//raadad elsleimans soloution to detecting collisions between objects.

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	
	distancex=_root.box1._x-_root.box2._x    //shows distance between objects on x plane
	distancey=_root.box1._y-_root.box2._y	 //shows distance between objects on y plane
	
	
	if ((distancex<50) && (distancex>-50) 	 //tests if distance varyies from the width of the object being tested
	&& (distancey<50) && (distancey>-50)){ 	 //in this case being box 1 with a width and height of 50....tested from all 4 possible collision points.
	_root.indcator.gotoAndStop(2)			 //    <------------------------------ tells indicator box to change colour if collision occours
	}
		
		
		if (distancex>50){_root.indicator.gotoAndStop(1)}         //this tests to see if object is not colliding.. and restors indicator to original color 
		if (distancex<-50){_root.indicator.gotoAndStop(1)}	       //to idicate no collision being detected
		if (distancey>50){_root.indicator.gotoAndStop(1)}
		if (distancey<-50){_root.indicator.gotoAndStop(1)}
		}
	
//this is a very efficient but not accurate method of collison detection. as this tests the collision between bounding boxes
//not the actual vectors themselves. to do _root.indicator it will require a diffrent approach one that i have not explored yet.