Old School RPG Movement

poorcollegedev

Ok, so Im starting to conceptualize my next project and need some help. I have all of the animations for each direction (total of 12).

01) How do I make it so that when players press a direction, the character will face that direction and stay that way? Do I just use differenr actors for each direction?

02) How do I do grid movemwnt. I need it so that if a direction is pushed, the player character will move 32 pixels in that direction.

Thanks soooooo soooooo much!

UtopianGames

I can send you a move in grid template if you mail me.



We also have a free grid move using tables in the DBA Resource Centre.

Darren.

v00d0

Basically you have to create a rule where u say: If right key is pressed do this animation if left key is pressed do another animation like this:

http://f.cl.ly/items/3N1r301O1R0G3g3Q3i1q/Schermata 05-2456072 alle 16.19.34.png

but i suggest you to use the Official Cross-Platform Controller Template, you can find it in your gamesalad creator, SCENE 1, you have the controllers and the grid movement. You just need to change the sprites and create you game.

poorcollegedev

@v00d0 alright, so i got him to move and stuff but i want it to move only 32 pixels at a time (like pokemon) and if held, continue going 32 pixels at a time. How do I achieve this?

tatiang

Here's a demo using interpolate: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6zdl1fmnda1ndrs/Move on grid.zip

It's not perfect... not sure why the actor "jumps" to the next square when holding down the left or right arrow key. And I didn't add up or down, but you could just copy the rules and adjust as needed.

MotherHoose

@poorcollegedev

on moveableActor:
Rule: when
Event: right key is down
-Timer:
--Every 0.1 second
--changeAttribute: self.Position.X To: self.Position.X+32

Rule: when
Event: left key is down
-Timer:
--Every 0.1 second
--changeAttribute: self.Position.X To: self.Position.X-32

timer only fires when arrow key is down

==for player facingDirection
try gameAttribute … index type … name: dir 0 = standingStill; 1 = left; 2 = right
demo: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?517li56tx1nklg6

MH

poorcollegedev

@MotherHoose ok but how do i make it not so jerky and more fluid to where the animation will actually show?

poorcollegedev

@UtopianGames Im sending a PM. Thank you sooo much, as well as everyone else!

UtopianGames

Sorry but i don't normally read my PM's i know... im bad.

ToyboxUK[AT]hotmail.com

Darren.

poorcollegedev

@UtopianGames email sent. ksu.edu extension

tatiang

The new messaging system (click the Inbox link at the top of the forums page) sends email notifications, so it's much better than the old PM system.

MotherHoose

@MotherHoose ok but how do i make it not so jerky and more fluid to where the animation will actually show?

does increasing the frames in the animation help? slowing down the FPS?

play with it @poorcollegedev … if it works, fine tune it.

and @utopiangames stuff is really good stuff… for you and to you!