Groups and collisions

[asayd]

I'm trying to detect collisions with objects in a group and I have two problems:
1. When I try to move the group around, it moves only one object in the group, the one I click down on. The group consists of two buttons, each with an icon assigned. I need the group to move as a single unit.
2. I actually only want collisions to be detected on one of the objects in the group. Is this possible?

Regards,
Devin Asay

[malte]

Hi Devin,

1) Is a little tricky (I still need to set up a demo stack for that), as the group only receives the relevant messages if it is opaque. Demo stack will follow during the course of next week.

2) is a lot simpler. If you set up the collision listener, do not make the group listen for collisions, but instead the object contained in the group.

Hope that helps,

Malte

[asayd]

Thanks for the reply, Malte. I still couldn't get the group to move, but decided it was easier just to use more traditional methods (mouseDown, mouseMove handlers) to control the dragging. I was able to listen for collisions on a single object in the group, just as you suggested.

Devin