Need help with Soccer Game in MMF2

[dakotasena]

Hi so I am totally new to MMF2 and I have to make a game from scratch for a final in my video game design class. My idea was to make a soccer game but it really isnt very good. I want to soccer ball to travel along side the players foot at point of collision and he will be able to shoot it but I have no idea how! hopefully someone can help me make this game much better cause I want it to be a good game. The players are diamonds right now just for the sake of doing code but if anyone could help id appreciate it! Thanks

[happygreenfrog]

First off, welcome to the forums! Second off, if you have to make a video game from scratch with MMF2, I have to say that a soccer game isn't necessarily the easiest kind of game to make in MMF2, in my personal opinion. Something like a space invaders clone or a platformer would be a lot easier, as there are movements built-in to MMF2 to help you with such games (don't do a platformer, though, unless you want to have to deal with a buggy movement if you choose to use the built-in platform movement (if you want to make your own platform movement, though, or you want to use the Platform Movement Object, then go ahead and do a platformer if you want)). Also, have you followed the tutorial that comes with MMF2? You probably need to start with the basics, and the tutorial that comes with MMF2 is about as easy as it gets. It isn't a very long tutorial, and it should help you grasp the basics of MMF2. Then you can move on to something a little more advanced.

If you have already gotten some progress on your soccer game, then maybe you could upload your current progress on it, so as to give us a better idea on what code you are using. It would make it easier for us to help you.

P.S. If you do choose to make a space invaders clone, you could always try to put some sort of spin on it, to make it more unique.

[dakotasena]

yeah heres my file. i put it on mediafire cause it was too large to upload here. Thanks www.mediafire.com/download/lxay6picjch3z0x

[dakotasena]

my bad! this is the correct one http://www.mediafire.com/download/lx...SoccerStar.mfa

[MuddyMole]

You have two options:
* The ball can just bounce off the players' feet a short distance in whatever direction they are facing, "Sensible Soccer"-style.
* The ball can stick to the players' feet, in which case you just destroy the actual ball object, and have player animations with and without the ball at their feet.

But yeah, happygreenfrog is right - it's not the easiest genre to attempt. The player AI is the real killer, as you need to basically create a tactics editor something like this: http://gamesurf.tiscali.it/recension...i_grandi/1.jpg