I have two display object I want to check overlapping on - one of the object will be very odd shaped, so I need to take advantage of the ShapeFlag of the hitTestPoint method to be sure the object's shape is taken into account. The problem is, each display object is nested inside other many display objects - and each is nested in a different display list hierarchy. So global coordinates and local coordinates have to be accounted for otherwise, the hittesting is all messed up -meaning, the wrong objects are detected to be overlapping.
The hitTestObject () method won't work because even though it compares the two objects, it doesn't have shapeFlag, which I need for at least one of the objects, which is an odd-shaped user-drawn polygon. HitTestPoint() works for the odd shape, but it only compares a point to an object - which is normally OK, but if I convert one of the objects down to global coordinates, the other is still using it's own local coordinates, so the wrong objects are detected to be overlapping. Colin Holgate on Flash_Tiger, when I asked earlier about a similar hittest problem, posted a link to this class: http://www.adventuresinactionscript.com/blog/15-03-2008/actionscript-3-h ittestobject-and-pixel-perfect-collision-detection but so far, it doesn't seem to be working with detecting collision between these two objects, I assume because of the same problem I am facing: they are in different display hierarchies and thus their discrepancies in local coordinates are messing up the detection. Any thoughts? Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community <blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/tlc/flash/default.as px> Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal Innovative Learning Blog <blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/default. aspx> & subscribe <blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/_layouts /SubNew.aspx?List=\%7b41BD3FC9-BB07-4763-B3AB-A6C7C99C5B8D\%7d&Source=ht tp://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/Lists/Posts/Archive. aspx> . _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
