Please help beginner! Few pong questions.

Question

So, I have just started creating my own pong game after
learning the basics of Flash 8. Everything went perfectly until
now, I got a bit stuck.
I got to point where I have fully working menu, multiplayer
and singleplayer, you can play against another person using mouse
and arrows. The scoring system works too and I actually managed to
get the computer to follow the ball but here comes the first
problem. I found a whole actionscript for the ball on the internet
here it is:
onClipEvent(load){
s = {l:10,r:490,t:20,b:405,w:10,h:10};
function setSpeed(){
xspeed = Math.round(Math.random()*5)+1;
yspeed = Math.round(Math.random()*5)+1;
xspeed *= Math.round(Math.random()*2)==1 ? -1 : 1;
yspeed *= Math.round(Math.random()*2)==1 ? -1 : 1;
setSpeed();
_root.cscore = _root.pscore = 0;
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
_x += xspeed;
_y += yspeed;
if(_x+(s.w/2)+xspeed>s.r){
_x = s.r/2;
_y = s.b/2;
setSpeed();
_root.cscore += 1;
if(_x-(s.w/2)+xspeed<s.l){
_x = s.r/2;
_y = s.b/2;
setSpeed();
_root.pscore += 1;
if(_y+(s.h/2)+yspeed>s.b){
_y = s.b-(s.h/2);
yspeed *= -1;
if(_y-(s.h/2)+yspeed<s.t){
_y = s.t+(s.h/2);
yspeed *= -1;
if(this.hitTest(_root.player)){
_x = _root.player._x - _root.player._width/2;
xspeed *= -1;
xspeed *= 1.08;
yspeed *= 1.08;
if(this.hitTest(_root.computer)){
_x = _root.computer._x + _root.computer._width/2;
xspeed *= -1;
xspeed *= 1.08;
yspeed *= 1.08;
As I said I am a beginner and I dont really understand the
code. The problem is that after every hit the ball gets faster and
faster and faster until it is impossible to see it.
Here comes another problem: I have got the enemy just
following the ball so it is impossible to score the script for
enemy is:
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
ydist = _root.ball._y - _y;
_y = _root.ball._y;
Now my question is can someone plese tell me what do I have
to change in the ball code so it stays at the constant speed or it
just increases a little bit. The second qustion is how can I make
the enemy computer not perfect? So you can actually win the game?
Something like hit it randomly.
My last question is: The game should be quiz pong. So if you
score a point a qustion will pop up and you will have to answer it.
What is the best way to do that? I think it should mean somethin
like this: If score=+1 gotoandplay(lets say the question will be at
frame 20) I dont know if that is the way it should be formed in the
action script it is just my guess.
Please if someone can help me at least with one of those
questions I would be incredibly oblidged. thanks

Answer 1

hey, im not great at this easier, but i think the speed
problem can be solved by getting rid of the 2 lines
xspeed *= 1.08;
yspeed *= 1.08;
I think this increases the speed by 8% after every hit. You
can also try lowering the number, but if you go elow 1 it will slow
down.