing what was painted in previous frame?
here is my code for painting
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
g.setColor(Color.white);
g.fillRect(0,0,getWidth(),getHeight());
g.setColor(Color.black);
int careLargeur = getWidth() / m;
int careHauteur = getHeight() / n;
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
for(int j=0;j<m;j++){
if(map[i][j])
g.fillRect(j*careLargeur,i*careHauteur,careLargeur,careHauteur);
}
//draw fourmi
g.setColor(Color.red);
g.fillOval(jF*careLargeur, iF*careHauteur, careLargeur, careHauteur);
}
any help? or should i give more details ?
here is the jar :

Paint your rectangles to a BufferedImage, and then draw that BufferedImage within your paintComponent method. You could also limit how much is re-drawn by using one of the repaint(...) overrides that specifies the exact rectangular region to repaint.
So your paintComponent method could be as simple as this:
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
}
g.setColor(Color.red);
g.fillOval(jF*careLargeur, iF*careHauteur, careLargeur, careHauteur);
}
With drawing changes being made to the img BufferedImage.
Assuming that you're using a Swing Timer to drive the state changes to your model, you could
change the model, and then
update the BufferedImage based on the model changes, and
call repaint(...) on only the updated region.
Incomplete code attempt.... not yet done!
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.SwingPropertyChangeSupport;
/**
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langton%27s_ant
* https://stackoverflow.com/a/44930371/522444
* #author Pete
*
*/
public class LangtonsAnt {
private static final int TIMER_DELAY = 30;
private static void createAndShowGui() {
Model model = new Model(800);
View view = new View(800);
Controller controller = new Controller(model, view);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Langtons Ant");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(view);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
controller.startTimer(TIMER_DELAY);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> createAndShowGui());
}
private static class Model {
public static final String POINT = "point";
private SwingPropertyChangeSupport support = new SwingPropertyChangeSupport(this);
private int gridSize;
private boolean[][] grid; // false is white. Better to use enums
private Point oldValue;
private Point point; // ant location
public Model(int gridSize) {
this.gridSize = gridSize;
grid = new boolean[gridSize][gridSize];
int x = gridSize / 2;
int y = gridSize / 2;
setPoint(new Point(x, y));
}
public void setPoint(Point point) {
this.oldValue = this.point;
Point newValue = point;
this.point = point;
support.firePropertyChange(POINT, oldValue, newValue);
}
public Point getPoint() {
return point;
}
public boolean[][] getGrid() {
return grid;
}
public int getGridSize() {
return gridSize;
}
public void step() {
// first will hold relative new positions
int newX = 0;
int newY = 0;
boolean gridPoint = getGridPoint(point);
if (oldValue == null) {
newX = point.x;
newY = point.y - 1;
} else {
int dX = point.x - oldValue.x;
int dY = point.y - oldValue.y;
if (dX != 0) {
// from left or right
newY = dX > 0 ? 1 : -1; // assume "white" or false
newY = gridPoint ? -newY : newY; // if "black" then reverse
} else {
// from up or down
newX = dY > 0 ? -1 : 1; // assume "white" or false
newX = gridPoint ? -newX : newX; // if "black" then reverse
}
// convert from relative to absolute new positions
newX = point.x + newX;
newY = point.y + newY;
}
setGridPoint(point, !gridPoint);
setPoint(new Point(newX, newY));
}
public boolean getGridPoint(int x, int y) {
return grid[x][y];
}
public boolean getGridPoint(Point p) {
return getGridPoint(p.x, p.y);
}
public void setGridPoint(int x, int y, boolean b) {
grid[x][y] = b;
}
public void setGridPoint(Point p, boolean b) {
setGridPoint(p.x, p.y, b);
}
public void addPropertyChangeListener(String propertyName, PropertyChangeListener l) {
support.addPropertyChangeListener(propertyName, l);
}
}
private static class Controller {
private Model model;
private View view;
private Timer timer;
public Controller(Model model, View view) {
this.model = model;
this.view = view;
view.setAntImg(createAntImg());
model.addPropertyChangeListener(Model.POINT, new ModelListener());
}
private BufferedImage createAntImg() {
// trivial image for now
BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(1, 1, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics g = img.getGraphics();
g.setColor(Color.RED);
g.fillRect(0, 0, 1, 1);
g.dispose();
return img;
}
public void startTimer(int delay) {
timer = new Timer(delay, new TimerListener());
}
private class TimerListener implements ActionListener {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
model.step();
}
}
private class ModelListener implements PropertyChangeListener {
#Override
public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
// TODO Finish this.
