collision confusion

[j2graves]

one actor I have in a game is supposed to change to one animation while colliding with the top/bottom of another actor, and change to a different animation when colliding with the left/right of the same actor. why then, does it tend to get "confused" when it collides and continuously turns between both animations when it collides with the actor from any side?

[DST]

A couple of possibilities

If you are using physical response, you might be having this issue (this frame does not draw, because pr corrects the positions before screen output, but this is what would be happening in that split second).

figure1

Note too that position is determined not always by the strongest, but by ANY angle involved.

figure2

So in figure2, if you have a round actor, you're almost always touching two sides at once if you touch it at all. This can be unpredictable sometimes, as 'stair stepped' pixels create differences that you can't see normally.

[j2graves]

no, it's not like that, because it's up against a large flat surface.

[Bee-Ant]

What if dont repeat the collision

[j2graves]

what?

[skydereign]

He is saying it might be caused by collision repeat enabled. That can cause problems with animation, but it depends on how you do your physical response.

[j2graves]

ok, well, on the topic of collision, why is it that if an actor moves toward a wall on the right, it can climb it?

[skydereign]

What are your physical response values? Can you post a .ged of the error?

[Bee-Ant]

Oh...that problem...well, first...
Player>Collision>Wall>physical response>1100
Player>Collision>Wall>Script Editor>

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yvelocity++;

The script editor must be the last one...