p2js just for collision detection

[DeViLaToR]

Hello everyone!

 

I am making a game and i have some objects with triangular shape.

I use p2js just for collision detection with onBeginContact (everything else is handled manually, like movement etc.).

 

So i am wondering if there is a less expensive way to detect polygon collision.

 

Thanks

 

[DeViLaToR]

Bump!

[wayfinder]

 Not built in. You could program your own stripped-down broadphase but it feels to me like that would fail my personal cost/benefit analysis

[Wavertron]

You can set every P2 body as a sensor, eg:

this.game.physics.p2.enable(sprte);sprte.body.data.shapes[0].sensor = true;

It may not be super efficient, but it will mean the objects/sensors will just float through each other when they "collide", the onBeginContact and onEndContact events will fire.

[DeViLaToR]

You can set every P2 body as a sensor, eg:

this.game.physics.p2.enable(sprte);sprte.body.data.shapes[0].sensor = true;

It may not be super efficient, but it will mean the objects/sensors will just float through each other when they "collide", the onBeginContact and onEndContact events will fire.

This is what i 'm using right now

 

@wayfinder

 

True.

I will search if there is any js library for polygon collision and check if prerformance improves.

 

[wayfinder]

PIXI includes PolyK, which is an awesome lightweight poly library. Perhaps you will find something useful in there! http://polyk.ivank.net/

[kleepklep]

I have the same exact need!

 

Is there any way to create a sensor that can be moved by updating it's x and y coordinates that has no other physics involved? I can't seem to find the magic combination of settings to make this happen.

 

Did you find a lightweight JS library for polygon collision detection?

 

These look promising:

 

http://codepen.io/soulwire/pen/DoIuf

https://github.com/jriecken/sat-js

[kleepklep]

I achieved success using SAT.js using the function below. Since my the player's poly never changes I'll predefine that to optimize. The obstacle poly would also be predefined and passed to the function. 

function collisionCheck(obstacle) {	var V = SAT.Vector;	var P = SAT.Polygon;	// points are negative because objects are bottom right aligned	var carPoly = new P(new V(car.x, car.y), [new V(-200, -184), new V(-6, -76), new V(-90, -25), new V(-285, -132)]);	var obstaclePoly = new P(new V(obstacle.x, obstacle.y), [new V(-200, -184), new V(-6, -76), new V(-90, -25), new V(-285, -132)]);	var response = new SAT.Response();	var collided = SAT.testPolygonPolygon(carPoly, obstaclePoly, response);	//console.log(car.key, obstacle.key, collided);	if (collided){		car.tint = 0xFF0000;	}}

This class my be more robust and not as lightweight as I need, but it's probably more efficient than turning on the P2JS system just for collision detection.

[DeViLaToR]

I achieved success using SAT.js using the function below. Since my the player's poly never changes I'll predefine that to optimize. The obstacle poly would also be predefined and passed to the function. 

function collisionCheck(obstacle) {	var V = SAT.Vector;	var P = SAT.Polygon;	// points are negative because objects are bottom right aligned	var carPoly = new P(new V(car.x, car.y), [new V(-200, -184), new V(-6, -76), new V(-90, -25), new V(-285, -132)]);	var obstaclePoly = new P(new V(obstacle.x, obstacle.y), [new V(-200, -184), new V(-6, -76), new V(-90, -25), new V(-285, -132)]);	var response = new SAT.Response();	var collided = SAT.testPolygonPolygon(carPoly, obstaclePoly, response);	//console.log(car.key, obstacle.key, collided);	if (collided){		car.tint = 0xFF0000;	}}

This class my be more robust and not as lightweight as I need, but it's probably more efficient than turning on the P2JS system just for collision detection.

Excellent library. Exactly what i needed!!