Help wit View

[Setokyo]

Hi all it's me gain
How to i get use the view wit not making it parent wit the player
any help on that
thanks

[DilloDude]

Just don't parent it to the player.
It has x, y, xvelocity and yvelocity just like any other actor. Just remember, it's "centre" is the top-left corner (like a region).

[lcl]

There is many ways to do it.

1. You can use function that I've made
Put the following code to Global Code, name it like View Moving, and then click add.

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void ViewFollowActor(char*name, int Fx, int Fy, int speed)
{
    Actor*actor=getclone(name);
    int X=view.width/2;
    int Y=view.height/2;
 
    if(x+X<actor->x-speed && actor->xscreen>xscreen+X+Fx)
    {
        x+=speed;
    }
    if(x+X>actor->x+speed && actor->xscreen<xscreen+X-Fx)
    {
        x-=speed;
    }
    if(y+Y<actor->y-speed && actor->yscreen>xscreen+Y+Fy)
    {
        y+=actor->yvelocity;
    }
    if(y+Y>actor->y+speed && actor->yscreen<xscreen+Y-Fy)
    {
        y-=speed;
    }
}


And then use it in view - draw actor - script editor:

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ViewFollowActor("Player", 50, 50, 5);


This means that view follows actor called Player if he is 50 pixels away from the middle of the screen in x axel and also in y axel.
And the last number is for how fast view will follow actor. Put in it the same value as your player runs. Y axel will follow automatically your
actors yvelocity.


2. You can use wire frame regions
Place wire frame regions like this and main actor in the middle of them:

Make all regions as separate actors. Name them like: left, right, up, down.
Now go to main actor - collision - any side of - left - repeat: yes - script editor:

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view.x -= 5; //Change 5 to be same as the speed your main actor runs


Same for collision any side of right, but put in script editor:

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view.x +=5;


And for going up, ýou can use:

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view.y -= 5;


And for going down, 'cause we have gravity, use this:

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y += Player.yvelocity;


There is also other ways, but these are most simpliest to use.
Hope this helps!

[Setokyo]

Thank you very much
any more ideas?

[Game A Gogo]

on your player's draw actor code:

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view.angle=direction(view.x+(view.width/2),view.y+(view.height/2),x,y);
view.directional_velocity=distance(view.x+(view.width/2),view.y+(view.height/2),x,y)/20;

Replace (view.width/2) and (view.height/2) with the actual number since these never change in game (So it's useless processing)

[Setokyo]

Thank you again