// get the new point and old point
// translate model coord to view coord
// Change the state of the view's buffered image
// repaint the limited region that was changed
}
}
}
private static class View extends JPanel {
private static final Color BACKGROUND = Color.WHITE;
private BufferedImage gridImg;
private BufferedImage antImg;
private Point guiAntLocation;
private int pixelWidth;
public View(int pixelWidth) {
this.pixelWidth = pixelWidth;
gridImg = new BufferedImage(pixelWidth, pixelWidth, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2 = gridImg.createGraphics();
g2.setColor(BACKGROUND);
g2.fillRect(0, 0, pixelWidth, pixelWidth);
g2.dispose();
}
public int getPixelWidth() {
return pixelWidth;
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (getGridImg() != null) {
g.drawImage(getGridImg(), 0, 0, this);
}
if (guiAntLocation != null && antImg != null) {
int x = guiAntLocation.x;
int y = guiAntLocation.y;
g.drawImage(antImg, x, y, this);
}
}
public void setGuiAntLocation(Point guiAntLocation) {
this.guiAntLocation = guiAntLocation;
}
public Point getGuiAntLocation() {
return guiAntLocation;
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
if (isPreferredSizeSet() || getGridImg() == null) {
return super.getPreferredSize();
}
return new Dimension(getGridImg().getWidth(), getGridImg().getHeight());
}
public BufferedImage getGridImg() {
return gridImg;
}
public void setGridImg(BufferedImage gridImg) {
this.gridImg = gridImg;
}
public void setAntImg(BufferedImage antImg) {
this.antImg = antImg;
}
}
}

How to drop a ball when clicked with mouse?

I'm working on a game project. The aim is clicking the balls and drop them into the basket which is below in the JPanel. I created some ways to do that but I can't achieve it. In my opinion, when the user click the ball's center with a margin of error (because the program can't catch the real point of balls), the program understands the action and runs the function of this issue. After clicking the ball it should be dropped down straight but the other balls should be continued. I use MouseListener#mousePressed method, but it doesn't work or I'm missing some parts. In addition, I made some changes in my source code, but I want to listen your advices so I am writing this topic.
I wrote a method which finds the mouse and ball coordinates. So when I make some changes to it, I can achieve my project goal. You can see the editing in the picture.
This is my source code ;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.AdjustmentEvent;
import java.awt.event.AdjustmentListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollBar;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class Game {
public Game() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager
.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException
| IllegalAccessException
| UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("MultipleBallApp");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new BallControl());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class BallControl extends JPanel {
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private BallPanel ballPanel = new BallPanel();
private JButton Suspend = new JButton("Suspend");
private JButton Resume = new JButton("Resume");
private JButton Add = new JButton("+1");
private JButton Subtract = new JButton("-1");
private JScrollBar Delay = new JScrollBar();
public BallControl() {
// Group buttons in a panel
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.add(Suspend);
panel.add(Resume);
panel.add(Add);
panel.add(Subtract);
// Add ball and buttons to the panel
ballPanel.setBorder(new javax.swing.border.LineBorder(Color.red));
Delay.setOrientation(JScrollBar.HORIZONTAL);
ballPanel.setDelay(Delay.getMaximum());
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
add(Delay, BorderLayout.NORTH);
add(ballPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
add(panel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
this.addMouseListener(new MouseListener() {
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent clickEvent) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
System.out.println("X coordinate =" + clickEvent.getX());
System.out.println("Y coordinate = " + clickEvent.getY());
double radius1;
int x = 0;
double y = 0;
int radius = 15;
double xM = clickEvent.getX();
double yM = clickEvent.getY();
radius1 = Math.sqrt((xM - x) * (xM - x) + (yM - y)
* (yM - y));
System.out.println("Radius1 =" + radius1);
// ballPanel.list.get(0).setD
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
// Register listeners
Suspend.addActionListener(new Listener());
Resume.addActionListener(new Listener());
Add.addActionListener(new Listener());
Subtract.addActionListener(new Listener());
Delay.addAdjustmentListener(new AdjustmentListener() {
public void adjustmentValueChanged(AdjustmentEvent e) {
