Collision stopped working........Help needed....

luke2125

Hi,

I was working on Level 8 of my game, and suddenly collision is not working. I have a main actor that I have set up seven conditions in 1 rule, like ( When Any conditions are valid, Actor receives event, overlaps or collides with actor type, alienship1, and so on......) In some levels, like level 8, I call it Challenge Time, one enemy against main actor. However, on this challenge level, the collision has stopped working. Any tips or is this a bug? Would appreciate any help regarding this...Thanks and God Bless....

Also, how can I copy and paste the code on the forum, so people can see the code?

MotherHoose

well… I would have one rule for the collide with the tag ship
then the other rules with names in that main rule's behavior area

but, in any programming, something that works well … is what you use

if the behaviors for the the collision are the same …
then one rule using tag and just those behaviors

Example:
all the ships are are affected by the bullets but each need different number of hits to destroy them
on the ship … add attribute myHits … index Type … and type in the number for each

Rule: when
Event: overlaps or collides with actor with name bullet
--changeAttribute: self.myHits To: self.myHits-1
another Rule: when
Attribute: self.myHits = 0
-Destroy

==
if their behaviors are different … then you need separate rules and use name

MH

MotherHoose

7 any conditions in 1 rule … a lot of checking for validity of any condition!

may be smoother to nest separate rules for dependent conditions
and add tags in Home > Actors [+] new tag … collider or ship

Rule: when (All)
Event: overlaps or collides with the tag collider
--Rule: when overlaps or collides with alienship1
---do this
--Rule: when overlaps or collides with alienship2
---do that
etc.

then the computer can ignore the other rules … until the 1st event is valid

MH

MotherHoose

7 any conditions in 1 rule … a lot of checking for validity of any condition!

may be smoother to nest separate rules for dependent conditions
and add tags in Home > Actors [+] new tag … collider or ship or whatever name you like

Rule: when (All)
Event: overlaps or collides with the tag collider
--Rule: when overlaps or collides with alienship1
---do this
--Rule: when overlaps or collides with alienship2
---do that
etc.

then the computer can ignore the other rules … until the 1st event is valid

@};- MH

luke2125

Hi Motherhoose,

Thanks for the quick reply, really appreciated it....Yes, understood, so in other words, just seperate those conditions into 7 rules, instead of having like I have:

Rule: when (Any)
Event: overlaps or collides with the tag collider
--Rule: when overlaps or collides with alienship1

Event: overlaps or collides with the tag collider
--Rule: when overlaps or collides with alienship2

I have another question, should I use the name of the object or Tag, is there any difference, which one is better.......? Thanks again and God Bless.....

Sincerely,

Sunday

luke2125

Hi MotherHoose,

Thanks for the explanation and tips, really appreciated....God Bless....

Sincerely,

Sunday