player flip horizontal based on the characters position

digitalzero

i need to find out how to always make my enemy actors face the player... its for a side scroller shooting game the hero actor controls the camera

RThurman

Track the hero's xPosition in a game level attribute: heroX

Use the following rule in the enemy Actor:

When self.Position.X > game.heroX
      Change Attribute: self.Graphics.Flip Horizontally To: true
otherwise
      Change Attribute: self.Graphics.Flip Horizontally To: false

digitalzero

@rthurman you always manage to save the day for me lol thanks so much! this code worked perfectly

RThurman

You are welcome! Glad it will work for you.

digitalzero

@rthurman soooooo now im trying to track the distance between two actors... i know it has something to do with magnitude but i cant seem to find the tutorial and the one tshirt booth put up is private now

RThurman

@digitalzero -- Distance would be: game.heroX-self.Position.X

digitalzero

okay @rthurman but check this out... lets say i have an enemy actor that shoots bullets but i want it to be about an inch away from each other and then spawn the actual bullet

digitalzero

RThurman

Something like this:

When abs(self.Position.X - game.heroX) < 100
      Change Attribute: self.Shoot To: true
otherwise
      Change Attribute: self.Shoot To: false

jamie_c

There is a tutorial here if you care to check it out: