Thread: collision detect - compare player's coords to...?

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    collision detect - compare player's coords to...?

    i seem to be popping up a lot in here lately

    so, this time it's about collision detection... here's what i've got.

    i just used a text file to hold maps (for now). it's basically just a grid with x's and o's. so a map will look like this:
    Code:
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    xoooooooooooooooooox
    xoooooooooooooooooox
    xoooooooooooooooooox
    xoooooxxooxxooooooox
    xooxxoooooooooooooox
    xoooooooooooooooooox
    xxxoooooooooooooooox
    xooooooooooooooooxxx
    xooxxoooooooooooxxxx
    xooooooooooooooxxxxx
    xxxoooooooooooxxxxxx
    xooooooooooooxxxxxxx
    xoooooooooooxxxxxxxx
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    so i can load that, store it in all in a 2d array, and draw tiles so that it looks like that map.

    so now, how would i do some collision detection? so that i know if my little character is hitting a wall, standing on a ledge, bumping his head when jumping, etc... i assume i test the character's x and y coords against something.. but what, exactly? i searched around, but didn't really find what i was looking for...

    i really just need to know what to check the player's x/y coordinates against.. i should be able to get it from there.. i hope

    (it probably shouldn't have taken that long of a message for such a question, but i'm not very good at getting a messge across... oh well)

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    Check it against the data in the 2D array. Like, if he is in cell [2,3] then you may have a function that takes two parameters ( position ) and return an int. This int will tell you something descriptive about the tile. You can use #define's to make them more intuitive. So something like

    Code:
    #define WALL 0x01
    #define TELEPORT 0x02
    This way you can do something after you find out what tile they are on OR what tile they are attempting to go to. Good luck.
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    Hi,,

    Also, perform the collision detection when the arrow key is pressed, so that the character would not stay in between the wall.

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    thanks! that was just the little push i needed... my character no longer walks through walls

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