Urgent Question

thomasrichardgames

I appear to have stumbled upon a huge problem within my game. When i drag the actor over to another object it will not collide with it, the actor goes over it. Please help.

calvin9403

do u have collide it the rule?

thomasrichardgames

if u mean the collide behaviour .. i do

old_kipper

I think it maybe that the actor you are dragging, as it is constrained will override any collision behaviour within it. The actor it collides with may react but if the speed that you move the constrained actor take its within the second actor very quickly then it will not have a chance to react in a desired way.

To get around this I would have a rule that break the constrained actor away from the finger on collision or overlap with the second actor and if there are still problems then you could have the rules set to break the constrain based on the xy of the second actor plus/minus an area around it.

hope that helps

kipper

LumpApps

Also make sure that one of the actors is movable (Attributes: Physics: movable = true)

thomasrichardgames

old_kipper .... i am a little confused ... could u tell me the exact rules and behaviours and where i would put them please.

thomasrichardgames

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old_kipper

how do you have the actors set up currently? It would help to know and also what you are trying to achieve.

thomasrichardgames

actor that i drag has basically a couple of collide behaviours (which dont seem to work), the drag rules and some other rules that apply to other things. The objects i want this to collide with have no rules in. Everything's placed in the scene.
Trying to get one actor to collide into another actor while dragging it.
hope this helps

old_kipper

Is this so the second actor is hit like a ball, or do you want the dragged actor to react to hitting the second actor?

thomasrichardgames

i dont want the dragged actor to react to the collision ... i just want it to collide - no reactions.

old_kipper

I will check it out this evening if no one else has eh answer as I am working at the moment.

thomasrichardgames

awesome ... thanks ... ur help most appreciated.

old_kipper

Hi Suzy, I looked at this and also asked Darren about it. The conclusion is that is a real problem here as the constrained actor moves too fast to 'bump' a collision with the second actor. Unless someone else has sorted this, you could try making a 'force field' to push the second actor into acceleration away from the finger actor. This would be by referencing proximity of the finger actor to the second actor and when it came close, then fire a behaviour that used vector to angle of the finger actor to set the opposite direction. Alternatively Darren suggested using the joystick method of control.

Sorry. kipper

thomasrichardgames

thanks anyway ... at least you tried .... your help is most appreciated ... its nice to see that there are some well motivated and dedicated gamesalad users such as yourselves that are willing to help others with questions .... once again .. i cant thank you enough for your help. I will try the joystick method control. Thanks.

thomasrichardgames

I have decided to go with a simple button to control the movements instead of drag and now the actors collide. Thanks for the HUGE help.

carlosacj36

if you are using diferent layers, check that both actors you need to collide are in the same layer, use rigth click to move back,front the actors. Im not sure thats the problem, but check