Checking Neighboring objects

Hi,

Im working on a random map generator, I have had some nice success. Now Im looking to actually set the sprites animations based on surrounding objects. I have been unable to figure out an easy way to do this. Ive seen people use overlap at offset, and I cant seem to make that work. Basically, I will just need each sprite to check if there is an object on any of the 4 sides of it. Thanks for any help!

Adam

Check out this example

scirra.com/tutorials/746/auto-tile-using-sprites-arrays-and-a-bitwise-method

You can read up more about it on google by searching for "tilemap bitwise"

Check out this example

https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/746/auto-tile-using-sprites-arrays-and-a-bitwise-method

You can read up more about it on google by searching for "tilemap bitwise"

Hi, and thanks. Ive actually look at that already and it wont work for what Im trying to do. I understand how to tilemap, what I cant figure out is how to get construct to have a sprite check its surroundings as every way Ive seen I cant get it to work (overlap at offset, using tilemaps, etc). I have a very crude way of doing it, spawning 4 sensors to register collisions, but Im looking for a way that doesn't involve spawning 100s of objects.

Thanks for your help!