Help with background view

[ShingingDB]

In my game I have a Status Bar, which is at the very bottom of the view screen. But layered at the very top.
I have my Platform which is layered under the Status Bar, my player, and at the very last layer, is my background. I also have centerView that follows my character. Whenever I put the background's parent as view, the background always appear over the platform. But if I try to change the Z Depth of view, the platform will be over the status bar. Is there a way where I can stop the background from appearing over the platform the moment I change their parent to view?

[makslane]

Instead change the parent, change the position of the background based on the view position.

In the 'Draw Actor' event of the background actor, put:

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x = view.x;
y = view.y;

May be, you can take some ideas from here:
http://game-editor.com/forum/viewtopic. ... ght=weight

[ShingingDB]

Thanks DUDE!!! + RIGHT THERE

[ShingingDB]

It does work, but theres a slight problem. It moves the background to the top left of screen...

How do I fix it?

[makslane]

Try this:

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x = view.x + view.width/2.0;
y = view.y + view.height/2.0;

[ShingingDB]

Thanks again. But there is still a problem. It doesnt show up where I want it to show up. Also it doesn't follow the view....

I wonder if i can + you again?

Edit: Cool I can.

[makslane]

It doesnt show up where I want it to show up.

Add, or subtract, some values in the equations!

Also it doesn't follow the view....

Make sure add the code in the 'Draw Actor' event.

[ShingingDB]

Yea it is in draw event.
Draw actor -> Script Editor

Ok I moved it to where I want it to be, but it still doesnt follow the view....

[makslane]

Please, post the game (ged and data directory)

[ShingingDB]

http://rapidshare.com/files/24184258/cMS.zip.html

Uhhh... There was two .ged files and I didn't knwo which was which. So I put both of them in there.

[makslane]

I haven't download the file yet, but if the view is child of some other actor, the x and y coordinates will be relative to the parent.

So, you can use the xscreen and yscreen variables instead.

[ShingingDB]

Yea. View is a child of centerView.

So... what do I do?

[makslane]

Use te screen coordinates:

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xscreen = view.xscreen + view.width/2.0;
yscreen = view.yscreen + view.height/2.0;

[ShingingDB]

Thanks dude. I fixed it

But now I have another problem. My walls lol.... When my player walks near the edge of the platform my view goes past the wall. I want my view to stop at the wall.

I was using this post, http://game-editor.com/forum/viewtopic. ... ight=walls

Same problem as the first poster. I created my invisible wall using filled wall and a collision event to walk to the wall and it'll stop my player. But the view still goes pass the wall and I dont like that. Novice in that thread said to use a collision event with the view and the wall, but it doesnt work. How do I fix that?

[makslane]

You can put a collision event in the centerView actor.
How you move the centerView?