Is there any way to detect collisions in OpenGL without using any kind of bounding box?
I have created a maze/labyrinth and I want to move the camera/player inside the maze, such that the movement of camera is restricted by the walls of the maze.
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\$\begingroup\$ You might be able too.. But why don't you want a bounding box? Seems like the easiest solution by far to me. \$\endgroup\$Mikael– Mikael11/03/2016 08:25:02Commented Nov 3, 2016 at 8:25
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\$\begingroup\$ Professor has given me an assignment, where I have to move the camera/player using the arrow keys and mouse, without using a bounding box \$\endgroup\$Vipin Verma– Vipin Verma11/03/2016 17:42:27Commented Nov 3, 2016 at 17:42
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\$\begingroup\$ When i asked him more about it, he replied this>> It is not a replacement of bounding boxes. You do not do collission detection. This slide is an alternative to that. Instead of detecting collisions, you have a map that define which movements are valid. Check this tutorial for further details. archive.gamedev.net/archive/reference/programming/features/… \$\endgroup\$Vipin Verma– Vipin Verma11/03/2016 17:43:37Commented Nov 3, 2016 at 17:43
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OpenGL is a graphics API, whose sole purpose is shoving triangles to your screen. It does not do collision detection, at all.
If your maze has orthogonal walls, an axis-aligned bounding box is definitely the easiest collision detection you can code.
