intersect . . . invisible images

[Richmond Mathewson]

Those invisible images are a bit like hidden monsters; jumping out
at unwary programmers!

Richmond.

On 7/14/17 1:40 pm, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote:
> Hi Richmond
>
> I would think there could be use cases where that would be useful (hidden
> monsters, unexploded bombs)
>
> I assumed that they left this undocumented feature (bug?)  in   because the
> "fix" is so simple but with the other use cases not so simple - or is it?
>
> Lagi
>
> On 14 July 2017 at 11:01, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Mark, that is a solution that would work very well.
>>
>> In my solution to the problem I just "parked" the images off-screen once
>> they had been intersected with.
>>
>> HOWEVER . . . at the risk of sound a teeny-weeny bit b*tchy . . .
>>
>> It does seem illogical that while one can set levels of transparency with
>> interset
>> an image can continue intersecting with another when it is, supposedly,
>> invisible . . .
>>
>> Certainly, having to explain THAT to children is going to make them take
>> an even
>> more dim view of adults than I hope they do already.
>>
>> Best, Richmond.
>>
>> On 7/14/17 12:37 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
>>
>>> On 2017-07-14 11:20, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear . . .
>>>>
>>>> There I am fooling around setting up an "exam" for my "kiddiewinks"
>>>> when I discovered something quite unsuspected about intersect ;
>>>>
>>>> So I have some code that goes something like this:
>>>>
>>>> if intersect(img"A",img"B",4) then
>>>>     add 1 to SCORE
>>>>     set the vis of img "B" to false
>>>> end if
>>>>
>>>> now I am making img "B"invisible to that the gameplayer doesn't
>>>> rack up points be performing a repeated intersect
>>>>
>>>> BUT
>>>>
>>>> the intersect CONTINUES registering with a hidden image
>>>>
>>> How about:
>>>
>>> if the visible of img "B" and intersect(img "A", img "B", 4) then
>>>      add 1 to SCORE
>>>      set the vis of img "B" to false
>>> end if
>>>
>>> Warmest Regards,
>>>
>>> Mark.
>>>
>>>
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