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Offline BladeDancer

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simple question
« on: October 29, 2006, 08:48:24 am »
what are colliders?

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Offline Toumaz

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Re: simple question
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2006, 09:46:19 am »
Stops bullets, used for boxes and stuff you want to make not letting bullets through.

Offline Keron Cyst

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Re: simple question
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2006, 10:17:59 am »
Yeah, crates & barrels. The like ;D
And, in case you ask "why use colliders instead of small bullet-blocking polygons?":

 • colliders are invisible; polygons aren't
 • in very thin bullet-blocking polygons, projectiles flying at very fast speeds can still get through. Colliders absolutely stop every single projectile, and also trigger grenades to detonate immediately (grenades simply lay on bullet-blocking polygons).
 • it's very easy to place colliders as opposed to bullet-blockers, and since they always maintain the same form (you can change their size by changing the # in the Radius box, in the Palette window), you can quickly reproduce the effect among many sandbags or such

But Boxo uses tall bullet-blockers to prevent spraying (very thin, long rectangles, basically—see the center of his ctf_Dropdown2). They're both useful.