Does anybody have the breadcrumbs project?

Approw

It seems like the file is remove from the server, I cant find.
If you do have it stored somewhere or if you have a working link, please send it to me!

thanks

mounted88

Looks like there is a link here to download. I'm not sure if it works or not.

http://arcade.gamesalad.com/game/3157

Approw

@mounted88 thanks for the link, but its not downloadable is it?

mounted88

If you follow that link and on that page it should say download link here.

Approw

@mounted88 that is for downloading the gamesalad safari plugin

mounted88

I'm not sure of that, that's the only thing I could find about it.

RP

Sorry used all the breadcrumbs last night when I made wienerschnitzel.

Lecker!

tatiang

This?

Approw

@tatiang thanks for the file! Although is that the original project? Because its seems modified if you compare it to the youtube movie.

Socks

@Approw

Here's another (all credit to TShirtBooth) - draw path with mouse, release mouse.

tatiang

@Approw I'm not sure. I just searched my computer for "breadcrumbs" and that's what I found.

Approw

@Socks @tatiang Yes I already got that file, but how can you make the actor follow the path on a consistent speed? just like this one

tatiang

This may be over-complicating things but I think you would need to interpolate the x/y position to the next x/y position while using the distance (magnitude) to the next point as a formula for the duration of the interpolation.

Approw

@tatiang I already thought that would be the solution. But I tried a lot and cant seem to figure out the math for this behavior. Maybe it sounds not very nice but can you write a code that will work? I'm clueless

tatiang

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tatiang

@Approw I believe you take the two positions x1,y1 and x2,y2 and divide the distance between them by a constant.

Interpolate [x1,y1] to [x2,y2] duration [magnitude(x1-x2,y1-y2)/[pixels per second]]

tatiang

Can't you just do Move To the new position and give it a speed?

RThurman

Are you looking for Orbz' Waypoint example?

Approw

@tatiang what are you trying to say? I tried move to, but I just dont know the math to calculate the speed that it needs to be concistant.

tatiang

Now I'm confused. Do you want the actor to move at a constant speed between waypoints of any distance or do you want the actor to take the same amount of time to reach a waypoint of any distance?

Approw

@tatiang the actor needs to move at a consistant speed. Take the game flight control for example. It doesnt matter how far the waypoints are, the speed just needs to be consistant

tatiang

Okay so that's why I suggested setting the speed via a "constant" (a number). If you want the actor to move at 100 pixels per second, you would enter 100 as the speed in the Move To behavior. For the x/y values, you would enter the position of the next waypoint.

Approw

@tatiang thank you very much! the only problem now is that the table values are updated every 0 seconds. so when it moves, it's not accurate to the waypoints because it doesnt have enough time to reach the first waypoint. so for example its traveling to watpoint 1, but before it can reach waypoint one its already going to waypoint 2 and so on. This is in the project from Tshirtbooth btw

tatiang

You need to have a condition that says when the waypoint is reached, increase the waypoint number by one and then move to the new position (e.g. TableCellValue(tableName,game.waypointNumber,1).

Approw

@tatiang it kinda works, but its buggy and choppy sometimes. Can you make a sample file that works in the way you explained it to me in Tshirts booths demo file?

tatiang

@Approw I don't really have time to make that demo but have you checked out ORBZ' Waypoint demo that @RThurman posted?

Approw

@tatiang yes I have, I was able to make it work, but that technique was based on spawning. So its not not optimal of you have multiple actors moving on the screen.