Hardon Collider Collision detection for LÖVE

Download

You can download the latest packaged version as zip- or tar-archive directly from github. In that archive there will be a directory called vrld-HardonCollider-<numbers> - you probably want to rename that to something shorter (hardoncollider comes to mind).

You can also have a look at the sourcecode online here.

If you use the Git command line client, you can clone the repository by running:

git clone git://github.com/vrld/HardonCollider.git

Once done, you can check for updates by running:

git pull

from inside the directory.

First steps

This is an example on how to use HardonCollider. One shape will stick to the mouse position, while the other will stay in the same place:

HC = require 'hardoncollider'

-- array to hold collision messages
local text = {}

-- this is called when two shapes collide
function on_collision(dt, shape_a, shape_b, mtv_x, mtv_y)
    text[#text+1] = string.format("Colliding. mtv = (%s,%s)", 
                                    mtv_x, mtv_y)
end

-- this is called when two shapes stop colliding
function collision_stop(dt, shape_a, shape_b)
    text[#text+1] = "Stopped colliding"
end

function love.load()
    -- initialize library
    Collider = HC(100, on_collision, collision_stop)

    -- add a rectangle to the scene
    rect = Collider:addRectangle(200,400,400,20)

    -- add a circle to the scene
    mouse = Collider:addCircle(400,300,20)
    mouse:moveTo(love.mouse.getPosition())
end

function love.update(dt)
    -- move circle to mouse position
    mouse:moveTo(love.mouse.getPosition())

    -- rotate rectangle
    rect:rotate(dt)

    -- check for collisions
    Collider:update(dt)

    while #text > 40 do
        table.remove(text, 1)
    end
end

function love.draw()
    -- print messages
    for i = 1,#text do
        love.graphics.setColor(255,255,255, 255 - (i-1) * 6)
        love.graphics.print(text[#text - (i-1)], 10, i * 15)
    end

    -- shapes can be drawn to the screen
    love.graphics.setColor(255,255,255)
    rect:draw('fill')
    mouse:draw('fill')
end

License

Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Matthias Richter

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