Collision Detection w/o AE

2006-10-05 Thread Mark Greenberg
One of my student teams needs an image that has an irregular shape and a transparent background to know when it "hits" another such image. Any suggestions? I already know about Arcade Engine, but was hoping for just some code that would do the trick. Thanks in advance, Mark Green

Re: Collision Detection w/o AE

2006-10-05 Thread Malte Brill
Hi Mark, I hope you understand that I can not share the actual code of AE here. :-) However I can share the principle. Calculate the smallest rectangle of intersection and compare the maskdata in that area. basically what you need to do is take the maskdata of both portions of the 2 image

Re: Collision Detection w/o AE

2006-10-06 Thread dreamscapesoftware.com - List
Mark, The following site has a Collide library available for only $15. There is a working demo available that runs quite nicely for collision detection. Check it out. http://curryk.com/collide.html -- Derek Mark Greenberg wrote: > One of my student teams needs an image that has an irregula

Re: Collision Detection w/o AE

2006-10-08 Thread Mark Greenberg
Thank you Malte & Derek for your suggestions about collision detection. Malte, my school district will not allow me to load any further software onto the students' computers for the project the students are doing with Rev. In fact, it appears they are planning to cancel the project altoget

Re: Collision Detection w/o AE

2006-10-08 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Mark Greenberg wrote: > ... suggestions about collision detection. > > ...The students are > making an educational game about the solar system. It resembles the > old Space Invaders, with asteroids falling from the sky and a space > ship that slides left and right to shoot them. The as