Collision detection
sKey1 and sKey2 are the string key identifiers for two HUD components. This function will return true if there is a collision between the 2 components and false if there is no collision.
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function ai_main.checkCollision ( sKey1, sKey2 )
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local hUser = application.getCurrentUser ( )
-- Get the tags and set a handler
local hComp1 = hud.getComponent ( hUser, sKey1 )
local hComp2 = hud.getComponent ( hUser, sKey2 )
-- Make sure the handlers aren't null
if ( hComp1 ) and ( hComp2 )
then
-- Component 1
local nWidth1, nHeight1 = hud.getComponentSize ( hComp1 )
local nPosX1, nPosY1 = hud.getComponentPosition ( hComp1 )
local nRangeStartX1 = nPosX1 - ( nWidth1 / 2 )
local nRangeEndX1 = nPosX1 + ( nWidth1 / 2 )
local nRangeStartY1 = nPosY1 - ( nHeight1 / 2 )
local nRangeEndY1 = nPosY1 + ( nHeight1 / 2 )
-- Component 2
local nWidth2, nHeight2 = hud.getComponentSize ( hComp2 )
local nPosX2, nPosY2 = hud.getComponentPosition ( hComp2 )
local nRangeStartX2 = nPosX2 - ( nWidth2 / 2 )
local nRangeEndX2 = nPosX2 + ( nWidth2 / 2 )
local nRangeStartY2 = nPosY2 - ( nHeight2 / 2 )
local nRangeEndY2 = nPosY2 + ( nHeight2 / 2 )
-- Collision check
if ( ( nRangeStartX2 >= nRangeStartX1 and nRangeStartX2 = nRangeStartX1 and nRangeEndX2 = nRangeStartY1 and nRangeStartY2 = nRangeStartY1 and nRangeEndY2
