HitTest to circle

[Emasher]

I'm creating a stealth game with an overhead view where you need to avoid spotlights. The character you control is a square movieclip so the bounding box hit test is fine. However the spotlights are circles so the bounding box hitTest isn't going to work. I also need it to register the hitTest if the objects are at all touching, not just if certain points on them are touching. what's the best way to do this?

[fx.barrett]

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/acti...pt/hittest.htm

Btw, read up on the forum rules, your footer image is way over the limit.

[Emasher]

Thanks.

[sumwungye]

When you say, "Thanks..." does that mean thanks to the footer problem or the hittest problem? Because if it's the hittest problem, I can help.

Add the following code to your character.

if (this.hitTest(spotlight1)) {
gotoAndStop ("gameover");
} else if (this.hisTest(spotlight2)){
gotoAndStop ("gameover");
}

Repeat this for all of your other spotlights, and my guess is that this is what you need.

[sumwungye]

Oh, and by the way, you could use this same method, replacing "gotoAndStop ("gameover");" with whatever you need to all of the spotlights, to keep them from touching.

[sumwungye]

...If that's what you mean by

I also need it to register the hitTest if the objects are at all touching

...

[gotoAndCrash]

Here's a post I made regarding "hitTesting" to circles using the Pythagorean Theory :

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=753299