ballPanel.setDelay(Delay.getMaximum() - e.getValue());
}
});
}
class Listener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (e.getSource() == Suspend) {
ballPanel.suspend();
} else if (e.getSource() == Resume) {
ballPanel.resume();
} else if (e.getSource() == Add) {
ballPanel.add();
} else if (e.getSource() == Subtract) {
ballPanel.subtract();
}
}
}
}
class BallPanel extends JPanel {
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private int delay = 30;
public ArrayList<AnimatedShape> list = new ArrayList<AnimatedShape>();
private AnimatedRectange rectangle;
public BallPanel() {
this.rectangle = new AnimatedRectange(-25, 373, 50, 25, Color.BLACK);
timer.start();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(400, 400);
}
// Create a timer with the initial delay
protected Timer timer = new Timer(delay, new ActionListener() {
/**
* Handle the action event
*/
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
for (AnimatedShape ball : list) {
ball.update(getBounds());
}
rectangle.update(getBounds());
repaint();
}
});
public void add() {
int radius = 15;
// Randomised position
int x = (int) (Math.random() * (getWidth() - (radius * 2)))
+ radius;
int y = (int) (Math.random() * (getHeight() - (radius * 2)))
+ radius;
Color color = new Color((int) (Math.random() * 256),
(int) (Math.random() * 256), (int) (Math.random() * 256));
AnimatedBall ball = new AnimatedBall(x, y, radius, color);
list.add(ball);
}
// public void formula(MouseEvent clickEvent) {
// double radius1;
// int x = 0;
// double y = 0;
// int radius = 15;
// double xM = clickEvent.getX();
// double yM = clickEvent.getY();
// radius1 = Math.sqrt((xM - x) * (xM - x) + (yM - y) * (yM - y));
// System.out.println("Radius1 =" + radius1);
// }
public void subtract() {
if (list.size() > 0) {
list.remove(list.size() - 1); // Remove the last ball
}
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
for (AnimatedShape ball : list) {
ball.paint(this, g2d);
}
rectangle.paint(this, g2d);
}
public void suspend() {
timer.stop();
}
public void resume() {
timer.start();
}
public void setDelay(int delay) {
this.delay = delay;
timer.setDelay(delay);
}
}
public interface AnimatedShape {
public void update(Rectangle bounds);
public void paint(JComponent parent, Graphics2D g2d);
}
public abstract class AbstractAnimatedShape implements AnimatedShape {
private Rectangle bounds;
private int dx, dy;
public AbstractAnimatedShape() {
}
public void setBounds(Rectangle bounds) {
this.bounds = bounds;
}
public Rectangle getBounds() {
return bounds;
}
public int getDx() {
return dx;
}
public int getDy() {
return dy;
}
public void setDx(int dx) {
this.dx = dx;
}
public void setDy(int dy) {
this.dy = dy;
}
#Override
public void update(Rectangle parentBounds) {// ball
Rectangle bounds = getBounds();
int dx = getDx();
int dy = getDy();
bounds.x += dx;
bounds.y += dy;
if (bounds.x < parentBounds.x) {
bounds.x = parentBounds.x;
setDx(dx *= -1);
} else if (bounds.x + bounds.width > parentBounds.x
+ parentBounds.width) {
bounds.x = parentBounds.x + (parentBounds.width - bounds.width);
setDx(dx *= -1);
}
if (bounds.y < parentBounds.y) {
bounds.y = parentBounds.y;
setDy(dy *= -1);
} else if (bounds.y + bounds.height > parentBounds.y
+ parentBounds.height) {
bounds.y = parentBounds.y
+ (parentBounds.height - bounds.height);
setDy(dy *= -1);
}
}
}
public class AnimatedBall extends AbstractAnimatedShape {
private Color color;
public AnimatedBall(int x, int y, int radius, Color color) {
setBounds(new Rectangle(x, y / 2, radius * 2, radius * 2));
this.color = color;
setDx(Math.random() > 0.5 ? 2 : -2);
// setDy(Math.random() > 0.5 ? 2 : -2);
}
public Color getColor() {
return color;
}
#Override
public void paint(JComponent parent, Graphics2D g2d) {
Rectangle bounds = getBounds();
g2d.setColor(getColor());
g2d.fillOval(bounds.x, bounds.y, bounds.width, bounds.height);
}
}
public class AnimatedRectange extends AbstractAnimatedShape {
private Color color;
public AnimatedRectange(int x, int y, int width, int height, Color color) {
setBounds(new Rectangle(x, y, width, height));
this.color = color;
setDx(2);
}
// Don't want to adjust the vertical speed
#Override
public void setDy(int dy) {
}
#Override
public void paint(JComponent parent, Graphics2D g2d) {
Rectangle bounds = getBounds();
g2d.setColor(color);
g2d.fill(bounds);
}
}
/**
* Main method
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Game();
}
}

At the end of your mousePressed method, you can go though all AnimatedShape objects, check whether they are an AnimatedBall. When the object is a ball, you can test whether the mouse click hits the ball. The mouse click hits the ball when the distance between the center of the ball and the mouse position is smaller than the ball radius. When the ball is hit, you can set its horizontal speed to 0, and the vertical speed to 5 or so.
