bit of help with AS please

[CrustySheet]

ive got a level and the ground is not even so ive got this code on it

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root.ship._x+10, _root.ship._y+10, true)) {
_root.health.hb._xscale--;
}
}

but sometimes when you touch the ground you dont lose health until you get a bit lower mainly because its unven ground is there a way to fix it?

[zuperxtreme]

you can use hittest for this kind of collicion detection , because hittest detects collicions with the imaginary bound box around an object..

youll have to use a different collicion deteccion method , google a bit
check www.actionscript.org

good luck

[CrustySheet]

well im having more trouble now i have four boxes on each side of the ship but when i change the hittest from

if (this.hitTest(_root.ship._x+10, _root.ship._y+10, true))

to

if (this.hitTest(_root.ship.htbottom._x+10, _root.ship.htbottom._y+10, true))

it doesnt work

[Chrispington]

At 6/2/06 10:49 PM, CrustySheet wrote: if (this.hitTest(_root.ship._x+10, _root.ship._y+10, true)) {

This should work, but i can't figure out why you have the +10's, this would make it hittest on a point that is down and to the right of the centerpoint of the ship.

just go into the ship MC and move the picture around until the bottom of the ship is in line with the centerpoint of the MC, that is the point it tests against. (without the +10's)