Move Safely 2 Object and Looping

[stuckboy]

Hi,

I've been using the move safely 2 object to try and optimise some of the code in my game.

The problem I'm having is using it inside of MMF fastloops. I'm trying to use it for testing line of sight between the player and the enemy soldiers. It works by looping through each soldier in turn and testing the line of sight between the soldier and the player. This is what my code looks like:

On loop "soldier"
+Value A "soldier1" = loopindex "soldier"

- set X position "detector" to X "soldier1"
- set Y position "detector" to Y "soldier1"
- Prepare safety "Move Safely 2"

On loop "soldier"

- set X position "detector" to X "player"
- set Y position "detector" to Y "player"
- Commence safety "Move Safely 2"

On safety
+ "detector" is overlapping a backdrop
+ Fixed "detector" = GetFixedValue "Move Safely 2"

- Set value A "detector" to 1
- Stop (leave in obstacle) "Move Safely 2"

On safety
+ Fixed "detector" = GetFixedValue "Move Safely 2"
+ "detector" is overlapping "player"

- Set value A "detector" to 2
- Stop (leave in obstacle) "Move Safely 2"

If the detector value is 1, the soldier is set to not be able to see the player, if it is 2, the soldier is set so that he can see the player.

The problem is that it just doesn't seem to work at all. The first time I tried it (without the + "detector" is overlapping "player" conditions) it crashed the program as soon as a soldier entered the game. Now, though, it just acts as if the soldiers can be seen through walls.

Hope someone knowledgable about MS2 can give me some pointers. Thanks in advance.

[stuckboy]

Ok I just found the solution to this problem. For whatever reason, the - Stop (leave in obstacle) action doesn't seem to work properly.

If anyone else has similar problems with the Move safely 2 object, try using the - Stop (lepush out of obstacle) action instead. It worked for me.