Created objects overlapping question.

Say you are creating and randomly placing several instances of the same base object. How would you detect an overlap between the current (picked) instance and another instance previously placed?

I tried the obvious condition "Object is overlapping Object" condition, but it never triggers, though overlaps are definitely happening.

Edit: I should mention that the objects are being created in a loop, so detection should go in there.

You can sort of do what you want with families (put the object in a family and then do Object is overlapping Family), however you'll still run into the problem with this in a loop, because the sprite that was just created isn't available yet when the event to do the overlap check is called.

I would have thought that using the Object's "on created" event and doing the collision check in there would have worked, as I assume when that event fires then you are guaranteed that the sprite exists. However, when I did a test, it only partially worked. Perhaps it isn't guaranteed to be put in a family before the "on created" event fires?

storage.wertle.com/construct2/Overlapping%20issues.capx

Good info, thanks. I'll see if I can change things around to give the new instance a chance to appear before the check. Ill also look into families. Thank you!

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Yttermayn

Ooh, ghost. Now THAT looks helpful. Thank you!!!