The Games I Am Working On

[jimmynewguy]

sky, thats a great way to make npc's! It looks natural

[mrgame]

i see your idea using basically a timer to make them turn over and over again. this would be so simple just one code and all the npcs would be done. if i can not do what i have planned i shall use this if it is ok. i was thinking of working on a full out npc system though. since i am doing a full save and load system and 3d / isometric thing it would just ruin it all if the npcs arnt the same so im gonna make the npcs react to the surroundings and player.

eg they will move out the way of the player. will turn if they get near walls ect and have random points they are set to go to and will find there way around the objects around them. sound good?

anyway as animations are consered just the left right down and up animations for each npc is all thats needed now attacking npcs i will sort out later.

are these knights for the game?

[skydereign]

The knights are yours, if you'll take them. You could have the npcs react through this method or even develop a subfunction to handle the differences and reactions for each npc depending on its surroundings, but since you seem to have a method already thought out, go ahead.

[MrJolteon]

You need game music?
I have 2 songs I made on my phone.
Here:
Rick In Sunsville: Hometown happy
In the worlds portal(Just gave it a name): Hometown sad

[MrJolteon]

Almost forgot.

i am using anti moonwalk in my game but i as you can guess i do it a simple way. i have noticed in some peoples games they are using a code that makes there caracter walk a little bit when they press say right. so they press right and it walks for a second or 2 even when you let go. why would you want that? it just lets people glitch into walls unless you then use the code ive seen about that stops you walking through things .

anyway

put these in the keydowns for the actor you dont want to moon walk

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Keydown up
direct = 1;

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keydown right
direct = 2;

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keydown down
direct = 3;

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keydown left
direct = 4;

and now in the draw actor of the same actor

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{
ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "ups", NO_CHANGE);
actor.y = actort.y - 5;
}
if (direct == 2)
{
ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "right", NO_CHANGE);
actor.x=actor.x + 5;
}
if (direct == 3)
{
ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "downs", NO_CHANGE);
actor.y = actor.y + 5;
}
if (direct == 4)
{
ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "left", NO_CHANGE);

actor.x = actor.x - 5;
}
if (direct == 0)
{
    ChangeAnimationDirection("Event Actor", STOPPED);
    animpos = 0;
}

Now you change actor to the name of your actor.

now that this does is the movement and the changing of the animation are set to a variable not a keydown. and they are both set to the same variable.

so looking right and going right can not be apart. if one is on the other one has to be. this way if you press both up and right. the actory will look and go either up or right. depending on what was pressed first.

a non flawable anty moon walk code using only if

It doesn't work for me...
When I press the up-key, the player keeps moving up forever...
The animations got frozen at the first frame after trying to fix it...

[skydereign]

Do you have a keyup event that sets it to 0? That was not mentioned directly but implied. Upon the keyup of those keys, set direct equal to 0.

[MrJolteon]

yes

[skydereign]

Did you just copy the code? Because it is partially wrong. It is missing the if direct is equal to one.

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    if (direct==1)   
    {
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "ups", NO_CHANGE);
    actor.y = actort.y - 5;
    }
    if (direct == 2)
    {
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "right", NO_CHANGE);
    actor.x=actor.x + 5;
    }
    if (direct == 3)
    {
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "downs", NO_CHANGE);
    actor.y = actor.y + 5;
    }
    if (direct == 4)
    {
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "left", NO_CHANGE);

    actor.x = actor.x - 5;
    }
    if (direct == 0)
    {
        ChangeAnimationDirection("Event Actor", STOPPED);
        animpos = 0;
    }

[MrJolteon]

I added the

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if(direct = 1)

code myself.

[MrJolteon]

okay. i'll post it on my site(as always)
Download it here: http://jolteongames.freeforums.org/down ... e.php?id=6

[MrJolteon]

The code I used was like this:

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    if (direct==1)   
    {
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "walkup", NO_CHANGE);
    actor.y = actort.y - 5;
    }
    if (direct == 2)
    {
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "walkright", NO_CHANGE);
    actor.x=actor.x + 5;
    }
    if (direct == 3)
    {
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "walkdown", NO_CHANGE);
    actor.y = actor.y + 5;
    }
    if (direct == 4)
    {
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "walkleft", NO_CHANGE);

    actor.x = actor.x - 5;
    }
    if (direct == 0)
    {
        ChangeAnimationDirection("Event Actor", STOPPED);
        animpos = 0;
    }

I made it like that because the animations names are like that.

[skydereign]

Yeah, part of the code was left out...

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    if (direct==1)   
    {
    ChangeAnimationDirection("Event Actor", FORWARD);
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "walkup", NO_CHANGE);
    actor.y = actor.y - 5;
    }
    if (direct == 2)
    {
    ChangeAnimationDirection("Event Actor", FORWARD);
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "walkright", NO_CHANGE);
    actor.x=actor.x + 5;
    }
    if (direct == 3)
    {
    ChangeAnimationDirection("Event Actor", FORWARD);
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "walkdown", NO_CHANGE);
    actor.y = actor.y + 5;
    }
    if (direct == 4)
    {
    ChangeAnimationDirection("Event Actor", FORWARD);
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "walkleft", NO_CHANGE);
    actor.x = actor.x - 5;
    }
    if (direct == 0)
    {
        ChangeAnimationDirection("Event Actor", STOPPED);
        animpos = 0;
    }

Direct needs to reinitialize animation. So adding the change should do it.

[mrgame]

omg now i see all the mistakes i made wiriting that down ye the if (direct == 1 ) should be at the top ill change that now

you see where you have added the ChangeAnimationDirection("Event Actor", FORWARD);
this should be in another keydown event on any of the movment keys now in the script editor with the rest. that was it will only change forward once and not over and over again. apart from that just follow what sky did


Sorry i have been very busy with other things lately but now i am back working on aztecs so ye about the drawings

other terrains and buildings will be great. i want to build the city now. so anything that will go in a city. buildings, crates, barrels, markets, npcs. anything really

oo and a stray dog npc for that top effect - ( a cute stray dog ) you know looks cute but you can tell its a stray

[skydereign]

I'm not especially good with animals, but I think this is pretty good. I can also have other animations, such as sitting, running, barking, and other if you want... Not sure on how in depth you are making the dog. This is just walking around.

[mrgame]

sitting and barking would be great

are you gonna redo the wooden fence and grass floor tile so they look more like your style?

some more houses would be great aswell

ooo and some flower beds to place about.

ive almost done the ai system. teaching them how to chase the player now. they know what options they have if they hit a wall, they know eg, they hit the left side of a wall they know they can go right, up or down. and then pick one randomly ect. i will post everything i have done with the ai's for people to view if they wish