for (AnimatedShape as : ballPanel.list)
{
if (as instanceof AnimatedBall)
{
AnimatedBall ball = (AnimatedBall)as;
Rectangle b = ball.getBounds();
int ballCenterX = b.x + b.width / 2;
int ballCenterY = b.y + b.height / 2;
Point p = new Point(ballCenterX, ballCenterY);
double d = p.distance(clickEvent.getPoint());
if (d < radius)
{
ball.setDx(0);
ball.setDy(5);
}
}
}
Note
In order to make this work properly, you have to attach this listener to the ballPanel. Originally, you had the line
this.addMouseListener(new MouseListener() {
in your code. You have to change this to
ballPanel.addMouseListener(new MouseListener() {
Otherwise, the mouse coordinates will refer to the wrong component!
Concerning the question from the comment
how can I stop and disapper clickedball's when they crash the bound
You may probably insert method to check this, and call this method in the actionPerformed method of your timer. Further explainations are probably beyond the scope of an anser on a Q&A site. Stackoverflow is not a homework-solution-generator.

Firing a projectile in mouse direction in java

I'm trying to fire a projectile in the mouse direction but i am having trouble.
The angles are wrong, and by that I mean it will only go up left or in the top-left corner.
This is my Gun class for which I fire the Bullet.
package assets;
import Reaper.Game;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class Gun
{
public ArrayList<Bullet> bullets;
protected double angle;
Mouse mouse = new Mouse();
private BufferedImage image;
private int centerX = Game.WIDTH / 2;
private int centerY = Game.HEIGHT;
public Gun()
{
bullets = new ArrayList<Bullet>();
image = null;
try
{
image = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/gun.png"));
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public BufferedImage loadImage()
{
return image;
}
public int getImageWidth()
{
return image.getWidth(null);
}
public int getImageHeight()
{
return image.getHeight(null);
}
public void rotate(Graphics g)
{
angle = Math.atan2(centerY - mouse.getMouseY(), centerX - mouse.getMouseX()) - Math.PI / 2;
((Graphics2D) g).rotate(angle, centerX, centerY);
g.drawImage(image, Game.WIDTH / 2 - image.getWidth() / 2,
900 - image.getHeight(), image.getWidth(), image.getHeight(),
null);
}
public Image getImage()
{
return image;
}
public void update()
{
shoot();
for (int i = 0; i < bullets.size(); i++)
{
Bullet b = bullets.get(i);
b.update();
}
}
public void shoot()
{
if (mouse.mouseB == 1)
{
double dx = mouse.getMouseX() - Game.WIDTH / 2;
double dy = mouse.getMouseY() - Game.HEIGHT / 2;
double dir = Math.atan2(dy, dx);
bullets.add(new Bullet(Game.WIDTH / 2, Game.HEIGHT / 2, dir));
mouse.mouseB = -1;
}
}
public void render(Graphics g)
{
for (int i = 0; i < bullets.size(); i++)
{
bullets.get(i).render(g);
}
rotate(g);
}
}
This is my Bullet class:
package assets;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Bullet
{
private double dx, dy;
private int x, y;
private double dir;
private BufferedImage image;
public Bullet(int x, int y, double angle)
{
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
this.dir = angle;
image = null;
try
{
image = ImageIO.read(new File("assets/bolt.png"));
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
dx = Math.cos(dir);
dy = Math.sin(dir);
}
public void update()
{
x += dx;
y += dy;
System.out.println("dx : " + dx + " " + dy);
}
public void render(Graphics g)
{
g.drawImage(image, x, y, image.getWidth(), image.getHeight(), null);
}
public BufferedImage getImage()
{
return image;
}
}
And this is the main Game class:
package Reaper;
import Reaper.graphics.Screen;
import assets.Gun;
import assets.Mouse;
import gameState.MenuState;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferStrategy;
public class Game extends Canvas implements Runnable
{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public static int WIDTH = 900;
public static int HEIGHT = 900;
public static int scale = 3;
public int frames = 0;
public int updates = 0;
private boolean running = false;
private Thread thread;
private JFrame frame;
#SuppressWarnings("unused")
