I'VE DONE IT!!!!!

AfterBurnett

After a day of trying to work out how to get my characters jumping like an old-school 2D fighter, I gave up on gravity/acceleration and all that and went the "digital" route. It's a bit of a workaround but it works! Basically I use a bunch of timers and move rules that trigger only when up and left or up and right are pressed, so I have three separate jump moves. Straight up, up/left and up/right. No variation in distance or height, just like Street Fighter 2. Woohoo!!!! There's probably a better way to do it but hey, it work

reddotinc

well done .. I'm sure there are lots of ways that you could do it but if you get it done one way then i'm sure that's good enough!

AfterBurnett

Gah... not working as well as I'd planned....

reddotinc

POLYGAMe said:
Gah... not working as well as I'd planned....

lol but you sounded so confident!

AfterBurnett

I was... but I added in the UP ONLY jump... threw a spanner in the works. Also, WAY too many rules and attributes for a simple move... DOING MY HEAD IN!!!!

reddotinc

What behaviours are you using?

haim96

and people Laugh at me when i asked to add built in jump behavior to gamesalad editor....

reddotinc

haim96 said:
and people Laugh at me when i asked to add built in jump behavior to gamesalad editor....

I think that would be too limited.. it wouldn't work how everyone might want it to.. it's much better to program it exactly to your needs

AfterBurnett

If it were that easy... WHAT A BITCH! I'm basically making him move for a set amount of time before changing direction, so about 4 or 5 timers and move behaviours to make him jump in an arc. I think I'll give up on this method and go back to the physics engine instead... gotta be a way. The rest of the game seems so simple compared to working out this jumping malarky! lol.

Malarky!