Collission detection help!

[evilapple513]

I'm pretty new to FLASH game programming and I need help!

I'm making a side scrolling, adventure game and the main character is running away from an enemy. I want to make the character stumble through obstacles like chairs and tables along the way but the collision detector doesn't work all the time.

I want to know if there's a code that tells the detection boxes react to certain sides since I don't want it to over react like it's doing now or completely ignoring it at times.

[OctoFlash]

wow you should really learn more simple stuff before trying to make such a hard to create game.. what you're asking here isn't just a simple code line we can give you..

[Nisas]

The hitTest function is a pretty limited one. You can't tell what side was collided with. To do that, compare the x values of the objects.

if(this.hitTest(object)){
   if(this.x > object.x){
      //collided with the right side
   }
   if(this.x < object.x){
      //collided with the left side
   }
}

[atomoxic]

A perfect collision code where you can react with all different shapes of objects is very complicated. Especially if your going for rounded objects and slopes. However if you are just after rectangluar objects (or objects almost rectangluar objects) you can just use a basic hitTest to do this.

If you are going to use rectangles then use this:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
    if (this.hitTest(_root.table) {
        // Make things happen when the table is hit.
    }
}

However if the other is what you are after I dont suggest this for a first game.