private Screen screen;
private Gun gun;
private MenuState mns;
private Mouse mouse;
public Game()
{
Dimension size = new Dimension(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
setPreferredSize(size);
screen = new Screen(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
frame = new JFrame();
gun = new Gun();
mns = new MenuState();
mouse = new Mouse();
addMouseListener(mouse);
addMouseMotionListener(mouse);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Game game = new Game();
game.frame.setResizable(false);
game.frame.add(game);
game.frame.pack();
game.frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
game.frame.setVisible(true);
game.frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
game.strat();
}
public void strat()
{
running = true;
thread = new Thread(this, "Reaper");
thread.start();
}
public void stop()
{
running = false;
try
{
thread.join();
}
catch (InterruptedException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void run()
{
long timer = System.currentTimeMillis();
long lastTime = System.nanoTime();
double ns = 1000000000.0 / 60;
double delta = 0;
while (running)
{
long now = System.nanoTime();
delta += (now - lastTime) / ns;
lastTime = now;
while (delta >= 1)
{
update();
updates++;
delta--;
}
render();
frames++;
if (System.currentTimeMillis() - timer > 1000)
{
timer = System.currentTimeMillis();
frame.setTitle("Reaper! " + " | " + updates + " ups , " + frames + " fps");
updates = 0;
frames = 0;
}
}
stop();
}
public void update()
{
if (mns.play)
{
gun.update();
}
}
public void render()
{
BufferStrategy bs = getBufferStrategy();
if (bs == null)
{
createBufferStrategy(3);
return;
}
Graphics g = bs.getDrawGraphics();
g.fillRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
if (mns.menu)
{
mns.draw(g);
}
if (mns.play)
{
g.clearRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
g.drawImage(mns.getImage(), 0, 0, mns.getImageWidth(), mns.getImageHeight(), this);
gun.render(g);
}
if (mns.rules)
{
g.clearRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
}
bs.show();
}
}
I know it's very badly coded, and I will try to fix it as much as I can, but I am really stuck on this. Searched around the web, tried some of the solutions but it wont work. I guess I'm doing it wrong by putting methods in wrong places and calling them, I guess.

I know it's very badly coded, and I will try to fix it as much as I can, ...
Next time, consider first cleaning up the mess and then asking the question.
(Are the variables storing the values returned by getMouseX() and getMouseY() really static?)
However, the main reason for the actual problem are the x and y values in the Bullet class:
class Bullet
{
private double dx, dy;
private int x, y;
....
public void update()
{
x += dx;
y += dy;
System.out.println("dx : " + dx + " " + dy);
}
...
}
They are declared as int values. Imagine what happens in the update method, for example, when x=0 and dx = 0.75: It will compute 0+0.75 = 0.75, truncate this to be an int value, and the result will be 0.
Thus, the x and y values will never change, unless the dx and dy values are >= 1.0, respectively.
Just changing the type of x and y to double will solve this. You'll have to add casts in the render method accordingly:
g.drawImage(image, (int)x, (int)y, ...);
But you should really clean this up.

Drawing a line using a Mouse Motion Listener

I'm new at using actionListener and mouselistner. I want to track the Mouse movements and connect the dots as I go. So it will be one continuous line. I am using the MouseMotionListener every time I move the mouse across the screen and get a new set of points. I am not using mousePressed or mouseReleased.
Everytime I move the mouse, I can get every point of where my mouse's position is on my JPanel to show up on my results window, but in order to draw the line between two points, I'm not sure how to decipher between each different set of points so I can have a beginning and ending set of points to use for drawing a line? I checked through here and the API and I'm stuck.
I was asked to put more code and so I gave you my code.
