How to make a checkpoint?

[Daniel_M]

Hiya! I wanted to make it so when the player touches an object, the object gets destroyed, and next time the player dies, He respawns where the object used to be! Anyone know how to do this? Please! Thanks!

[XStar]

Here you go! This helped me a ton!

[Daniel_M]

That doesnt work. When I attempt to open it, it says something about missing extension. Ini + + v1.5 Object (INI+ +15.mfx)! Im using the demo version by the way.

[Popcorn]

If you restart the frame when the player dies, you will need to store the respawn-position somewhere. For instance set Global Value A to the player's X-position, and Global Value B to the player's y-position when the player touches the respawn-object. Then, when the level restarts, at Start of frame, set the x-position of the player to Global Value A, and the y-position to Global Value B. You must make sure that this only occur when the Global Values has a value different than 0, or else it will reposition the player the first time the level starts as well.

If you don't restart the frame when the player dies, you can simply place an invisile object at the Respawn-location when the player touches it, and position the player at the hidden object when he dies.

If you want the game to remember the respawn-location the next time you start the game, you would need to store it in a file, like the ini-file which XStar suggested. You can use the normal ini object for this, or the INI++ extension. You can also use an array or a simple textfile.