How to teleport demo

[again]

I saw someone ask a question on how to teleport without using the moveto command. Without moveto its a little more complicated but its smooth and instant.Here is a simple demo demostrating teleportation smoothly.

[bilvyy]

thank you for this (:

if there is an easier way with moveto then that would be great; i just didn't know how to use it and assumed it was the wrong option for what i wanted to achieve.

with this demo, when i try to enter the code

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DestroyActor("Event Actor");

leftappear=1;

into the script editor, it always tells me there is an error, something to do with const int. i'm not sure what it is i need to fix.

[again]

thank you for this (:

if there is an easier way with moveto then that would be great; i just didn't know how to use it and assumed it was the wrong option for what i wanted to achieve.

with this demo, when i try to enter the code

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DestroyActor("Event Actor");

leftappear=1;

into the script editor, it always tells me there is an error, something to do with const int. i'm not sure what it is i need to fix.

Ok you have to declare the variable leftappear . Do you know how to declare variables yet? I can explain if you need me too.

[nthl0gik]

i've decided to try my luck with the ye olde teleport demo.... if anyone would be interested ? enclosed with this post is the goods, enjoy! oh btw let me know if it doesn't work right. i've tested it for errors and everything seems to check out aight when in game mode, however, just in case let me know.

[AnarchCassius]

I've modified blivvy's demo so it doesn't use variables but simply moves the player to near the paired door, similar to nthl0gik's method but with pair portals. This method is not the most efficient but very simple. You will need to remember which door leads to which and adjust the x and/or y values a bit for where you character should come out. The code should be pretty portable just make sure you change doorx to whatever the name of the actor your moving to is going to be.

[bilvyy]

Ok you have to declare the variable leftappear . Do you know how to declare variables yet? I can explain if you need me too.

if you could explain variables, that would be great. i think that's the part which is making this difficult for me.
EDIT: Okay, i had a go in the global script and i think i managed to declare the leftappear variable. when my character walks through the door, he appears at the other door where i want him to! so that's great. the only problem is.. the view doesn't move with him.

I've modified blivvy's demo so it doesn't use variables but simply moves the player to near the paired door, similar to nthl0gik's method but with pair portals. This method is not the most efficient but very simple. You will need to remember which door leads to which and adjust the x and/or y values a bit for where you character should come out. The code should be pretty portable just make sure you change doorx to whatever the name of the actor your moving to is going to be.

thank you for this, but unfortunately i've been doing this work on a school computer and there isn't a program that allows me to extract rar files. i'll have to check it out another day.

i've decided to try my luck with the ye olde teleport demo.... if anyone would be interested ? enclosed with this post is the goods, enjoy! oh btw let me know if it doesn't work right. i've tested it for errors and everything seems to check out aight when in game mode, however, just in case let me know.

unfortunately when i try to open this .ged in game editor i just receive an error message saying it can't open the data

[again]

Ok the make the view follow the actor.

Click on view
There is a selection that says parent click on the space to the right of parent.
Select the name of your charactor as your parent.

[bilvyy]

Ok the make the view follow the actor.

Click on view
There is a selection that says parent click on the space to the right of parent.
Select the name of your charactor as your parent.

i've already done that :/ i did that when i first made the character.
the problem is that it's been following him fine, but it just won't move to his new location when he teleports through the doorway.

[again]

Ok remove the player as parent from the view.Change it so the view has no parent and put this magic code in the draw actor of the view.Now run the game!!!!

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x=player.x-80

If you dont like where the view fixes on the player player with the -80 you can change it too -100 and so forth. Let me know if you need anymore help.

[lcl]

For making the player alway be in the middle of view do this:
View - draw actor - script editor:

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x = player.x - width/2;
y = player.y - height/2;

Now it will work without you needing to change any numbers at all!

[again]

For making the player alway be in the middle of view do this:
View - draw actor - script editor:

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x = player.x - width/2;
y = player.y - height/2;

Now it will work without you needing to change any numbers at all!

Excellent!!!

[bilvyy]

For making the player alway be in the middle of view do this:
View - draw actor - script editor:

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x = player.x - width/2;
y = player.y - height/2;

Now it will work without you needing to change any numbers at all!

thank you so much!! it works perfectly!!

EDIT: using this code also solved a problem i was having with the visibility of a health bar on screen. so, thank you again!! i'm so happy now, so many problems i was having are now getting fixed (:

[again]

No problem we look forward to helping you make the best game possible.

[bilvyy]

Thank you (: I do have another question though, about the doors.

I want to be able to walk back through my doors. So if I go from city > zoo, i want to be able to go back from zoo > city by using the same door. I tried pasting the same code again but when my character walks back through the door, the view just jumps around and the character disappears somewhere, so I assume there's a problem with the code. Do i need to adjust any numbers/anything in the script?

EDIT: and what do i need to adjust in the code in order to make a new pair of doors?

Sorry for all the questions but i really appreciate all the help.

[again]

Ok no using this code you cannot go back through the same door without using a more complex method. But I will teach you how to make doors so you know exactly whats going on with the code.

Ok now I want you to open the GED as I will go step by step and explain the code

Now click on the player/ click on edit/ click on collision on door 4 .

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You see DestroyActor("Event Actor")

leftappear=1;

Now the destroy actor part destroy"s the actor you control. Now the leftappear=1 means you activated the variable leftappear 1 time.

Now go to the door 2 / click on edit / click on draw actor and you will see this code.

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if(leftappear==1)
{
CreateActor("player","mage"[,(none),(none),0,0)
leftappear=0;
}

if(leftappear==1) = that means if the variable leftappear=1 , then that triggers the code contain inbetween {} brackets

CreateActor means the player will be recreated at this spot.

Leftappear=0; = this means the variable leftappear will now be reset to 0. If you forget to reset the variable then the door will keep creating your player over and over again.

Ok I hope this helps you understand what is going on with the code. So now you can make any door you want.
1st declare the variable then use this guide I made to make doors. If you need further help just let me know.