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A "new" way for Collision detection

Red Drake · 2004-05-23T04:11:45

I woud like to ask you if any one has heard of such a way for Collision detection. If not I think i will write an article about it. Well hear it goes: Before a game level starts we build a 2D matrix that fits the size of the terain loked from above. This does not mean that the map shoud be square/rect - it only means that if map is not rect the matrix space out of the borders of map will bee lost/unused. The matrix type shoud be : - n of pointers to Game CHARACTERS (runtime alocated) - m of pointers to Game static OBJECTS (runtime alocated) The matrix shoud hawe the folowing elements : - It''s elements are a square of n*n size ( example: 1 meter * 1 meter ) this means that it is like a box in 3D space - The number of elements of matrix is = (terain size X / metrtic unit) * (terain size Y / metric unit) The basic pricipal of engine is that first at the begining of level you aproximate the max number of objects(n) & characters(m) inside one square ("box") Then if you want to check for Collision of a character you yust check the pointers in matrix cordinates around the character and if you want to render a view distance you yust render the pointers around the character (in the direction of looking). Now if you are still folowing me you are a bether reader then I am a righter. If you think that my explanation is bad or speling is bad too you hawe to ralize that i am only 15 and i hawe about 5 months of expirience in game developing. ( Remeber that i am only 15 and i envented that by my self if it''s not invented before) So do you hawe Quastions, Coments ...

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Started by Red Drake May 19, 2004 02:01 PM

41 comments, last by Red Drake 19 years, 11 months ago

grekster

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May 21, 2004 06:00 AM

In that case may I suggest you work on improving your english rather than game development for the moment. Good Communication and writing skills are extremly importanted in the work place (and in college/university aswell as im finding out).

Also you''ll just get flamed for any blatent grammatical and spelling errors (eg yust, woud, hawe etc) in your posts (like I did when I first posted) so take the time to re-read your post before sending it.

Im not trying to get at you here, just some friendly advice