Nested Hotspots. Is it possible?

[Adam]

Hi All,

I was wondering if it was possible to have nested hotspots? (as the title of the thread indicates)

My plan was to create a zone of safe travel in the lab that would monitor a users position, and give them a warning when they exit the safe zone (which would be specified by a rectangle hotspot out).

Additionally, I wanted to make use of a circular hotspot, within that safe zone of travel. Is this possible?

I have had no luck as of yet getting both to work in conjunction. I realize I could achieve the same effect with if statements inside a timer that checks current position against the boundaries of the safe zone, but this is not a very elegant solution.

I really just need to get this to work however, and will resort to any means necessary to carry off the desired effect.

The code I have tried so far is as follows: (pardon the formatting)

import viz
viz.go()

SAFE = 1
UNSAFE = 2
TARGET = 3

viz.clearcolor(1,1,1)

def handlemyhotspots(id,x,y,z):

if id == SAFE:
print 'inside safe zone'
viz.clearcolor(1,1,1)
viz.starthotspot(UNSAFE,viz.RECTANGLE_HOTSPOT_OUT, 0,3,2.4,6)

elif id == UNSAFE:
print 'outside safe zone'
viz.clearcolor(0,0,0)
viz.starthotspot(SAFE,viz.RECTANGLE_HOTSPOT_IN,0,3 ,2.4,6)

elif id == TARGET:
print 'at target'

viz.callback(viz.HOTSPOT_EVENT, handlemyhotspots)

viz.starthotspot(UNSAFE,viz.RECTANGLE_HOTSPOT_OUT, 0,3,2.4,6)
viz.starthotspot(TARGET,viz.CIRCLE_HOTSPOT_IN,0,3, .5)

I would appreciate any assistance you can provide with regard to my question.

Adam