Slow motion effect question

VGX · October 2011

Example,

There are 5 Actors,
1 Hero
4 Villains

There is a special pick up that when you touch it, all 4 Villains slow down (slow motion) but the Hero still remains at normal speed.

How would I do this? What rules or attributes do I need to use?

gyroscope · October 2011

Hi VeiraGames: roughly, when the pick up is touched, change a boolean to true.

In the villain's rules, put when that boolean is true
---then a separate animate behavior with more frames, running at the same speed as before.

I can't see any other way of doing it.

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VGX · October 2011

Thanks will try it

RedlerTech · October 2011

Hey Michael,
Gyros strategy is perfect for animation, but it will not actually slow the enemies down. This way I have not tried yet, but it should work.

Create a global attributes:
SlowMotion (integer - 1)

Create 2 self attributes in the enemy:
ReturnX (real - 0)
ReturnY (real - 0)

Now I'm guessing when you say "if you touch it", you mean if you collide with it.

(INSIDE THE ENEMY)
Basically when enemy collides or overlaps with _________ (or if you literally meant touch, then say when touch is released),
Change Attribute: game.SlowMotion to (game.SlowMotion+1)%2
Change Attribute: self.ReturnX to self.linearVelocityX
Change Attribute: self.ReturnY to self.linearVelocityY
Change Attribute: self.linearVelocityX to self.linearVelocityX / 2
Change Attribute: self.linearVelocityY to self.linearVelocityY / 2
Timer after _____ (amount of time slowMotion lasts) seconds (run to completion checked)
Change Attribute: self.linearVelocityY to self.ReturnY
Change Attribute: self.linearVelocityX to self.ReturnX

RULE: When game.slowMotion is 1, play animation at regular fps
OTHERWISE: play animation at lower fps

Just note that this is the basics of slow motion and will not go right into your contract. You need to explain exactly how your enemies move. What behaviors are set in the enemy for it to move?

Matt
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gyroscope · October 2011

Really good stuff, NextGen! The only thing I would say though, is if you just play the animation at a lower fps, your quality of animation would deteriorate, but I guess it's worth experimenting with to see what's acceptable.

RedlerTech · October 2011

Thanks Gyro!
I think either way will work, I just think putting more frames will cause the processor to have to 'think' more. Know what I mean?

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