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Deep Devi
Deep Devi

Reputation: 37

Calculate distance in 2D int array efficiently

I am making a bomberman type game. I want to calculate the distance between two points; players can move in four directions. If I am at (0,0) and want to go to (5,5), I can calculate the distance by using the taxicab distance formula ((5-0) + (5-0)) as I can only move horizontal and vertical.

But now I want to implement walls in the game which the player cannot move through.

My current implementation of distance that just uses taxicab formula.

int distanceTo(Position Pos)
{
    return (abs(this->x - Pos.x) + abs(this->y - Pos.y));
}

How do I find the distance between two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2), considering the immovable boxes/walls that come in between?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 122

Answers (1)

ameed
ameed

Reputation: 1170

With the obstacles, you'll need to replace your simple taxicab distance formula with a more sophisticated pathfinding algorithm.

How big is your grid? Dijkstra's algorithm would work for small grids, and A* (a modification of Dijkstra's) for larger ones.

Amit Patel has an excellent resource describing Dijkstra's and A*, as well as implementation details for each. You may view it here.

Upvotes: 1

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