Collide with everything in game?

GuaveMedia

Hey guys,

I am a bit stucked right now. I have many actors that get their position randomly. So, to avoid collisions I set up a
overlap rule.

When overl. or collides - with actor of tag - everything in game
Every 0sec. replace.

But somehow sometimes they are overlapping?!
Thx

UtopianGames

If you have the actors movable you can just use a collide with actor with tag and they shouldn't overlap.

Darren.

GuaveMedia

Thx for the quick reply. Yes, but I have 7-8 different actors in the game, so this would be a rule with much conditions. Of sure with "Any".

But why doesn't my method work? All actors are movable!

GuaveMedia

Maybe I should explain it better.

I have 8 different actors in the scene. Their position is chosen randomly. The attribute "startGame" is set to true after 0.5 sec.
Now the rule of the actors:

When "startGame" is false
change self pos. X,Y to random

when overlaps with everything in game
timer every 0.sec run to completion
change self pos.X,Y to random

Somehow it doesn't work and some actors overlap....

thx

UtopianGames

See the file i uploaded, it might help?

Darren.

GuaveMedia

thx just one thing, I never worked with tags before. How can I create a tag like in the file one "collide".

UtopianGames

http://cookbook.gamesalad.com/tutorials/2/parts/9

Darren.

GuaveMedia

thx have a great weekend!

GuaveMedia

Hey @UtopianGames

I did it like in your project. But sometimes they still collide and the self attribute "Overlapping" displays false, but they definitely overlap. I created a tag and moved in all the actors that are affected. Do you have an idea why this happens?

thank you!

UtopianGames

Not really sure without looking at the project.

Could it be the timers are set to after or for instead of every?

Darren.