How do I stop instances of the same sprite from overlapping?

Sorry for making 2 threads, just have another issue. I'm making a game where the player creates a copy of themselves from an item. It basically spawn another instance of the player's sprite. I just want to know a way to prevent the player's box from overlapping another instance of itself.

I had it setup something like this:

If Player.X < Player.X, then Set Player Platform vector X to -100. Obviously this isn't the correct solution, but still trying to figure this out.

You could give the player sprites the "Solid" behavior. That should keep them from overlapping. Just make sure they don't spawn right on top of eachother.

I tried to make them solids, but the collisions started to act wonky.

Use family and it's done with one event:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4tjnro8xiy4j6 ... .capx?dl=0

alextro Wow thanks for this! How did you figure this out btw? This has been a huge thorn in my side for awhile.

ijust8

It is not too far from my previous example that push dragging object away;

Kind of use similar technique with different situation. So little math is your friend.