multiple enemys surround the player and not colliding

[andiliddell]

Something i must have tried 10 times using a variety of different methods.

this link should immediately make you aware of the list of problems...

http://www.thehalt.co.uk/as3/rotateandmove.html

(please bear in mind i will need this to work for upto 8 enemys at a time, and the follow mouse pointer will eventually be changed to follow a player sprite)

1) ive done collision detection before, but how can i get each nme to "jostle" so that their collision circles never overlap, so they dont all end up stacked on top of each other and all seek out the player?

Ive got a variety of different versions of this, none of which have ever really solved this "jostling" behaviour

The example below shows following the player (use cursors to control) but targetting one of six dots around the player so each enemy has a different target to head for....

http://www.thehalt.co.uk/as3/nmeCome7.html

again the overlapping spoils it.

I would be VERY grateful if some legendary AS3 programmer out there can suggest some fixes, or even slaughter my code and tell me how it should be done.

you can download both source code examples for CS4 here...
http://www.thehalt.co.uk/as3/nmejostle.zip

Please help me!!!

[Hangyoo]

Hm.I allmost had a thing in my game when called more than one enemy to the stage.

//Empty MovieClip
 
var container:MovieClip=new MovieClip()
addChild(container)
 
//Calling 3 Enemy to the container_movieclip
 
for(var i:int=0;i<3;i++){
var Enemy:MovieClip= new enemy_mc()
Enemy.x=50+i*10
Enemy.y=100
container.addChild(Enemy)
 
//Under an ENTER_FRAME listener the hitTest
 
for(var i:int = 0;i<container.numChildren;i++){
var enemy_hit:MovieClip = container.getChildAt(i);
if(hero.hitTestObject(enemy_hit){"the action:)"}
 
}

That whay you can call as many enemy as you want and they will reagate with your guy.
But i am just a beginer in this whole as3 programing,so if its not ok for you and dont working,dont hit my but
But i am sure the others will tell you a much proper solvation

Didnt watch your source code ,so sorry if its not what you looking for.

[TOdorus]

What kind of resolvement do you want exactly? I'm thinking of this example: Two enemies stand side-by-side in front of the player, like a wall blocking the player to move forward. The player moves forward, so it'll move into the middle of the "human" wall.

Should the enemies move back? It doesn't matter where on the enemy the player pushes, the enemy gets pushed in the same direction.
Requires vector adittion and recursive checking.

Should the enemies be pushed from each other? The player forces a way through the enemies by pushing in the middle of the enemies.
Requires vector projection and recursive checking.

[mxrider108]

I am struggling with the same thing. Collision resolving can get very complex. Take a look at the thread I started to see what others have suggested:
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=335983

[_sluimers_]

Here's how I did my loop function, rewritten to fit your code and style.

function loop(e:Event){ 
   
enemyList.forEach(directEm);

for(var i:String in enemyList) {
    if(enemyList[i].isColliding()) {
        enemyList[i].collide();    
    }
}
    
enemyList.forEach(moveEm);

}