How to check for rotated objects translated points collisions?

Question

I've got two rectangles on WindowsForm and I would like to check if they collide. For simple non-rotated collision it looks like this:

Point newLocation; // upper-left corner of the object to check its collision
Size objectSize; // the object size
bool collision = false;

foreach (Object otherObject in otherObjects)
{
    if (newLocation.X >= otherObject.location.X && newLocation.X <= otherObject.location.X + otherObject.size.width)
        if (newLocation.Y >= otherObject.location.Y && newLocation.Y <= otherObject.location.Y + otherObject.size.height)
        {
            collision = true;
            break;
        }
}

But now I rotated both objects with:

Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
matrix.RotateAt(angle, newLocation);
graphics.Transform = matrix;

How can I check for the collisions at the rotated matrix? Can I somehow get the translated X, Y coordinates?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

I have some code to transfer points from the standard coordinate system to a specific coordinate system (but in you case, Y increases downards in screen, so some adjusts were made and commented).

Here, the double[] represents a point, where index 0 is X coordinate and index 1 is Y. Notice the angle of the new coordinate system is measurede counterclockwise and in radians. (Multiply by Pi/180 to transform degrees to radians).

    /// <summary>
    /// Implemented - Returns the point coordinates related to a new coordinate system
    /// Does not change original point
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="Point">Point to be returned in new coordinate system</param>
    /// <param name="NewSystemCouterClockRotation">CounterClokWise Angle of rotation of the new coordinate system compared to the current, measured in radians</param>
    /// <param name="NewSystemOrigin">Location of the new origin point in the current coordinate system</param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public double[] ChangeCoordinateSystem(double[] Point, double NewSystemCouterClockRotation, double[] NewSystemOrigin)
    {

        //first adjust: fix that winform downwards increasing Y before applying the method
        Point[1] = -Point[1];
        NewSystemOrigin[1] = -NewSystemOrigin[1]

        //end of first adjust


        //original method
        double[] Displacement = new double[2] { Point[0] - NewSystemOrigin[0], Point[1] - NewSystemOrigin[1] };


        double[] Result = new double[2]
        {
            + Displacement[0] * Math.Cos(NewSystemCouterClockRotation) + Displacement[1] * Math.Sin(NewSystemCouterClockRotation), 
            - Displacement[0] * Math.Sin(NewSystemCouterClockRotation) + Displacement[1] * Math.Cos(NewSystemCouterClockRotation) 
        }; 

        //second adjust: reset Y of the result
        Result[1] = - Result[1];

        return Result;
    }

But, if your two objects have different angles, you should be careful, the best way to do that is to check if all four corners of the first of the first rectangle are not inside the other object AND if the other object four corners are not inside the first as well.

Some algorythm to find out if a point is inside a polygon can be found here: Point in polygon

How to check for rotated objects translated points collisions?

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