how do I make triangle collisions with pygame?
I am trying to make a platformer in pygame and I have come across an issue. I can easily make collisions for rectangles and squares but I can't do it for right angle triangles. Is it possible to even do this using pygame? I have thought about just removing one of the corners to do it but I am unaware of how to do this and can't find any useful information anywhere. one person suggested using smaller rectangular collisions to make the triangles collisions but this didn't give the desired effect. the following code was made by someone else but it is basically the same as mine, the only difference is mine has animations etc and I changed some of the numbers in the jumping physics etc
#! /usr/bin/python
import pygame
from pygame import *
WIN_WIDTH = 800
WIN_HEIGHT = 640
HALF_WIDTH = int(WIN_WIDTH / 2)
HALF_HEIGHT = int(WIN_HEIGHT / 2)
DISPLAY = (WIN_WIDTH, WIN_HEIGHT)
DEPTH = 32
FLAGS = 0
CAMERA_SLACK = 30
def main():
global cameraX, cameraY
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode(DISPLAY, FLAGS, DEPTH)
pygame.display.set_caption("Use arrows to move!")
timer = pygame.time.Clock()
up = down = left = right = running = False
bg = Surface((32,72))
bg.convert()
bg.fill(Color("#000000"))
entities = pygame.sprite.Group()
player = Player(32, 32)
platforms = []
x = y = 0
level = [
"PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP",
"P P",
"P P",
"P P",
"P PPPPPPPPPPP P",
"P P",
"P P",
"P P",
"P PPPPPPPP P",
"P P",
"P PPPPPPP P",
"P PPPPPP P",
"P P",
"P PPPPPPP P",
"P P",
"P PPPPPP P",
"P P",
"P PPPPPPPPPPP P",
"P P",
"P PPPPPPPPPPP P",
"P P",
"P P",
"P P",
"P P",
"PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP",]
# build the level
for row in level:
for col in row:
if col == "P":
p = Platform(x, y)
platforms.append(p)
entities.add(p)
if col == "E":
e = ExitBlock(x, y)
platforms.append(e)
entities.add(e)
x += 32
y += 32
x = 0
total_level_width = len(level[0])*32
total_level_height = len(level)*32
camera = Camera(complex_camera, total_level_width, total_level_height)
entities.add(player)
while 1:
timer.tick(60)
for e in pygame.event.get():
if e.type == QUIT: raise SystemExit, "QUIT"
if e.type == KEYDOWN and e.key == K_ESCAPE:
raise SystemExit, "ESCAPE"
if e.type == KEYDOWN and e.key == K_UP:
up = True
if e.type == KEYDOWN and e.key == K_DOWN:
down = True
if e.type == KEYDOWN and e.key == K_LEFT:
left = True
if e.type == KEYDOWN and e.key == K_RIGHT:
right = True
if e.type == KEYDOWN and e.key == K_SPACE:
running = True
if e.type == KEYUP and e.key == K_UP:
up = False
if e.type == KEYUP and e.key == K_DOWN:
down = False
if e.type == KEYUP and e.key == K_RIGHT:
right = False
if e.type == KEYUP and e.key == K_LEFT:
left = False
# draw background
for y in range(32):
for x in range(32):
screen.blit(bg, (x * 32, y * 32))
camera.update(player)
# update player, draw everything else
player.update(up, down, left, right, running, platforms)
for e in entities:
screen.blit(e.image, camera.apply(e))
pygame.display.update()
class Camera(object):
def __init__(self, camera_func, width, height):
self.camera_func = camera_func
self.state = Rect(0, 0, width, height)
def apply(self, target):
return target.rect.move(self.state.topleft)
def update(self, target):
self.state = self.camera_func(self.state, target.rect)
def simple_camera(camera, target_rect):
l, t, _, _ = target_rect
_, _, w, h = camera
return Rect(-l+HALF_WIDTH, -t+HALF_HEIGHT, w, h)
def complex_camera(camera, target_rect):
l, t, _, _ = target_rect
_, _, w, h = camera
l, t, _, _ = -l+HALF_WIDTH, -t+HALF_HEIGHT, w, h
l = min(0, l) # stop scrolling at the left edge
l = max(-(camera.width-WIN_WIDTH), l) # stop scrolling at the right edge
t = max(-(camera.height-WIN_HEIGHT), t) # stop scrolling at the bottom
t = min(0, t) # stop scrolling at the top
return Rect(l, t, w, h)
class Entity(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self):
pygame.sprite.Sprite.__init__(self)
class Player(Entity):
def __init__(self, x, y):
Entity.__init__(self)
self.xvel = 0
self.yvel = 0
self.onGround = False
self.image = Surface((32,72))
self.image.fill(Color("#0000FF"))
self.image.convert()
self.rect = Rect(x, y, 32, 72)
def update(self, up, down, left, right, running, platforms):
if up:
# only jump if on the ground
if self.onGround: self.yvel -= 10
if down:
pass
if running:
self.xvel = 12
if left:
self.xvel = -8
if right:
self.xvel = 8
if not self.onGround:
# only accelerate with gravity if in the air
self.yvel += 0.3
# max falling speed
if self.yvel > 100: self.yvel = 100
if not(left or right):
self.xvel = 0
# increment in x direction
self.rect.left += self.xvel
# do x-axis collisions
self.collide(self.xvel, 0, platforms)
# increment in y direction
self.rect.top += self.yvel
# assuming we're in the air
self.onGround = False;
# do y-axis collisions
self.collide(0, self.yvel, platforms)
def collide(self, xvel, yvel, platforms):
for p in platforms:
if pygame.sprite.collide_rect(self, p):
if isinstance(p, ExitBlock):
pygame.event.post(pygame.event.Event(QUIT))
if xvel > 0:
self.rect.right = p.rect.left
print "collide right"
if xvel < 0:
self.rect.left = p.rect.right
print "collide left"
if yvel > 0:
self.rect.bottom = p.rect.top
self.onGround = True
self.yvel = 0
if yvel < 0:
self.rect.top = p.rect.bottom
class Platform(Entity):
def __init__(self, x, y):
Entity.__init__(self)
self.image = Surface((32, 32))
self.image.convert()
self.image.fill(Color("#DDDDDD"))
self.rect = Rect(x, y, 32, 32)
def update(self):
pass
class ExitBlock(Platform):
def __init__(self, x, y):
Platform.__init__(self, x, y)
self.image.fill(Color("#0033FF"))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
Solution 1:
It isn't possible to implement triangle collision with the pygame module methods. But search about Pylygon module.