Racing game, keeping car in bounderies

[dangerskew]

I'm trying to make a racing game, but I don't know how to keep the car from going off the track. So far I just have it so when you go off the track you're car's alpha goes to 50. Does anyone know how I would keep it from going off?

[signifer123]

Why can't ya just have it so you slow down when you go off the boundry thats what most people do amd then its more realistic

[elPooter]

Boundary? do you mean walls?

[dangerskew]

^I meant keeping the car on the track. As for slowing the car down if it's off the track, how would I do that? I don't know what to do.

EDIT: Also, I'm just curious as to how I would keep it on the track, as if there were walls around it, that's kind of what I was trying to do. Make it so you can't go through the walls.

EDIT: Nevermind, I figured out how to make the car slow down when it's not touching the track. I still want to know how to make it not go through walls though. Thanks.

[elPooter]

you could try:



onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_root.walls.hitTest(getBounds(_root).xMax, _y, true)) {
this._x -= 5;
}
if (_root.walls.hitTest(getBounds(_root).xMin, _y, true)) {
this._x += 5;
}
if (_root.walls.hitTest(_x, getBounds(_root).yMin, true)) {
this._y += 5;
}
if (_root.walls.hitTest(_x, getBounds(_root).yMax, true)) {
this._y -= 5;
}
}

[TheOneAndOnly]

could u save it as MX plz?

[dangerskew]

I don't think that one code would work, seeing as how neither the track nor the car are square.

[elPooter]

Oh. Well, I couldn't view the fla so I wouldn't know.

EDIT: Also, that is the only hitTest code I know.

[TheOneAndOnly]

here ya go

Changes-
Added actions to the car (at the very bottom)
Added a boundarys layer

[dangerskew]

Thanks! That works quite well.

[TheOneAndOnly]

your welcome :)

[lastchildz]

You could check this engine too , it's working pretty good .
http://www.markfennell.com/flash/using.html

[dangerskew]

That one also has a bug. In that game, when you hit an object, if you keep pressing forward and then turn your car, you can get inside things.

[average_male]

here ya go

Changes-
Added actions to the car (at the very bottom)
Added a boundarys layer

Nice work. That was awesome of you to update it and post it.

Thanks for you efforts, helped me out a lot!!!

-Joe

[nathan99]

heres an oldy, but a goody.

[nathan99]

with that, i can tell you how to fix the hitTest

[NiñoScript]

this guy did it using tiles, perhaps that way is easier
http://oos.moxiecode.com/examples/proam/index.html

[GPP]

O man a car based game using tiles.. never thought id see da day..