Goomba style enemy?
Steamworks
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so i read someone else's post about a goomba type enemy where you jump on top of them and the enemy dies. i did what they said:
1. create a second invisible actor thats thinner and taller than the enemy.
2. set it so collision with invisible actor destroys both enemy and invisible actor.
3. constrain the invisible actors x and y to the enemies x and y
if you do this then when you jump on top of the enemy you will touch the invisible actor and they both will die. this works but the hitbox area sucks. i have it set so if you touch the real enemy you die. sometimes when i jump on top of him we both die. also sometimes if i just jump over the enemy they die cause i guess the 2 actors touched. if i make the invisible actor taller than he will die when you jump over him (but i wont die by jumping on top of him). but if i make the invisible actor smaller so you HAVE TO jump on top of the enemy then when you jump on top of him you only kill him 1 out of every 10 tries. the other 9 times you die -.-
Are their any other ways to make a goomba style enemy OR is their a way to adjust the hitboxes so its more accurate?
1. create a second invisible actor thats thinner and taller than the enemy.
2. set it so collision with invisible actor destroys both enemy and invisible actor.
3. constrain the invisible actors x and y to the enemies x and y
if you do this then when you jump on top of the enemy you will touch the invisible actor and they both will die. this works but the hitbox area sucks. i have it set so if you touch the real enemy you die. sometimes when i jump on top of him we both die. also sometimes if i just jump over the enemy they die cause i guess the 2 actors touched. if i make the invisible actor taller than he will die when you jump over him (but i wont die by jumping on top of him). but if i make the invisible actor smaller so you HAVE TO jump on top of the enemy then when you jump on top of him you only kill him 1 out of every 10 tries. the other 9 times you die -.-
Are their any other ways to make a goomba style enemy OR is their a way to adjust the hitboxes so its more accurate?
Comments
1. create another hitbox and make it fallow the main enemy.
2. make the new hitbox the right size and position.
3. set this hitbox to be the one that destroys your character if you touch it.
4. make it invisble
Since you bump into the invisible hitbox when you jump into it, make it so make a rule that when the characters Linear Y velocity speed < 0, then it can hit the invisible box. That way, when your main character is falling is the only time when it can jump on the head-hitting box. Tell me if it works.
(i'm pretty sure this is how it goes; you can always check GShelper.com for the exact math)