I am basically creating a Jpane that tracks mouse movement when the Track Mouse button or Draw Track Radio button is pressed
These results will print out as (x,y) on the output screen
FYI: You can also draw circles once the Draw circles RadioButton is checked
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class MouseTest {
private JFrame frame;
private boolean tracking;
private boolean drawing;
private boolean connectdots;
private int xstart;
private int ystart;
private int xend;
private int y;
private int x;
private int yend;
private int borderWidth = 5;
String drawCircles = "Draw Circles";
String drawTrack = "Draw Track";
public static void main (String [] arg) {
MouseTest first = new MouseTest();
}//main
$
public MouseTest() {
tracking = false;
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setBounds(250,98,600,480);
frame.setTitle("Window number three");
Container cp = frame.getContentPane();
JButton track = new JButton("Track Mouse");
track.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
trackMouse();
}
});
JPanel top = new JPanel();
top.add(track);
cp.add(top,BorderLayout.NORTH);
MyPanel pane = new MyPanel();
cp.add(pane,BorderLayout.CENTER);
pane.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
xstart = e.getX();
ystart = e.getY();
}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
xend = e.getX();
yend = e.getY();
if (xend < xstart) { int tmp = xstart; xstart = xend; xend = tmp; }
if (yend < ystart) { int tmp = ystart; ystart = yend; yend = tmp; }
frame.repaint();
}
});
pane.addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionAdapter() {
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
if (tracking) {
x = e.getX();
y = e.getY();
msg("(" + x + ", " + y + ")");
}
}
});
JRadioButton circleButton = new JRadioButton(drawCircles);
circleButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_B);
circleButton.setActionCommand(drawCircles);
circleButton.setSelected(false);
JRadioButton trackButton = new JRadioButton(drawTrack);
trackButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
ButtonGroup group = new ButtonGroup();
group.add(circleButton);
group.add(trackButton);
JPanel radioPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2,0));
radioPanel.add(circleButton);
radioPanel.add(trackButton);
cp.add(radioPanel,BorderLayout.EAST);
drawing = false;
connectdots = false;
circleButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { //Set drawing to true when the button is clicked
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
tracking = !tracking;
drawCircles();
}
});
trackButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { //Set drawing to true when the button is clicked
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
drawing = false;
tracking = true;
connectDots();
}
});
frame.setVisible(true);
}//constructor
$
public void trackMouse() {
tracking = !tracking;
}//trackMouse
public void msg(String s) { //new method to simplify the system.out.print method
System.out.println(s);
}
public void drawCircles() {
drawing = true;
}//Allow Drawing of Circles
public void connectDots() {
connectdots = !connectdots;
}//Trying to use for connecting the mouse motion listener points when tracking
$
public class MyPanel extends JPanel {
ArrayList<Circle> circles = new ArrayList<Circle>();
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
int width = this.getWidth();
int height = this.getHeight();
msg("H = " + height + ", w = " + width);
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
Circle c = new Circle(xstart, ystart);
circles.add(c);
if (drawing){
for(int k=0; k<circles.size(); k++){
circles.get(k).draw(g);
}
} // draw the circle
if (connectdots && tracking) { //trying to use for drawing the lines
g.drawLine(x,y,x,y);
}
for (int delta = 0; delta < borderWidth; delta++) {
g.drawRect(delta,delta,width-(2*delta),height-(2*delta));
}
if (xstart != xend || ystart != yend) {
int red = (int)(256*Math.random());
int green = (int)(256*Math.random());
int blue = (int)(256*Math.random());
g.setColor(new Color(red, green, blue));
msg("Colors are: " + red + " - " + green + " - " + blue );
msg("Drawing from: (" + xstart + ", " + ystart + ") to (" + xend + ", " + yend + ")");
msg("Width is " + (xend-xstart) + " - Height is " + (yend-ystart));
g.fillRect(xstart,ystart,xend-xstart,yend-ystart);
}
}
}
}
$
public class Circle {
// instance variables:
int radius; //random radius
int x, y; // coords of the center point
private Graphics g;
public Circle(int xIn, int yIn) {
radius = (int)(127*Math.random());
x = xIn;
y = yIn;
}
public void draw(Graphics g){
g.drawOval(x-radius, y-radius, radius, radius);
g.fillOval(x-radius, y-radius, radius, radius);
int red = (int)(256*Math.random());
int green = (int)(256*Math.random());
int blue = (int)(256*Math.random());
g.setColor(new Color(red, green, blue));
}
public int getX(int xstart) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return x;
}
public int getY(int ystart) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return y;
}
}

You just have to save x and y in some attribute for your class (like lastX and lastY.) When you get the event the second time, your first point coordinates are saved in your attributes and you can then draw your line. This new point has to be saved too to serve as your new lastX and lastY.
