how to use body:isTouching with multiple objects?

[mzx]

hey y'all.
i'm messing around with the love.physics module or whatever, and im using the body:istouching function to determine whether or not the player controller can jump. however, this only works with one body at a time. is there any way to using the body:istouching function on a table or group of bodies so that i can easily add in new walls and stuff?

sorry if this is really shittily worded, im new to posting on this forum.

[togFox]

It's not clear to me what you're asking.

You want to check istouching to check if a player can jump?

Or to add walls and stuff?

Anyway, this is on the wiki:

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touching = Body:isTouching( otherbody )

You have to cycle through all bodies, I guess, and see which one(s) are touching the player.

[Ross]

I don't think that's the right technique for the job. I would use the beginContact and endContact callbacks, and keep track of the touching bodies yourself. I think that makes more sense than trying to make a list of bodies yourself to check with isTouching().

Or you could use World:rayCast or World:queryBoundingBox.