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From: george_bain@playstation.sony.com (George Bain)
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Subject: Re: Collision detection with rotating sprites
Date: 2 Dec 1998 08:35:44 GMT
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Hi there,

Try a bounding sphere.

George




In article <01be1d86$03a1a160$0a3ddec2@guildfoc>, miles@guildfrd.demon.co.uk 
says...
>
>Has anyone got a suggestion for handling collision detection on non-square
>sprites with 360o rotation.
>
>Currently my only solution is to map 2 or more bounding rectangles/spheres
>(I haven't decided which yet) and rotate them around the sprite's centre as
>the sprite rotates.
>
>Any better ideas?
>
>- Miles