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Jake G Registered 06/03/2010 Points 782	31st October, 2013 at 31/10/2013 07:55:19 - Hey all! I've heard there is some way to (within an active object) have an invisible collision mask set as the top ^ direction in the animation editor. Does anyone know about this method? Jake Visit www.voltic.com.au - you probably won't regret it! ~Gradually getting less bad at making games~
UrbanMonk BRING BACK MITCH Registered 07/07/2008 Points 49567	31st October, 2013 at 31/10/2013 21:45:36 - It only works with custom movements because built-in movements perform their collision detection after the main loop. Here's an example: http://soapcow.com/uploads/hiddencollisionmask.zip n/a
Jake G Registered 06/03/2010 Points 782	1st November, 2013 at 01/11/2013 01:58:04 - My movement is custom so that's a plus thanks for the link. I'm on my iPhone so I'll have to check it out when I'm in my iMac. Visit www.voltic.com.au - you probably won't regret it! ~Gradually getting less bad at making games~
Jake G Registered 06/03/2010 Points 782	1st November, 2013 at 01/11/2013 01:58:56 - Just realised how very pro-Apple that last post made me sound... Visit www.voltic.com.au - you probably won't regret it! ~Gradually getting less bad at making games~
Riptide Registered 26/07/2013 21:07:20 Points 101	1st November, 2013 at 01/11/2013 15:51:50 - Yeah i thought you were trolling for a sec Working on some engines, working for the fun !
Jake G Registered 06/03/2010 Points 782	2nd November, 2013 at 02/11/2013 00:14:18 - Thanks UrbanMonk! I the tutorial is great. Haha I know right, riptide. Truthfully I'm very neutral on the whole Microsoft v Apple thing I like both! Visit www.voltic.com.au - you probably won't regret it! ~Gradually getting less bad at making games~
UrbanMonk BRING BACK MITCH Registered 07/07/2008 Points 49567	2nd November, 2013 at 02/11/2013 16:42:41 - No problem! Glad I could help! n/a
AndyUK Mascot Maniac Registered 01/08/2002 Points 14586	2nd November, 2013 at 02/11/2013 16:47:49 - I'm surprised you didn't use that already Jake. As far as I'm concerned that the only way to do collisions now! very tidy .
Jake G Registered 06/03/2010 Points 782	3rd November, 2013 at 03/11/2013 05:15:57 - Ha, well the last game I worked on that could have benefitted from it was JR2 and I started that in 2008 and never really changed the engine during the development cycle must've been living under a rock! Visit www.voltic.com.au - you probably won't regret it! ~Gradually getting less bad at making games~
AndyUK Mascot Maniac Registered 01/08/2002 Points 14586	3rd November, 2013 at 03/11/2013 18:56:47 - To be honest I didn't start using it until after about 2007ish. .
Eternal Man [EE] Pitied the FOO Registered 18/01/2007 Points 2955	3rd November, 2013 at 03/11/2013 19:34:01 - I tend to use detectors for the player and go internalized for enemies and npc's. Quite stupid practice actually. Eternal Entertainment's Code'n'Art Man E_E = All Indie ...actually Ell Endie, but whatever.
UrbanMonk BRING BACK MITCH Registered 07/07/2008 Points 49567	4th November, 2013 at 04/11/2013 15:45:39 - I've never used it. It's useful for some things I'm sure, but when you have a few dozen enemy types it can be tedious to make collision masks for all of them. Instead I use a single detector object for all of them and move it around. It's less efficient though since it requires loops, but it's easier in some cases. Also the active picture object didn't have fine collision detection for a little while, so mask wouldn't have worked for me at the time. n/a

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