Flash MX 2004 Games : Art to ActionScript

26 break;
27 }
28 }
29 name = "_root.Pitch.Red" + i;
30 if (playerCollide(name)){
31 clearCollision(name);
32 break;
33 }
34
35 }
}
Listing 18.14
Chapter 18: Sports simulations
Testing for collisions
A collision occurs if the squared value of the vector between the two players is greater than
the constant PLAYERSIZESQ. The ‘playerCollide’ returns true if a collision occurs and false
otherwise.
1 function playerCollide(name){
2 x = (_x + vecx) - (eval(name)._x + eval(name).vecx);
3 y = (_y + vecy) - (eval(name)._y + eval(name).vecy);
4 if ((x*x + y*y)