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I don't know how many people have tried this before, but I just found it out and wanted to tell someone 

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...Over the years I've noticed how some platformers on Scratch have simple terrain or what-not because of the object collision with colors. I'm sure you have seen it, or perhaps even done it yourself. Or maybe you find that on certain games, an enemy is always attacking you when the game starts.

I have found a simple solution to all of this.

I don't know if you've tried this before, but how about this:
A shape. Any shape. Whatever you want it to be. And then you have a character. This shape follows the character. Now you might be saying, "I don't want a colored shape covering up my characters!" You don't. Set the Ghost Effect to 100. Now it's invisible.
You can use this for object collision and detection. Two examples:
1. You want to make a platformer game but you sigh that you have to make simple graphics. You marvel at the better game makers and wonder how they do what they do. Or you just want to make things better. Well, all you have to do is make a 'ghost image' of the terrain/etc. put it on 100% Ghost Effect. Now you can have your real terrain look however you want, while still keeping that object collision. This can also be used for invisible things like barriers to keep the player off, or when the player touches it: Like falling off a cliff, you can have a invisible object that when the player touches it he dies, or an invisible maze game, etc.
2. Let's say you're making a stealth game. You are some secret agent who must defeat a goal without getting caught. Well, with my method (or 'a method') you can use this invisible ghost method to set either enemy range of sight, to start events, or for different ways of stealth. Like your first object is blue. This is where you are 100 percent stealth, and they can never find you, whether you are running in it or not. Your second object, however, is red (note these are invisible object detection fields for your real scenes), and you have a 50% chance of being caught, so that means if you are moving, while hiding in it (or at least moving a lot or fast), then you will be caught. Otherwise, you're safe
You can also use this method for weapon ranges, etc.

Well that's all I have for today! Comment to explain your own methods or if this method works for you. 

Last edited by Ludichris1 (2010-07-06 18:43:42)