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Trigger


Setup

trigger

The setup consists of two game objects.

trigger
The invisible trigger. Contains:
  • A Collision object component. The Type is set to TRIGGER. A box Shape is added to the components.
bunny
The bunny. Contains:
  • A Sprite component with the bunny image.
  • A Collision object component. It has Type set to DYNAMIC. A sphere Shape matching the sprite image is added to the components.
  • A Script component that animates the bunny’s position and reacts to physics messages when interacting with the trigger.

Scripts

bunny.script

function init(self)
    local pos = go.get_position() -- <1>
    go.animate(".", "position.x", go.PLAYBACK_LOOP_PINGPONG, pos.x + 600, go.EASING_INOUTSINE, 6)
end

function on_message(self, message_id, message, sender)
    if message_id == hash("trigger_response") then -- <2>
        if message.enter then -- <3>
            msg.post("#sprite", "disable") -- <4>
        else
            msg.post("#sprite", "enable") -- <5>
        end
    end
end

--[[
1. Get the current position, then animate the position's x component
   looping in a ping-pong manner against an offset of 600.
2. The physics engine has detected that this game object contains
   collision object components that have collided with a trigger.
3. The `message` data table contains a field `enter` that is set
   to `true` when the trigger event signals that the trigger shape
   was entered. On exiting the trigger, this field is `false`.
4. Disable the sprite when the trigger is entered
5. Enable the sprite again on exit.
--]]

If you want to play with these examples, you can get the project on Github.

Do you want to see more examples? Why not write a few yourself and submit a pull request? We love contributions.

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