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mrTortex
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Hello.
I am using Chipmunk with Parallax, it's all working well but one thing is really messing with my head :) I need to have a collision object move in from out of the screen, like it's on the uppermost parallax layer. Would it best to use a static and move it, then rehash every frame (messy I think) or use a normal body which is not affected by gravity and try to keep it attached to a layer?
Parallax looks great but is really confusing. :)
I would try the second method, just add a shape as normal in SpaceManager but then remove the shape's body directly using chipmunk's api.
cpSpaceRemoveBody(space, shape->body);But it sounds like you're depending on the layer's movement to also move the shape.... that might be difficult....
mrTortex
Member
Hello.
OK, that sounds good, I'll try that. Can I not re-position the shape with the offset from the parallax, in the tick method for example it could take the new position and offset the shape? I'm away from my system right now so can't test that idea. :(
Thanks for the response :)
Yes you'd have to manually offset it in some sort of "tick" method for sure, that all should work decently I'd think.
If that method does not work then having statics rehash every step isn't so bad (in my experience) but you'd have to test it.
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