A bounding rectangle is just a simple way of defining the shape of a sprite, to avoid any complex calculations that would be involved if you wanted to check each individual pixel for a collision.
The code to determine a collision would just be something like:-|public boolean intersects(Rectangle <http://kickjava.com/src/java/awt/Rectangle.java.htm> r)
{
return r.width > 0 && r.height > 0 && this.width > 0 &&
||this.||height > 0
&& r.x < x + ||this.||width && r.x + r.width > ||this.||x
&& r.y < y + ||this.||height && r.y + r.height > ||this.||y;
}|
(This is from Java BTW. I hope it makes sense out of context). You
just then run this function against each sprite against each other
sprite to check for collisions.
Steve Azeem Zaheer wrote:
Hi,I want to know how to detect collision in 2D Side-Scrolling C++ game like Mario?without using any game engine or library? Some basics about how will i know the player is hit by the enemy? Whats meant by the term 'Bounding Rectangles'?------------------------------------------------------------------------Explore the seven wonders of the world Learn more! <http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+world&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE>
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