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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Detecting object number?

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Zeus
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 23:52
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Alright, there are multiple objects that I do not know the object number for due to it being loaded from a level editor which I made. I need to detect collision with those unknown object numbers. How do I detect the object number so I can detect collision between the player and that object? Will I have to set up an array or what?

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Zotoaster
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Posted: 15th Sep 2010 00:23
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Yup, there are a few ways to think about it.

It would be useful either way to have an array of objects which you load, each of which contain the object number and any other information. Furthermore, you should have an array of levels, which contains, amongst other things, the first and last object of the level. If the current level is 3, check between objects Levels(3).first and Levels(3).last. If you don't know about Types, look them up.

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Posted: 15th Sep 2010 00:27
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How would I set up the collision code? I got as far as the arrays that know the object numbers but I couldn't quite check to see if they were colliding.
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have you checked out sparky's collision? http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=74762&b=5


Remember those old guys? They made epic renders, I think one of them was called DaVinci, and all they used was MS Paint. Sometimes it's just skill....
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Zeus
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Yes but I am trying to get by this with just native DBP commands and I would prefer not too.
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Posted: 15th Sep 2010 01:11 Edited at: 15th Sep 2010 01:12
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well in that case, the quickest command i can think of would be


but that is very inaccurate and i think it only goes by OBB, and if so it's unusable to detect collision against the world. there's also

which you can use creatively to suit your needs, especially when colliding with the world.

but srsly, these commands can get slow when used a lot and don't offer much, and there's no shame in using addons.


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Quote: "Yes but I am trying to get by this with just native DBP commands"


Why?

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