Selection overlap

AkhwaAkhwa Member, PRO Posts: 11
edited October 2017 in Working with GS (PC)

Hello,
iam working on a coloring book app and i've faced a problem i cant overcome,the technique behind the coloring book is select2fill so simply when u select a color button and then select some area it changes its own color to the button's color
the problem is so far when ever i try to select area it selects all the actors in the same place
we can take the attached pic as an example if i color the "T" it colors the Tree word white line
it should work so i can color each letter on its own so this picture is divided into(t,R,e,e,tree white outline)
any tips on how i can achieve that?
i've tried custom collision shapes but no luck
and i've tried this video's method

its better but yet when ever i click on T it colors the T and the Tree white outline

Thanks in advance

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  • pHghostpHghost London, UKMember Posts: 2,342
    edited October 2017

    @tatiang said:
    If you have four letter actors, each with a custom collision shape, it should work fine to click one without affecting the others as long as they don't physically overlap in the scene. Make sure the actors' collision shapes are set to "custom" within their attributes.

    If that doesn't work, post a video or screenshot showing the scene you've set up and also a screenshot of one of the actors' collision shape attribute values.

    There is a bug with custom collision shapes which might be causing this. They are ignored for touch unless they are 'activated' by a physics interaction.

  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949

    Please don't post duplicate threads.

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  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949

    @pHghost said:
    There is a bug with custom collision shapes which might be causing this. They are ignored for touch unless they are 'activated' by a physics interaction.

    :( So the fix would be to cause a collision?

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  • pHghostpHghost London, UKMember Posts: 2,342
    edited October 2017

    @tatiang said:
    Please don't post duplicate threads.

    Sorry, that's my fault, I couldn't answer in the original thread because it was in the PRO Q&A section -- is there a way to open that up for all users? I can read the threads, but not reply. It (kinda) used to make sense back in the day, to discuss features that were only in the PRO version, but after switching to the subscription model and opening up all Creator features, I don't see the purpose of locking it like that.

  • pHghostpHghost London, UKMember Posts: 2,342

    @tatiang said:

    :( So the fix would be to cause a collision?

    Yup. I had a problem exactly like that in a project I'm doing for someone and that's the only workaround I found so far. Since it was just one actor, it wasn't a huge deal, I simply dropped an invisible actor on it to activate the custom collision and then it works.

    Most people won't come across this bug, I think, as the majority of custom collision use is specifically for game physics, but if your use is only for touch, it is a problem.

  • AkhwaAkhwa Member, PRO Posts: 11

    u can see in the attached pictures what i've done
    when i clicked on the white outline i can simply change the color
    but once i press on the T so i can change it,it also changes the white outline with it
    i've tried collision but it moved the actors and i just want to color/select

  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949

    @pHghost said:

    @tatiang said:
    Please don't post duplicate threads.

    Sorry, that's my fault, I couldn't answer in the original thread because it was in the PRO Q&A section -- is there a way to open that up for all users? I can read the threads, but not reply. It (kinda) used to make sense back in the day, to discuss features that were only in the PRO version, but after switching to the subscription model and opening up all Creator features, I don't see the purpose of locking it like that.

    Neither do I. I wish they'd just close the Pro section. It was meant to be a focused area free from the hundreds of "how do I make a flappy bird clone" posts back in the day but it never really took off as most of us realized that we have a better chance of getting our questions answered if they are posted where all users can see them.

    The quote you posted from me was the only response to that identical thread in the Pro section so you haven't missed anything.

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  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949

    @Akhwa said:
    u can see in the attached pictures what i've done
    when i clicked on the white outline i can simply change the color
    but once i press on the T so i can change it,it also changes the white outline with it
    i've tried collision but it moved the actors and i just want to color/select

    Are the letters in TREE separate actors? Or a single actor? Any chance you can post a link to download the project file so we can see how you have things set up?

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  • pHghostpHghost London, UKMember Posts: 2,342

    @Akhwa said:
    i've tried collision but it moved the actors

    Yeah. You need to uncheck Movable in the actor settings. Then it will stay in place.

  • AkhwaAkhwa Member, PRO Posts: 11

    @tatiang said:

    @Akhwa said:
    u can see in the attached pictures what i've done
    when i clicked on the white outline i can simply change the color
    but once i press on the T so i can change it,it also changes the white outline with it
    i've tried collision but it moved the actors and i just want to color/select

    Are the letters in TREE separate actors? Or a single actor? Any chance you can post a link to download the project file so we can see how you have things set up?

    Each select-able actor is in a separate actor/png
    and yeah sure u can check the project
    https://we.tl/O3GsKqw3bH

    Thanks

  • pHghostpHghost London, UKMember Posts: 2,342
    edited October 2017

    @Akhwa said:
    i've tried custom collision shapes but no luck

    In the project you sent, all the actors have rectangle collision shapes, no custom collisions, so it's hard to do any tests with it.

  • pHghostpHghost London, UKMember Posts: 2,342

    Here is an example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qsc576713581vmi/Sketch_Rig_Example.zip

    Unfortunately, the bug seems to be even worse. I thought that once the items collided, the collision shape gets activated and stays active, but it turns out that if you destroy the colliding object, it reverts back to a non-custom collision shape... :angry:

  • AkhwaAkhwa Member, PRO Posts: 11
    edited October 2017

    @pHghost said:
    Here is an example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qsc576713581vmi/Sketch_Rig_Example.zip

    Unfortunately, the bug seems to be even worse. I thought that once the items collided, the collision shape gets activated and stays active, but it turns out that if you destroy the colliding object, it reverts back to a non-custom collision shape... :angry:

    They were set to custom but i think the fix wont be in the custom collision shape part

    I need to figure out a way to make other actors unselectable once i select the top layer then turns back to select able once i color the top one
    dont you share the same thought?

  • AkhwaAkhwa Member, PRO Posts: 11
    edited October 2017

    @pHghost said:
    Here is an example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qsc576713581vmi/Sketch_Rig_Example.zip

    Unfortunately, the bug seems to be even worse. I thought that once the items collided, the collision shape gets activated and stays active, but it turns out that if you destroy the colliding object, it reverts back to a non-custom collision shape... :angry:

    theres a huge improvement there its still a bit buggy but i can see its working better
    thanks man

    if you can break it down to me what u have done and why theres this white box actor
    it would be much appreciated

  • pHghostpHghost London, UKMember Posts: 2,342

    I made two custom collisions, one for the T and one for the TREE.

    The white box actor is there to make the custom collisions work. This is a workaround for a GameSalad bug. It doesn't need to be so big. And it can be made invisible. But it needs to be there all the time (actually, it doesn't need to be actively colliding) and have a rule to collide with every actor you want to activate.

    New download:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/s926c9oe9lrl5ok/Sketch_Rig_Package.zip

    I made the white actor smaller. You can move it outside of the camera view and make it invisible. Also in the download, you can find the custom collisions I made, so you can open them and have a look.

  • AkhwaAkhwa Member, PRO Posts: 11

    @pHghost said:
    I made two custom collisions, one for the T and one for the TREE.

    The white box actor is there to make the custom collisions work. This is a workaround for a GameSalad bug. It doesn't need to be so big. And it can be made invisible. But it needs to be there all the time (actually, it doesn't need to be actively colliding) and have a rule to collide with every actor you want to activate.

    New download:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/s926c9oe9lrl5ok/Sketch_Rig_Package.zip

    I made the white actor smaller. You can move it outside of the camera view and make it invisible. Also in the download, you can find the custom collisions I made, so you can open them and have a look.

    Cool thanks man
    Appericate your time

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