Sprites are too big?

[PsychoG]

I'm making a 2-d side scroller and when I move the characters (or anything) the numbers needed are like 400-1000. Itseems a little ridiculous and makes collision detection tougher. Is this normal?

[unikronsoftware]

I take it you're using the tk2dCamera?
The tk2dCamera maps 1 world unit -> 1 pixel. So to move your sprite from the left of the screen to the right = screen res in pixels.
You can get physics to work fine in it.

If you don't like using such big scales, you don't have to. Just use a normal orthographic camera.

Some docs to help explain why and what your choices are -
http://unikronsoftware.com/2dtoolkit/doc/2.00/tutorial/choosing_camera.html
http://unikronsoftware.com/2dtoolkit/forum/index.php/topic,1746.0.html <- configuring physics correctly.