How to stop actors overlapping?

RedRobo

Hi everyone

I have a bunch or actors that are randomly spawning within a square area. Does anyone know of a way to stop them spawning on top of each other? Is there a kind of check that the actor can do after it is spawned and if it is too close to another actor re-spawn itself?

RabidParrot

Do you have collisions in the actors?

jamie_c

I think the simplest way would be to check if the actor is colliding with another actor once it is spawned. If it is colliding, destroy it and re-spawn it at a new location.

Socks

@strag said:
Hi everyone

I have a bunch or actors that are randomly spawning within a square area. Does anyone know of a way to stop them spawning on top of each other? Is there a kind of check that the actor can do after it is spawned and if it is too close to another actor re-spawn itself?

Set them to collide with each other, if they spawn in the same place or overlapping they will push each other aside so they are not overlapping - you might also want to switch fixed rotation on to stop them rotating as they order themselves.

RedRobo

They sound like great ideas guys...thanks a lot:)

I will give them a go and let you know how I get on

RedRobo

@Rabid Parrot said:
Do you have collisions in the actors?

Not yet but that's the next thing I'm going to try...