hitTest with diagonal lines

[eninen393]

i am creating a flash game and i can stop the caharacter from crossing lines but when i use diagonal lines, the character stops at the blue box seounding it.

i thought it would work but i need to know how to shrink the blue box that is created when you make a movie clip.

please help
----------CODE------------------------

onClipEvent (load) {
this._visible = false;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root["stanD"])) {
_root["stanD"]._y -= _global.speed;
_root["stanD"]._x += _global.speed;
}
if (this.hitTest(_root["blob"])) {
_root["blob"]._y -= _global.moveSpeed2;
_root["blob"]._x += _global.moveSpeed2;
}
if (this.hitTest(_root["gEnemy"])) {
_root["genemy"]._y -= _global.gEnemySpeed;
_root["genemy"]._x += _global.gEnemySpeed;
}
}

 

[kennethkawamoto]

There is another usage for "hitTest".

hitTest(x, y, shapeFlag)

If you set shapeFlag parameter to true, hitTest uses the shape instead of the bounding box.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[eninen393]

like this becuase this doesn't work and the code is in the line movie clip not the character movie clip.

-------CODE-----------
if (this.hitTest(_global.charX, _global.charY, true)) {
_root["stanD"]._y -= _global.speed;
_root["stanD"]._x += _global.speed;
}

 

[eninen393]

BUMP

 

[eninen393]

if (_root["stanD"].hitTest(this._x+20, this._y, true))

all that this does is create a single dot that the _root["stanD"] can't cross the dot is 20 pixels to the right of the start of the movieClip.

any one know how to make the dot into a line or something?

any ideas or thoughts are greatly appreciated!

thanks,
nick

 

[kennethkawamoto]

I guess it should be more like this:

[tt]// Main timeline
onEnterFrame = function () {
if (yourLineMC.hitTest(stanD._x, stanD._y, true)) {
//do something
}
};
//[/tt]

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk