*** Collision checking help ***

outsidethebyte

I have a snowboarding character, similar to the line rider guy, only his angle is controlled by the accelerometer. I have individuals actors to spawn when he crashes (he falls apart), but I can't figure out how to get him to only die when he lands sideways or on his head. I would use rotation parameters to test this, except I want him to be able to ride a loop.

Help? Thanks in advance.

UtopianGames

You could try constraining a small actor "mask" to the X Y position of your character something like constrain self.position X to Character X, constrain self.position Y to character Y + 100 (change 100 until you have it where his head is) then if the mask collides with platforms you know he's landed on his head.

If your doing what i think your doing then you might need to add in the angle of your character to keep the mask where the head is, maybe using cos & sin...not sure.

Darren.

outsidethebyte

thanks. one problem is that because of the snowboard, the image is 64x64. So the hidden actor never actually collides with the line. Is there some way I could use a collision angle or something?

UtopianGames

How far advanced is your project?

Have you got the skiing going round loops etc?

If you have a level and all the controls in i could take a look for you.

toyboxuk[at]hotmail.com

I can't promise i can fix it for you but will certainly try.

Darren.

outsidethebyte

It is still in the works but the controls and a level are built. nothing to really make it a game yet. I'll send that later to day. I really appreciate it, thanks.

UtopianGames

Sent you a new version over, have a play see what you think.

My ZZZzzzz time now.

Darren.

outsidethebyte

Thanks a million! Works perfectly.