help with td tower placing

[ThrashBoy]

hey.
im wondering if anyone knows how you would go about placing towers in a td game like in onslaught. that being, they don't have to align with tiles, they can go anywhere as long as there not on a path tile.
i cant think of how you work work out the collision detection to make sure your towers not on the path.

if anyone could help, that would be great!
much thanks in advance

[slicer4ever]

if your using a tile system simply loop though the path tiles before you place the object to make sure it's not on the path, simple as that

[moony4money]

http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2007...efense-part-1/

That will answer your question

[tonypa]

Hittest the path against shape of tower.

[ThrashBoy]

thanks for the help
lol i figgured there would be some complex math formula or something, but hittest will do the job.
thanks again!

[ColbyCheeze]

I think that tends to be a problem with a lot of newer programmers, and sometimes even the rest of us (I know I do it a lot). Sometimes we have a very simple problem, yet since we don't initially think of the solution we assume it must be something very complex lol.