help with on screen controlls

Pennez-Games

im not the best with gamesalad, and im trying to add onscreen controlls to my game (im working on a pc not a mac).
I tried on screen controlls but the controlls moved instead of the character, any help would be appreciated! thank you.

gyroscope

Hi @soundwaveninja

One way is the following: make a text attribute, call it Direction.

In up button, put :
Change attribute Direction to Up

then similar for down, left & right.

In character Rules:

When attribute Direction is Up
your Move behaviour for up

When attribute Direction is Down
your Move behaviour down
etc.

hope that helps.

Pennez-Games

Hi @soundwaveninja

One way is the following: make a text attribute, call it Direction.

In up button, put :
Change attribute Direction to Up

then similar for down, left & right.

In character Rules:

When attribute Direction is Up
your Move behaviour for up

When attribute Direction is Down
your Move behaviour down
etc.

hope that helps.

Mmmmm kinda confused, i kind of tried to attempt what you said, it didnt work, the character just auto moved, and the button to move the character did nothing..

gyroscope

Hi, I forgot to add the touch rules again (this is the second time in a couple of days); sorry about that!

Revised, to try:

make a text attribute, call it Direction.

In up button, put :
When Touch is pressed
Change attribute Direction to Up

When touch is released
Change attribute Direction to none

then similar for down, left & right buttons

In character Rules:

When attribute Direction is Up
your Move behaviour for up

When attribute Direction is Down
your Move behaviour down
etc.

That should do it.

Pennez-Games

Hi, I forgot to add the touch rules again (this is the second time in a couple of days); sorry about that!

Revised, to try:

make a text attribute, call it Direction.

In up button, put :
When Touch is pressed
Change attribute Direction to Up

When touch is released
Change attribute Direction to none

then similar for down, left & right buttons

In character Rules:

When attribute Direction is Up
your Move behaviour for up

When attribute Direction is Down
your Move behaviour down
etc.

That should do it.

Thank you verry verry verry much!!!!! it worked, except i want to make the character look like its walking, (iv got two images for this) how do i do this? because at the moment it just hovers and looks wierd.

gyroscope

Hi again, @soundwaveninja

You use both your images in the Animate Behaviour.

I'm certain there should be details about Animate in the GameSalad Official Manual.

http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/45683/the-official-gamesalad-manual-now-available#latest

Also, take a look at the template called Platformer Template:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14060718/Platformer Template.gameproj.zip

If you study it, you'll learn a lot about platformers, the walk cycle, animation behaviours, etc.

i can't give a credit to who made the Platformer Template as I don't know but it's been available for ages.

Good luck. :-)

Pennez-Games

Hi again, @soundwaveninja

You use both your images in the Animate Behaviour.

I'm certain there should be details about Animate in the GameSalad Official Manual.

http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/45683/the-official-gamesalad-manual-now-available#latest

Also, take a look at the template called Platformer Template:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14060718/Platformer Template.gameproj.zip

If you study it, you'll learn a lot about platformers, the walk cycle, animation behaviours, etc.

i can't give a credit to who made the Platformer Template as I don't know but it's been available for ages.

Good luck. :-)

Yes i now have the animation walking (abit out of time but i will find a way to fix it later) But just one question, i made my own character in PAINT, but when i put the animation in and i controll it, when it passes an object you will see a white sqaure around the character i made in paint, do you know how to fix this? if u know please tell because it is realy anoying and wont look good in my iphone game, also thank you for the controll stuff it was very usefull!

Pennez-Games

wait got it dw