physics question

[drk necros]

Im creating a 2d strategy game that requires the player to push a box off a ledge and into a pit so that the player can walk over the pit. The problem is that no matter what i do the behavior just isnt right. The box cannot be allowed to go up and it must completely stop when not being pushed.
p.s. ive used mmf2 before but its been awile so sorry for simple questions i might ask.

[drk necros]

alright i think that ive figured out how to move the box using the pinball movement but the box merges into the background even though it is set not to.

[uprize]

why dont u try physix extension? (think its called Chipmunk Physics?). But beware its an advanced extension.

[drk necros]

actualy last night i figured out a way to control the pinbal movement with invisible active objects as gaurd rails.

[LB]

Just make it so that when the character hits the crate you set the crate's x position to (X Position of Crate + 2) or whatever value. you can lso use fastloops and on every loop, move the crate 1 pixle, and when it's not overlapping the player anymore just stop the loop.

Also when it's right over the pit to make it drop and disable it moving when the player touches it, have an invisible detector one pixle into the pit so when the crate it all the way over it it touches the object by just one pixle and you set it to be in the pit.

Hope that helps,
-LB

[drk necros]

To be honest im not that great with the more advanced parts of mmf2 like detectors and alterable values so i tend to use simple solutions to problems like invisible active objects.
but thanks for the help.