distance from an object?

[MisterN]

how does one go about putting in the code for the distance from an object. I used to use map_get_pixel but I am trying to find a better way for collision. To test things out, I changed everything in my fall code to:

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// Implementation of fall.   
        ii = fall;   
        if(ii > 0)
            while(ii != 0)   
                if(collision(type level_mask))
                    ii = ii + 1;
                    falling=false;
                        if(!walking);
                            player_status=0;
                        else
                            player_status=1;
                        end
                break; 
            end   
            ii = ii - 1; 
            end   
        else   
            ii = 0; 
        end

It kinda works, if I made every bit of collision (walking left and right into, hitting the ceiling, preparing to jump, etc.) that, then the character just does nothing and floats up. i was wondering if there was a way to get certain distances, like for example x and y and 16 and -16. if someone could (or at the very least show) a way to use the if(collision(type level_mask)) with distance, that would be most helpful.

[Arcontus]

I can not understand what you're trying to do, but if you are looking for a function that return a distance between two processes, you can obtain this with "INT get_dist ( <INT processID> )" or "INT fget_dist ( <INT pointA-X> , <INT pointA-Y> , <INT pointB-X> , <INT pointB-Y> )". The first function return a value between the curren process that call this function and other process. The second function is very usefull to obtain the distance between other processes.

Regards!