Project 'R'

[DilloDude]

So, how would that go in the script?

[makslane]

getclone("chest.1")->chestOpen

[DilloDude]

Yay!It works!
Well, now that's sorted out, I can work on the next bit. I was wondering how I can display a map. It will be a while before I have enough space done to have it, but it's probably a good idea to decide how now. So, I press a key, it creates a 'map' actor and pauses the game. All very well. But what's the best way to show an icon with your location? I could, perhaps, have when you are transported into the next area, it sets a variable for icon location, and when the icon is created, change to that location? Something like that, probably, because the way it will be mapped out will not be acurate, so you can't use x=Char.x/20, or anything like that.

Also, I have an idea for my next enemy type. How can I get an actor to wait until you are close enough (easy using destance function) and then start circling round you staying at a certain distance, keep doing that for a while (probably a random timer) and then run toward you, dash back and circle round again? It isn't hard to do circling (path or angle+=1) but with path, it wouldn't start in the right place, and with angle, how would it keep you in the center?

[DilloDude]

How can I find what the creator actor's name is? I want when a gold coin is created, if the creator is a GoldCoinChest, to set it's yvelocity to 1. And the same with a silver coin created by a SilverCoinChest.



EDIT: Never mind, I figured it out:

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if(strcmp(creator.name, "GoldCoinChest")==0)

[DilloDude]

For my enemy, here is what I've got so far. Wulv is the name of the enemy, Char is the name of the player:
on create actor-> Wulv

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ChangeAnimationDirection("Event Actor", STOPPED);//The animation is a rotation animation with frames of about 10 degrees, but footsteps alternating, so to get a good animation, the frame has to be changed often.
groundBased=1;//a variable I will use later, when a shockwave travels along the ground, destroying anything 'Ground based'.

on draw actor-> Wulv

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//circle Char if close enough
if(distance(x, y, Char.x, Char.y)<=110)
{
    if(bin==0)//bin is just an actor integer, to be used as a binary (true or false) variable. Each actor uses it dierently.
    {
        CreateTimer("Event Actor", "Rand", 5000);
        dir=2;//a variable used, in this case, to determine animation changing, as in the comment above.
        bin=1;
        ChangeParent("Event Actor", "Char");
        directional_velocity=3;
        angle=direction(x, y, Char.x, Char.y)+90;
    }
}
//stop circling when too far away.
else if (distance(x, y, Char.x, Char.y)>=140)
{
    ChangeParent("Event Actor", "no parent");
    directional_velocity=0;
    DestroyTimer("Rand");
    bin=0;
}

//activate different movement patterns
if(dir==0)
{
    wulvVar+=1;
    if(wulvVar>=10)
    {
        angle+=10;
        dir=1;
    }
}
else if(dir==1)
{
    wulvVar-=1;
    if(wulvVar<=0)
    {
        angle-=10;
        dir=0;
    }
}
else if(dir==2)
{
    angle+=1;
}
else if (dir==3)//for a collision, I will change circle direction.
{
    angle-=1;
}
 


//show direction
animpos = (angle/360.0)*nframes;


on timer->Rand->Wulv

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dir=1;//change movement pattern
angle=direction(x, y, Char.x, Char.y);//change direction


However, I am having problems with this script. I have copied this out of the script editor and added the comments.
Any help would be appreciated.

[DilloDude]

Ok, why you're working on that, does anyone know how to do a 'complete collision'? I want it to send an action when the character is copletely colliding with another actor. For example, a character walks into a hole. He doesn't fall down it as soon as he hits it, but when all of him is hitting it.

Also, does anyone know how to stop the view actor from passing a wire frame region antil a certain event?

[Fuzzy]

He doesn't fall down it as soon as he hits it, but when all of him is hitting it.

Two ways.
1. More complicated...
Check to see that the actor is colliding with the hole, and also not colliding with anything else.

2. less complicated...
Actors have their origins at the center fo the animation, so check the distance between the hole and the actor. If its zero, make him fall.