From which side character is getting hit?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I am working on a fighting game (punch/kicks), when the player get hit i play it’s falling animation and apply physics to throw him away a little bit using setLinearVelocity. but i don’t know on which direction to throw him? How can i know if the character got punches from right or left? so if the enemy got hit from right i can throw him on the left and vice versa.

#2

Let me explain further with this image…

direction.jpg

#3

You could use object.xScale to see in which direction the enemy is looking. 

Add a if-statement at the beginning of your “throw” implementation and check if object.xScale is 1 or -1

#4

Or just check x or y (portrait or landscape mode) of fighter and enemy and compare them on collision ?

#5

How do i do this calculation? I mean compare x and y of both characters?

#6

event.target.x and event.other.x

#7

Let me explain further with this image…

direction.jpg

#8

You could use object.xScale to see in which direction the enemy is looking. 

Add a if-statement at the beginning of your “throw” implementation and check if object.xScale is 1 or -1

#9

Or just check x or y (portrait or landscape mode) of fighter and enemy and compare them on collision ?

#10

How do i do this calculation? I mean compare x and y of both characters?

#11

event.target.x and event.other.x