Success!!!! Classic RPG movement using MoveIt

[Christina]

using only the MoveIt object and 4 detectors, classic SNES RPG movement like Zelda and Tales of Phantasia is possible.

It is important that the Player Token object (which is what my animated character follows around) is positioned correctly on the 16x16 grid when the frame starts, otherwise collisions go all wrong. (For example X=16n, Y=16m where n,m= any integer number)

enjoy!

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(PS: something weird, and I'm not sure how to fix it: in fact you have to place Player Token at X:16n-1 , Y:16m I don't know why it needs to be one pixel to the left but there it is)

[Nickydude]

Edit: You've corrected the url

[Nick]

Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't it easier just to move the character a set amount of pixels each direction? Also the characters "space" is rather large and means she can't walk vertically up to a wall, she stops a few spaces early.

If the reason for this was to sort out the height of the wall tiles (as in going infront and behind them), you could simply set them as active objects and then compare the y coordinate of the player compared to them, to see if she should be above or below them. That's always worked for me.

Apart from that it is a rather lovely and smooth movement

[gamer4fun]

i downloaded the demo. and my opinion is almost the same of Nick.

isn't easier set "8 moviment direction" and set up to only 4 positions. u will also be able to change the speed of the character.

[Christina]

hi Nick.

Um, is it easier? I don't know. How would you do it? For example the 8 direction movement doesn't 'click' the character into 16x16 pixel distances, it allows her to occupy ANY pixels in between. We don't want that.

Yes the reason is to sort out the height of the wall tiles, and I already asked the forums and was given to understand active objects will consume more resources than just backdrops on a different layer..

And thank you!

[Christina]

no, 8-directional movement with only 4 directions selected doesn't work. We don't want her to be able to move pixel by pixel. Instead, we want her to 'jump' smoothly to the next 16x16 tile.

[Nick]

I didn't actually mean the set "8 direction movement", I meant, in a short example:

When player presses right:
-set variable to 8

When variable greater than 0
-sub 1 from variable
-set player x to player x+1

That would move the player 8 pixels right. Obviously it would have to be a little more refined.

[Christina]

and this gives the same results? Um... wow.
Did I make things complicated!! Could you try it out and tell me?

[Nick]

It does achieve the same results, i was just saying you over complicated it by using an extension that wasn't really needed. I just spent two minutes changing it to show you what i meant if you didnt understand. In my opinion it's just a little neater.

http://www.nicandreb.f2s.com/forumtemppics/rpg_movement2_different.mfa

Obviously with this approach you will have to make active objects to see whether they should be above or below the character.

[gamer4fun]

now i got it. u want a moviment like rpgmaker does.

im doing a point and click rpg (like diablo, where u move your character as long as u keep the mouse button pressed), and forgot of the 16x16 moves