How do I pick nearest object, which is not overlapped by another object?

Hi,

I have several spots on my screen and I'm trying to (drag and) drop a sprite "A" (and make it snap) to the nearest of these spots, which is not already overlapped by an instance of "A". The snapping itself is solved, but I'm struggling with choosing the next un-overlapped spot.

Can someone help me out?

Thanks a lot,

held

A common trick is to create a family with the same object and On Drop check "if Object is overlapping Family". See this post:

construct.net/forum/construct-2/how-do-i-18/how-do-i-have-object-return-to-137948

Hi,

thanks! I will check it out and get back with results.

cheers,

held

You can have an instance variable ("overlapped" for example) on the dropable sprite and set it to 1/0 wether it has something overlaping or not.