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I know I have the option for when "object" leave play area, then I can do Stop object..
BUT
how do I When object leave "Window" area ??
cause my window area = 1024x768 but the whole layout is 2000x2000
now when I use "object" leaves play area then it uses the 2000x2000 area
but I want it to stop at the 1024x768 borders..
how can I do this ?
in the conditions of the object under "position" select "is "object name" getting close to windows edge".
if you enter 0, the object will be destroyed when it hits the windows edge, a positive number like 25 will destroy the object 25 pixels before the windows edge, and a negative number (my preferred method) eg. -25 will destroy the object when it's 25 pixels off the window screen.
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Funny.. I tried that already, but the object slows down like a slowmotion, and then goes right through it, but it doesn't get destroyed...
well.. if that is your only condition and the only action is to destroy the object (and nothing to do with the objects speed/movement) it wouldn't effect the speed of the object. Depending on the size of the object and the objects hot spot, you may need to increase the number in the example above.
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works perfectly.
wow this is weird... I just started up my example, and now it's working fine. it looks at the Window size.
I swear it didn't work yesterday..
edit: nvm... now it doesn't work again...
this is so weird... can it just be a bug ?
I've never had one relating to this feature, can you post an example mfa of it not working?
here is the example.
you can move with the cursors.. Go to the right bottom
https://www.dropbox.com/s/iuhj2g5n04y4kfe/wall.mfa
when you keep holding the arrow you see it moving, even though is supposed to be stopped
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pya2sttss5coh7l/wall%202.mfa
so.. the built in movements are not very flexible, sometimes telling them to stop isn't enough. I've changed it to push the actual X position of the character back when he reaches 1024 pixels. If you change the speed you may need to adjust the number of pixels to push back.
by the way, the way you've designed your level (as 1 giant active object) is really inefficient and your games file size will be unnecessarily massive if you make all your levels like that.. best to design it in pieces rather than one huge 1024x768 texture... and you really don't need to use active objects for static walls, best to just use backdrop objects because they have less of a hit on the runtime (they don't store alterable values etc.).
How? Cause I had it all the wallpieces before as objects, but then i ended up with 100's of active objects and a huge pain to go through the event editor with that.
I tried duplating it, so I only have like 2 or 3 wall pieces, but then I can't resize them, since it's was going to be resized for all of them.
Is there another way then ?? (Always learning here :) )
If those are just walls then I highly recommend to use backdrops instead of actives.
I would even recommend the following:
Instead of 2000x2000 use 2048x2048 (Ref) and use a large image as your level backdrop and load it via Picture object. As for all the boundaries use a single active object with the smallest possible size (lets say 8x8 px) and simply place those as obstacles. Set those to show as invisble and you still can have all sort of interaction.
so when I create an image and make 1 active object 8x8 , am I not duplicating it 1000's of times to create the walls etc ?
just use backdrops instead of active objects, backdrops don't show up in the event editor. Using smaller peices (eg. 64 pixels long) and joining them together would reduce the number of unique objects you need to use.
ok thank you.. I will give that a try
OK , I feel really stupid, but if I use a backdrop, I can walk through it.. how can I make it, so it will stop ? I don't get it.
Sure I can place the active objects on top, but then I am back at the start... placing all those objects in the frame..
Do you have an example maybe, so I can understand ?
backdrop properties - > set as obstacle
Weird.. I did. its just "Backdrop" and not "Active Backdrop" right ? (tried them both btw)
ok nvm...
I needed a different event... now it works..
I used the same image to try it out..
The size is still the same, and not seeing any difference though.
so When I do this, I do still end up with tons of objects in my list if I use clone (not showing in the event editor though)Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveC
or duplicate them, then I get just 1 item... Is that how it normally is done ?? Cause it seems easier to have the whole maze in a background..
Filesize is not making any difference..
(Sorry but trying to understand the logic here )
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attached is a way more optimized way of doing it.. there are a number of ways you could do it.. and you COULD do it the way you're doing it now.. it's just a massive waste of memory.
All of the white space is still being used as texture memory, so you have these massive 1024x768 bitmap images for every level, if you have 100 levels the maps along might be 100+mb whereas you could use a few 8x8 quickbackdrops (or just smaller textures in general, like 128x4 or something) where you could have thousands of levels and keep it under 1mb.