Volumes | GameDev.net

Quat · 2007-08-05T14:36:17+00:00

I'm wondering how to handle volumes (areas marked where you want something to happen when a player enters/leaves/is in the area). Should I keep a separate volume list and for each volume, and every update check if an object is in it? Or should I let the collision system handle it; for example, when a player intersects the trigger, the collision system could send a message to both the player and the volume object. Each volume could keep a list …

It's essentially a collision check that you're doing, so why not use your collision system for it? As long as you keep in mind that you need to check against the volume and not just the hull, you should do fine. Why duplicate code and responsibilities?

As for storing game objects within this trigger (I assume you mean to store references to game objects), that's probably the best way to check when an object leaves the trigger, but you should leave entering the trigger up to moving objects themselves - when they end up within your trigger volume, the collision system will already notify your trigger, so there's no need for the trigger to poll for that.

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