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im trying to make a pong clone, but in which the player can rotate the board thing to get better shots.

Anyway, i need to get it so the opponent flipper adjusts its angle so it always hits the ball in a specific direction, or better, to hit a specific point on my side of the area.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Cheat! That's how Capcom does it!

Just make him hit it there! No physical response, no fairness. Make him to what you want!

Make it like this perhaps:

ball>collision>enemyflipper

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ball.angle=direction(x, y, player.x, player.y+rand(100)-50);

Now the ball with move toward player one +- up to 50 degrees in either direction!
You can alter this in any way you want, and of course this might be a problem if player one is on the edge of the screen, as the ball might be hit off the top or bottom.

So add adjustments;

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if (player1.y>-140 && player.y <140){do what i just said}
else if (player 1.y<-140 || player1.y>140){ball.angle=0;}

Now if the player is at the top or bottom, the enemy will hit it straight down the middle!

This is all of course, assuming that the playfield is in a normal horizontal state.

If it rotates, perhaps you can adjust the angle like this:

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ball.angle=direction(x, y, player.x, player.y)+(rand100)-50;

Now the offset will simply be on either angle side of player 1, regardless of whether the playfield is horizontal or vertical.