Collision Explanation

[SuperMeijin]

This is my collision function

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for ii,vv in ipairs(enemies) do -- shot:enemy collision for zombies
	        if CheckCollision(v.x,v.y,16,16,vv.x,vv.y,vv.width,vv.height) then 
			    table.insert(remEnemy, ii)
		            table.insert(remShot, i)

I dont really understand whats going on in this CheckCollision function but my enemies seem to collide at the wrong points and a bit randomly.

As a extension if i want my enemies to face me at all time how would i change this function to fit the way there facing

Checkcollision

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function CheckCollision(ax1,ay1,aw,ah, bx1,by1,bw,bh)

  local ax2,ay2,bx2,by2 = ax1 + aw, ay1 + ah, bx1 + bw, by1 + bh
  return ax1 < bx2 and ax2 > bx1 and ay1 < by2 and ay2 > by1
end

[William Willing]

I renamed the variables in the CheckCollision function. Hopefully, this makes things a bit clearer.

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function CheckCollision(aLeft, aTop, aWidth, aHeight, bLeft, bTop, bWidth, bHeight)
  local aRight  = aLeft + aWidth
  local aBottom = aTop  + aHeight
  local bRight  = bLeft + bWidth
  local bBottom = bTop  + bHeight
  
  return aLeft < bRight and aRight > bLeft and aTop < bBottom and aBottom > bTop
end

I find it hard to check the code just by thinking about it, so I made a little drawing.



In this drawing, I only look at the logic for the x-axis. The logic for the y-axis is the same; just rotate the drawing 90 degrees. :-)

Your CheckCollision function only checks for two situations, but there are three situations in which A and B collide, so I suspect that your function is not complete. I find it easier to reason about when A and B do NOT collide, since there are only two possibilities for that: B is entirely to the left of A or B is entirely to the right of A. In code: bRight < aLeft or bLeft > aRight.

So, I think the following function should work. (I haven't really tested it, though.)

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function CheckCollision(aLeft, aTop, aWidth, aHeight, bLeft, bTop, bWidth, bHeight)
  local aRight  = aLeft + aWidth
  local aBottom = aTop  + aHeight
  local bRight  = bLeft + bWidth
  local bBottom = bTop  + bHeight
  
  local horizontalCollision = not (bRight < aLeft or bLeft > aRight)
  local verticalCollision = not (bBottom < aTop or bTop > aBottom)
  
  return horizontalCollision and verticalCollision
end

Hope that helps.