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Collision Detection Tips

I need collision detection for my 3D racing game but it isn't going well right now. I think I understand the concept of testing boxes and generating a response, however implementation part is a ...
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Collision resolution - Character walking on ascendent ground

I don't know if the solution to this problem is quite straight-foward but I really don't know how to handle collision resolution on a game where the player walks on an ascendent floor which is not ...
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enemy behavior with boundary to change direction

I'm doing space shooter kind of game, the logic is to reflect the enemy if it hits the boundary. With my logic, sometimes enemy behaves like flickering instead of changing the velocity. It's like ...
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High CPU usage on Pong clone

I just made my first game, a clone of Pong, using OpenGL and C++. But its using ~50% of the CPU, which I guess is very high for a game like this. How can I improve that? Can you please look up my code ...
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OpenGL Get Rotated X and Y of quad

I am developing a game in 2D using LWJGL library. So far I have a rotating box. I have done basic Rectangle collision, but it doesn't work for rotated rectangles. Does OpenGL have a function that ...
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obb vs obb and resolve/response for 2d space game [closed]

Possible Duplicate: OBB vs OBB Collision Detection How can i detect if an rotated obb intersects another rotated obb and resolve it so both obb objects dont go further into each other. I ...
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Matrix loading problems with jbullet and lwjgl

The following code does not load the matrix correctly from jbullet. //box is a RigidBody Transform trans = new Transform(); trans = box.getMotionState().getWorldTransform(trans); float[] matrix = new ...
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OpenGL : Suggestion on handling collision detection and vertex data?

I was thinking how to do collision detection in my OpenGL application and came to conclusion that I should keep two copies of my geometry data. 1)First copy : Only for OpenGL rendering purposes.This ...
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When is it the right time to start teaching collision detection?

I and a friend of mine started a game development club in our school two months ago and everything is going well for now. We are following McKesson's tutorials which I find comprehensive and ...
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C# OpenTK - Getting world coordinates of points that are altered by matrices

I have written a skeletal animation system for a game i am working on. To draw lines that represent a skeleton, i use the GL matrix, and multiply it by each bone a long the body. For example before ...
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AABB - AABB Collision response (sliding)

Here is the situation: I have a room with objects inside Each object has it's own AABB Here is what I do: I check for collision between objects by checking AABB-AABB intersections Here is ...
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SAT, How Do I Find The Penetration Vector?

I've just successfully implemented Separating Axis Theorem (SAT) in my game but I was wondering how do I find the penetration vector? I heard it can be useful for collision response. e.g. The harder ...
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3d collision detection on non flat surface

i am developing a game which needs an accurate collision detection algorithm, when a object travels down a slope which isn't flat. To be more precise i need to simulate a skier who travels down a ...
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Heightmap Physics Optimization/Improvement

I'm working on implementing the physics surrounding a player walking on a heightmap. A heightmap is a grid of points which are evenly spaced on the x and z axes, with varying heights. The physical ...
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Checking Collisions In 2D Platformer With Tiles

My team and I are developing a 2D platformer with C++/SDL/OpenGL, and we already defined a collision system, but we have a problem checking collisions with the tilemap. The tiles of the tilemap are ...
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Deforming surfaces

I try to accomplish an deforming physic behaviour for levelsurfaces, but don't get an idea how to start with the implemenation so far. Regardless of the shape from the surface (planes, cubes, ...
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Tips for writing 3D Collision detection with opengl

I would like to any tips/articles/tutorials on how to write collision detection using OpenGL and C++ in 3D mainly just simple box collisions etc but also if there are any advanced resources that would ...
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Collisions between players at spawnpoints

I am working on a FPS/MMORPG and ran into a problem at spawnpoints, when I enabled collision detection between players. Neither player would be able to move if both spawned at the same time, because ...
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Collision Problems

I'm having some troubles with a 2D platformer type game (there's more to it, but that's all that matters for this question). I had collision with the platforms working fine, but if the character hit ...
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2D Platformer Collision Handling

I am trying to create a 2D platformer (Mario-type) game and I am some having some issues with handling collisions properly. I am writing this game in C++, using SDL for input, image loading, font ...