Re: FLASH: intersection

[John Croteau]

Hi Rachel,


> Was wondering if anyone had any tips on

> testing for intersection of movie clips.

Generally called collision detection.

2 basic methods.

Drop Target

http://www.FlashBible.com/Members/Drag/DropTarget.htm


and 

XY mapping.

See Colin's Collision Detection:

http://www.FlashCentral.com/Tech/ActionScript/Index.htm


> The one way I think it could be done would

> be to find the width and height of the piece

> you are dragging and then store that info.

> Then as other pieces are dragged (drug?)

> around you could test against that info you

> collected. It seems like it could get difficult

> if you started letting the user resize and rotate.

Can get complicated.


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