which type of collision detection would you recommend?
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cndr
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which type of collision detection would you recommend?
I am using SDL and have a circle on screen which I would like to use for a button. Which method of collision detection would be best for this scenario?
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Re: which type of collision detection would you recommend?
For circles, I usually use pythagorean theorem to find the distance from the click to the center. If it's less than the radius, its inside. Only for circles though.
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Re: which type of collision detection would you recommend?
Yea, this is pretty much the way to go for circles.ibly31 wrote:For circles, I usually use pythagorean theorem to find the distance from the click to the center. If it's less than the radius, its inside. Only for circles though.
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Re: which type of collision detection would you recommend?
This.
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Re: which type of collision detection would you recommend?
sorry for the delay, thanks for the help the Pythagorean theorem works great.
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