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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / how to do collisions

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Mikeygd3
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i know some way to collide with the objects that i load in without collision boxes. i make a box where the player is and then i offset boxes around the box. and if the wall intersects between the box and me, it stops the player. idk if i explained right but is there a better way to do this without collision boxes?
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Lance
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Posted: 1st Apr 2014 19:20 Edited at: 1st Apr 2014 19:22
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I use Nuclear Glory for collision .

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wattywatts
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Sparky's here. Awesome, fast, free, and once it's set up correctly you don't have to tinker with it.
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Lukas W
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For me it's Newton wrapper. It's quite outdated now (v1.53, sdk is already 3.x) but gets the job done nice and easy. Although in saying that - I too recommend Sparky's dll since it's easier to use. With Newton you essentially need to apply forces for every movement you want AI or player to make which may cause unwanted results at times..

IS that a game, a program, or 3 year old drawing.
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Newton is a physics engine though, not just simple collision. I too use Sparky's dll.

I'm pretty sure the links no longer work so I've attached it.

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Mikeygd3
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2014 18:32
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i dont know how to get sparky :/ @wattywatts
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Mikeygd3
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and how to install and everything
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Lukas W
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Well, 29 games has attached Sparky's DLL to his post above yours. If you download that, there will be a read me file how to install it, and there is also some examples and help files to get you started how to use it.

IS that a game, a program, or 3 year old drawing.
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Mikeygd3
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i downloaded it but cannot find the folder for dbpro. all i found was DBProFreeInstaller.exe
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wattywatts
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Quote: "i downloaded it but cannot find the folder for dbpro. all i found was DBProFreeInstaller.exe"

What exactly did you download? I just checked 29 games attachment and it's what you need, the dll and examples, no exe to be found.
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Mikeygd3
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The exe wasnt from the dll. its from my dbpro. i was trying to find this folder ...... Dark Basic Professional\Compiler\plugins-user
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wattywatts
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Are you running the free version of DBP then? I'm not sure that it accepts plugins.
If that's the case (and I'm not sure it is), you could always set your level collision to polygons if you don't want to make collision boxes.
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Mikeygd3
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yeahh its the free version. and i dont understand?
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If you're referring to the set object collision to polygons command I mentioned, here's a simple example for you to take a look at.
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I use the free version of DBPro and Sparky's collision works fine.

The location of DBPro on your computer should be something like (but this might be different for you so you may have to hunt it down):

C:\Program Files (x86)\The Game Creators\Dark Basic Professional

Then just follow the instructions in the "readme" that come with Sparky's:

Quote: "Place the 'SC_Collision.dll' file in your 'Dark Basic Professional\Compiler\plugins-user' folder

If you want key work highlighting in the IDE place the 'Help\Keywords\SC_Collision.ini" in your "Dark Basic Professional\Editor\Keywords' folder"


You will then need to open up DBPro and select "tools > rebuild keywords" and then you should be good to go.

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