by GAMEGUY (4 Submissions)
Category: Games
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 24th August 2005
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Touch Module 2.0 More advanced game collision detection.
API Declarations
Create a wall (Picture2) and copy it and say yes for array. (you have picture2(0) and picture2(1)
Copy first section of code into a module (TouchModule)
Copy second section of code into Picture1 Keydown
VBcoders
Function touch(Picture1 As PictureBox, Picture2 As PictureBox) As String
Step = 50 'MAKE SURE IF YOU CHANGE THE AMOUNT CHAR MOVES TO CHANGE THIS TO THE SAME #'
touch = "False"
If ((Picture1.Top + Picture1.Height >= Picture2.Top) _
And (Picture1.Top <= Picture2.Top + Picture2.Height) _
And (Picture1.Left + Picture1.Width >= Picture2.Left) _
And (Picture1.Left + Picture1.Width - Step < Picture2.Left)) _
Then
touch = "Right"
Picture1.Left = Picture1.Left - Step
End If
If ((Picture1.Top + Picture1.Height >= Picture2.Top) _
And (Picture1.Top <= Picture2.Top + Picture2.Height) _
And (Picture1.Left <= Picture2.Left + Picture2.Width) _
And (Picture1.Left + Step > Picture2.Left + Picture2.Width)) _
Then
touch = "Left"
Picture1.Left = Picture1.Left + Step
End If
If ((Picture1.Left + Picture1.Width >= Picture2.Left) _
And (Picture1.Left <= Picture2.Left + Picture2.Width) _
And (Picture1.Top <= Picture2.Top + Picture2.Height) _
And (Picture1.Top + Step > Picture2.Top + Picture2.Height)) _
Then
touch = "Top"
Picture1.Top = Picture1.Top + Step
End If
If ((Picture1.Left + Picture1.Width >= Picture2.Left) _
And (Picture1.Left <= Picture2.Left + Picture2.Width) _
And (Picture1.Top + Picture1.Height >= Picture2.Top) _
And (Picture1.Top + Picture1.Height - Step < Picture2.Top)) _
Then
touch = "Bottom"
Picture1.Top = Picture1.Top - Step
End If
End Function
'SECTION 2
Select Case KeyCode
Case vbKeyUp
Picture1.Top = Picture1.Top - 50
Picture1.picture = LoadPicture("Your bitmap of char facing up.bmp") 'Example : Picture1.picture = LoadPicture("C:/Program Files/My Game/Character/Up.bmp")
Case vbKeyDown
Picture1.Top = Picture1.Top + 50
Picture1.picture = LoadPicture("Your bitmap of char facing down.bmp")
Case vbKeyRight
Picture1.Left = Picture1.Left + 50
Picture1.picture = LoadPicture("Your bitmap of char facing right.bmp")
Case vbKeyLeft
Picture1.Left = Picture1.Left - 50
Picture1.picture = LoadPicture("Your bitmap of char facing left.bmp")
'Code to not allow picture1 pass through other pictures (you have array for picture2)
For x = 0 To 3 '3 means you have 4 walls (0,1,2,3) change 3 if you have more walls
Print(touch(picture1, picture2(x)))
Next x
'if you want to run an event when picture1 hits another,
If touch(picture1, Picture2) = "Left" Then 'Substitute "Left" for whatever side
'your code
'ex: form2.show
End If
