Speed of hitTest

[Xystes]

Hey,

I haven't got experience with using hitTest.. Now I want to use it to check the collision of all objects with the level.

But.. How quick is hitTest? Imagine I need 50 tests per frame, would the slow down the game to much?

Thanx,

Zander

[chainsmoke]

in a Pentium 3 or 500Mhz PC..

20 HitTest per Frame makes the game horrible...

below that

10 HitTest per Frame makes the game horrible..

I think..... (not fully tested. it's just my opinion)

Flash's HitTest routine is very ineffective...for game.

- ChainSmoke

[Xystes]

I've done some research and came to the following conclusion: hitTest is faser then a self-programmed script.

I'm running an P 1333 and I had the following framerates:

Hittest                 Own collision detection
# loops       FPS       FPS

0             99        99

250           85        70

500           47        38

Zander

[GolqmoKu4e]

50 tests per frame will be pretty slow. i think you can work around it sometimes, for example if you have an asteroids game and you want to test if the asteroids hit the ship you can put them all in one clip and get away with only one hittest.