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[Kgamer14]

I need to know how i would check to see if the player is colliding with an object to set a variable to true. If he isn't colliding with the object, the variable is false. I can get him to make the variable true when he collides with the object, it's just when he moves away from the object the variable is still true. I need it to change to false when he moves away from it.

Thanks for the help

[Jack Indie Box]

either use one of the collision functions(circle, rectangle...) or use place_free, place_empty

but your better off using if(!place_meeting(x,y,obj_wall)){variable=0;}
i think that should do what you want

[Kgamer14]

either use one of the collision functions(circle, rectangle...) or use place_free, place_empty

but your better off using if(!place_meeting(x,y,obj_wall)){variable=0;}
i think that should do what you want

Do i throw the code in the step event? I'm trying to use it, but the variable doesn't change back to 0 when it changes to 1.

[element_boy6522]

yeah, you would put it in step. You basically want it to say:

If i touch a wall -> set variable to x. If not -> set variable to y.

The step event makes it check if it touches a wall every time the game takes a "step" (default is 30 pr. second)

Edited by element_boy6522, 07 May 2012 - 01:57 PM.

[Kgamer14]

yeah, you would put it in step. You basically want it to say:

If i touch a wall -> set variable to x. If not -> set variable to y.

The step event makes it check if it touches a wall every time the game takes a "step" (default is 30 pr. second)

Thanks for the help, it works now. I realized i needed an else command to fix the problem.