Even better: since you'll probably need to redraw your lines each frame (if you want a set of lines and not just a single line to be drawn each frame), use Point to save your coordinates and some kind of list like ArrayList. Save the full set of tracked points in an ArrayList<Point> and then draw each frame iterating over this list.

An example of an sscce:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class Foo3 extends JPanel {
private static final int PREF_W = 400;
private static final int PREF_H = PREF_W;
private boolean tracking = false;
private int x, y;
public Foo3() {
add(new JToggleButton(new AbstractAction("TrackMouse") {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
trackMouse(ae);
}
}));
MyMouseAdapter myMA = new MyMouseAdapter();
addMouseMotionListener(myMA);
}
private void trackMouse(ActionEvent ae) {
JToggleButton toggleBtn = (JToggleButton) ae.getSource();
tracking = toggleBtn.isSelected();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(PREF_W, PREF_H);
}
public void msg(String message) {
System.out.println(message);
}
private class MyMouseAdapter extends MouseAdapter {
#Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
if (tracking) {
x = e.getX();
y = e.getY();
msg("(" + x + ", " + y + ")");
}
}
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
Foo3 mainPanel = new Foo3();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("MouseMotion Eg");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}
Edit: Example 2
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.*;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class MouseTestHovercraft extends JPanel {
private static final int PREF_W = 600;
private static final int PREF_H = PREF_W;
private static final int MAX_CLR = 5;
private static final Color CURRENT_LIST_COLOR = new Color(190, 190, 255);
private List<Color> colors = new ArrayList<Color>();
private boolean tracking = false;
private List<Point> currentList = null;
private BufferedImage bufferedImage = new BufferedImage(PREF_W, PREF_H,
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
private Random random = new Random();
public MouseTestHovercraft() {
for (int redIndex = 0; redIndex < MAX_CLR; redIndex++) {
int r = (redIndex * 256) / (MAX_CLR - 1);
r = (r == 256) ? 255 : r;
for (int greenIndex = 0; greenIndex < MAX_CLR; greenIndex++) {
int g = (greenIndex * 256) / (MAX_CLR - 1);
g = (g == 256) ? 255 : g;
for (int blueIndex = 0; blueIndex < MAX_CLR; blueIndex++) {
int b = (blueIndex * 256) / (MAX_CLR - 1);
b = (b == 256) ? 255 : b;
Color c = new Color(r, g, b);
colors.add(c);
}
}
}
add(new JToggleButton(new AbstractAction("TrackMouse") {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
trackMouse(ae);
}
}));
add(new JButton(new AbstractAction("Clear Image") {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
bufferedImage = new BufferedImage(getWidth(), getHeight(),
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
repaint();
}
}));
MyMouseAdapter myMA = new MyMouseAdapter();
addMouseListener(myMA);
addMouseMotionListener(myMA);
}
private void trackMouse(ActionEvent ae) {
JToggleButton toggleBtn = (JToggleButton) ae.getSource();
tracking = toggleBtn.isSelected();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(PREF_W, PREF_H);
}
public void msg(String message) {
System.out.println(message);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(bufferedImage, 0, 0, null);
if (currentList != null) {
drawList(g, currentList, CURRENT_LIST_COLOR, 1f);
}
}
private void drawList(Graphics g, List<Point> ptList, Color color,
float strokeWidth) {
if (ptList.size() > 1) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2.setColor(color);
g2.setStroke(new BasicStroke(strokeWidth));
for (int j = 0; j < ptList.size() - 1; j++) {
int x1 = ptList.get(j).x;
int y1 = ptList.get(j).y;
int x2 = ptList.get(j + 1).x;
int y2 = ptList.get(j + 1).y;
g2.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2);
}
g2.dispose();
}
}
private class MyMouseAdapter extends MouseAdapter {
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
if (tracking && e.getButton() == MouseEvent.BUTTON1) {
currentList = new ArrayList<Point>();
currentList.add(e.getPoint());
}
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
if (tracking && e.getButton() == MouseEvent.BUTTON1) {
currentList.add(e.getPoint());
Graphics2D g2 = bufferedImage.createGraphics();
Color color = colors.get(random.nextInt(colors.size()));
drawList(g2, currentList, color, 3f);
currentList = null;
repaint();
}
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
if (tracking && currentList != null) {
currentList.add(e.getPoint());
repaint();
}
}
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
MouseTestHovercraft mainPanel = new MouseTestHovercraft();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("MouseMotion Eg");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}