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From: "R.G. Morgan" <r DOT g DOT morgan AT ncl DOT ac DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: collision detection
Date: 17 Oct 1997 10:32:01 GMT
Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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> Rob Farley wrote:
>> >> Does anyone know how to detect if two rectangles overlap each other at
>> >> some point. Let's say we have something like this:

> Given two rectangles, A and B, check to see if any of the vertices of B
> lie on A.  If this is true, then there must be overlap.

Not the case; consider the Red Cross Sign decomposed into 2 rectangles.
Although if you check often enough, this shouldn't happen.

	Richard Morgan

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