this is still a collision detection problem. just becuase when you detect a collision you are not preventing the object from passing through does not change how you detect it.

do a search for a line intersection formula. check your math book, or the net. this is something that should have been posted in the math and physics forum (because its a math problem). dont post there now, because i have given you the answer you need. google wil give you plenty of information.

a person is quite right, this is definately not the forum for this, Math and Physics or For Beginners would be the place to post.

And before you tried posting there you should try looking for the information yourself (asking other people to do your work and you'll never learn anything), using Google and the search terms Line Intersection, the first link it returned was Line-Line Intersection - From MathWorld, which has lots of pretty pictures to make it easy to understand the algorithm. In future try Google, put whatever you want into the little box and see what it gives you. If you're still stuck come here and post to the right forum. You will save alot of time this way.

[edited by - Michalson on May 6, 2002 5:11:52 PM]