The determination of whether or not two or more entities make contact with each other during gameplay.
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Explosion object not occurring where instructed
I'm still working through the tutorials in Game Maker, currently doing the side scroller plane shooter game.
I've set a collision event for the enemy plane, so that when it collides with my plane it ...
3
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1answer
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Player getting caught on floor
My player is getting caught on something on the floor. My whole environment is just blocks. I have looked through (and tried to change) just about everything I can think of in my player update method. ...
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Panda3d handling collisions on walls created in blender
Edit 2 : Updated code, so runnable zip isn't the same as the copied section bellow (though all that has changed is that part in run_me.py)
Edit: Runnable zip with source files, sorry: ...
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Collision Detection Problems in Bullet Physics
I am trying to detect collisions between two objects, both btBoxShapes. One of them, I update by setting
body->setWorldTransform(transform);
I have implemented collision detection using the ...
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1answer
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Creating 2D polygons in XNA
I am trying to implement collisions using the separating axis theorem. However All I have ever used in terms of polygons is the Rectangle class included in XNA already. How can I make multi-sided ...
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3answers
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Determining which edge a collision occurred on in a platformer
First of all, this will be Open Source, and you will be mentioned for the help.
We've been programming a Super Mario Remake for the iPhone with Cocos2d for school.
It looks pretty great, and we ...
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+200
Hexagon collision detection for fast moving objects?
A object has a position and a speed vector. Usually only the position is used to check if two objects collide, this is problematic for very fast moving objects as it can happen that the object moves ...
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Checking collision between Rectangle and Shape
In my game the player uses a Rectangle for his bounding box, he can do this because I only need to rotate the player image and not the acctual rectangle but for a eletric beam that one of the bosses ...
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0answers
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Android cocos2d getting collision detection to work only on some frames of animation
I have an animated bomb sprite in my game and use CGRect for collision detection:
for (CCSprite bomb : _bombs) {
CGRect bombRect = CGRect.make(bomb.getPosition().x - (scaleFactor * ...
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0answers
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Is it possible to get the colliding sides using the separating axis theorem?
The title says it all, is it even possible to get the colliding sides?
I'm checking for collisions between two OABBs, which works fine using SAT. Now I want to set the moving object's velocity to the ...
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0answers
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andengine Tower Defence game - Enemy<-Weapon interaction [migrated]
What is the most correct from the performance point of view - algorithm of interaction between Enemy and Weapon(bullet maybe more correct here) ?
Should every sprite every single bullet check for ...
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0answers
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Collision between the player , stairs, ramps etc [closed]
i am making a game 2D in XNA 4.0. I have already made gravity , animations and the jump. Now i need the collision between my character and the objects (obstacles , stairs etc.) How can i do that? ...
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2answers
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When to detect and respond to collisions?
I've usually implemented collision detection like this in the past:
Move entity
Check if it collides with anything
Resolve the collision by moving it back
That's also the approach employed by most ...
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votes
1answer
58 views
Algorithm behind targeting mechanism used by the player characters in Bionic Commando and Just Cause
In Bionic Commando (2009) and in Just Cause 2, the player's character is able to target, using a "hook based one arm mechanism" almost anything and is able to propel itself to it and perform several ...
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3answers
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Collision detection problems using AABB's
I implemented a simple collision detection routine using AABB's between my main game sprite and various platforms (Please see code below). It works great, but I'm now introducing gravity to make my ...
2
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0answers
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Detect collision in Blender
I am trying to write a Python function for Blender(2.66) game engine, that permits me to detect collision between two objects.
I tried to read the documentation, but it's very confusing, and I don't ...
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1answer
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How do real-time games like starcraft 2 and league of legends transmit and broadcast data during play? [closed]
How do real-time games like starcraft 2 and league of legends transmit and broadcast data during play?
Is all real-time data transmitted to and from the server in udp packets?
Do users directly ...
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2answers
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C# XNA AABB vs AABB collision resolution, AABBs ghost through each other
I've been learning a bit of collision resolution through a tutorial here and I can't seem to get the AABBvsAABB resolution working, I have CirclevsCircle and AABBvsCircle resolution working with the ...
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1answer
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My logic in collision detection in diagonal code correct? [closed]
I made this code to detect collision from the diagonal(top left). I'm trying to find the problem on what I'm doing wrong. Is it necessary to have a diagonal collision for the wall?
Player class:
...
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1answer
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How was traditional 2D collision detection/resolution being done? [closed]
Just out of pure curiosity, I'm wondering how classic 2D games of the 80s/90s (The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Warcraft, ...) approached collision detection/resolution.
For some reason I can't ...
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3answers
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XNA Collision is quircky/wobbly, how to improve?
I am sorry if this was already answered but I couldn't find the answer.
So I am doing a tile based platformer and when I was making collision I had quiet a struggle I looked here and googled for ...
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1answer
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Detecting collision with a 3D array of boxes
I am at the stage of my development process where I want to implement collision. Now I can think of a simple way of doing it, if the camera's x, y or z are inside the position of a certain cube then ...
1
vote
1answer
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Rectangle collision is not working correctly [closed]
I have difficulties with the rectangle collision. My character can go through the right side and through the bottom of each platform rectangle. I guess their is a mathematical problem with the ...
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0answers
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Need help with collision with player and tiles XNA [closed]
I have a player collision with the rectangle size 16x32
and the tiles are in 16x16 sizes. I have a problem checking collision with player touching 2(or more) tiles ontop of each other.
My code works ...
