I'm creating simple visuals and game-play mechanics for a darts game as part of my masters degree (focused on audio for interactivity). I'm using a pictslider for the dart board, using the knob as the cross-hair for aiming your dart. So far I've got a system that will add the darts together as you go through each turn, automatically subtract the input scores and switch between the two players at the end of their go.

What I'm currently struggling to do is figure out a way to calculate which number you have hit from the two pictslider outputs.

I've been trying to use 'if' statements to determine if the player is within a certain area of the dartboard but am having trouble defining these areas in the first place. For example I have only been able to make a square area for the bullseye when ideally I'd need a more circular one.

This may just be my lack of understanding of mathematical functions but does anyone know a way that I can define the separate triangular and circular areas of the dart board from the pictslider outputs, or alternatively if there is a better object to use than a pictslider to achieve what I am trying to do?

Thanks!

Liam

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Cheers,
SPF

Other than that, spf006′s suggestion is the way to go.

It would be really nice to have a built-in way to define non-rectangular areas in Max, that’s one place where Flash wins big time. Even if all you had was rectangles, circles, and a line tool (like defining “hot areas” on an image map for a web page), that would be great for certain applications.

Anyway, best of luck. Darts fun…

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