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0answers
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Collision detection issue on 2D game engine with isometric game graphics [duplicate]
Let me first show you an example of issue so you'll see the problem.
http://i.imgur.com/dTxJIN7.jpg
The player object has red colored collision borders. Since I'm using an 2D engine, his head ...
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0answers
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Logic flow of rectangle to N-rectangles collision [closed]
I have a really hard time here figuring out the error in my program.
My code only works in 2 rectangles but if I increment number of rectangle, stricken of movement, don't work at all, such as, when ...
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1answer
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how to detect when a character is walking on an item in java
I just want to know if there is a way in java to detect when the character is on an item on the floor without without verifying if every items on the map contains the character or vice versa in every ...
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1answer
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Differences between Overlap and Intersection testing?
I have heard of techniques such as overlap testing and intersection testing for collision detection and collision resolution.
I looked up on the two techniques, but I don't see what differences they ...
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votes
1answer
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Breakout style ball-paddle bounce, error at corner
I am trying to make a breakout game where you have a paddle and a ball bounces around breaking bricks. The problem is that if the ball touches the corner of player it goes inside of player. I change ...
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2answers
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Mapping of positions on images in different frames
I am looking for a possibility to map different positions on a 2D Image which has different frames.
Let's say I have an image, consisting of three frames, which shows a spaceship.
The first frame ...
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votes
1answer
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Bounding Boxes and XNA
So heres some straight up code for you:
BoundingBox b = new BoundingBox(
Vector3.Up + Vector3.Right + Vector3.Forward,
Vector3.Down + Vector3.Backward + Vector3.Left);
BoundingBox bb = new ...
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5answers
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Collision detection logic
Edit 2
In the following picture sprite1 (the red square) is hitting the platform from the left, so:
sprite1_rightEdge>platformSprite leftEdge
would be true, so I can simply reposition ...
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How can I implement collision for a “pseudo-3D” game?
I'm looking for high level implementation details, not specifics.
I've worked with bounding boxes before in some 2D games, but I'm currently tackling a "2D + depth" (2.5D?) style game along the lines ...
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0answers
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Irrlicht collision with a invisible mesh [closed]
I'm writing a Final Fantasy-like game engine, with 2D backgrounds and 3D models with Irrlicht.
To calculate collisions with the objects in the background I use a invisible mesh like this:
I have ...
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1answer
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Implementing Frame of reference for physics calculations
How would I alter physical calculations to account for frame of reference of a physical body?
Currently I have a world that is a collection of rigid body objects that act on each other. There is no ...
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vote
1answer
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relationship between eye height and collision body in UDK
We are using the UDK in a research lab setting so we must understand exactly how tall users feel in the virtual world (camera position). By Googling and digging through code, we have discovered the ...
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1answer
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How to predict future location of a Car in a Navigation Mesh based pathfinding system?
I am developing a car based shooting game in which the Cars have to shoot each other 3/4 times and eliminate it from the game.
I am trying to develop the AI for my cars now. The problem is how can I ...
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1answer
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Is there a “box2d without physics” lib (only for collision detection)?
Box2d Collision detection algorithms are probably the best ones out there. Unfortunately, they are bundled together with a realistic physics engine that I don't need.
Is there an open source project ...
4
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1answer
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Automatically generate low detail collision meshes
I lately integrated Bullet Physics into my little game engine, but for now I only use basic shapes as spheres or boxes for collision checks. For more realistic physics I need collision meshes for all ...
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0answers
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Android: Switch(swipe) places on two images [closed]
I have two images next to each other and I want to switch their places with a swipe. I made collision detection but I don't now how to swipe and change their positions.
I'm really new at this, so ...
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votes
1answer
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1answer
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Recommended collision response needed [closed]
In my game, I have
Player class
Enemy class
Wall class
GameComponents class ( Which is the base class for Player, Enemy and Wall)
The rules are
Enemy chase Player, if collided with Walls, ...
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3answers
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Fast method of detecting whether point is inside mesh
I'm trying to construct a 3d object from a large number of particles. I think this is called BVH (Bounding volume hierarchy). I figured the best way is to draw the particles inside the mesh, then let ...
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1answer
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Help with AABB collision detection [closed]
making my first attempts at implementing AABB collision. I got it to work...kinda. I've run into an odd issue I cant seem to fix.
Basically when the objects overlap, I push one out. The pushing part ...
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1answer
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Object Detection
I'm building a collision system for my 2D game, broadphasing (sweep and prone + pair detection) works. But I don't know how to separate pickup objects, tiles and the player from each other.
My ...
2
votes
1answer
122 views
How to do 2D Raycasting on a slope
I have a 2d platformer game where my slope can be set at any angle, so I've setup a middle raycast that points to the ground onto the player to handle the collision. This works perfectly fine on a ...
3
votes
2answers
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Sperating axis test glitch help
I'm working on a pretty basic 2d platformer and I'm wondering if I could get advice on an issue I've run into. To keep collision detection simple I'm using AABBs and separating axis tests for ...
1
vote
1answer
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How can I make it so that my player object doesn't penetrate world collision when I'm holding down movement keys in that direction?
Right now I have a player object and an obstacle, both with bounding box rectangles around them. The issue is that when my player runs into this obstacle, as long as I'm holding down the movement key, ...
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vote
3answers
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Whats an elegant implementation for 2D collision detection in a block based game?
to make things clear, i do not want to know HOW to implement collision detection mathematically. What i am looking for is an elegant way to check for collisions without having to manage seperate lists ...
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votes
2answers
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How Does Ultima 7 manage different floors in 2d
In U7, you can move among floors without the function "tranport" the player to another place, as for example the first ff ones.
How can it tell whenever the character is moving from floor z to ...
