schrodinger Clickteam Product Owner

Hi, I've been testing a way to convert P3D to DX11, Android and iOS/Mac.
I know the lack of depth buffer can cause issues and workarounds might not look as good, but I feel like the users that look at P3D are already expecting a retro visual out of it.
So I wouldn't be much of a problem if it had "retro style" glitches, Been talking to MuddyMole to help me out with a method to fake depth buffer, and it seems like it might just work.

If we manage to get that working, would you allow these ports to be distributed? (without the XML, FX and MFAs, the thing is kind of useless anyway)
If you prefer, after that's done you could include the ports as update on ClickStore as well, your choice really.

I'm not sure if you'll see this, but if you do, thank you for the attention.

Thank you EE, I appreciate your kind words and taking time to give a fistbump, glad to be helpful!

Just dropping by to give you a great big fistbump!
I've just recently returned to ctf2.5 for a small game and have been
immensily helped by your answers and tips to others on the forums
regarding several issues. So yeah, fistbump!
Awesome spirit, keep it up!
//EE

Hey, why does it say you quota is full?

Sure, try yourself on the task - it's the better way to learn
and let me know if any need X)

Good luck!

Awesome, thank you so much. I'll get to work on this. Would you mind if I contact you from time to time (in case I get stuck)? Thank you again for the help.

Ok, then if ammo collection is needed and multiframe game..
you may better think of using global values
they are kept frame to frame.

If ammo collection automatically enables a weapon
you can do this way:

prepare a global value naming it: "current weapon"

prepare your collectibles ammos as active objects with increasing alt. value A

i.e.
shotgun shells=30
energy charges=31
flame fuel=32
etc.

(we'll use that numbers as slot numbers for global values
better start high numbers so that you can use first 30 slots for other game-needs
and keep number of weapons theorically infinite, since global values are unlimited)

player collides with "ammo"
>>> add 1 to global value number Alt.valueA("ammo")
>>> set current weapon to Alt.val.A("ammo")

then for shooting:

general event (one for all)

player press fire1
+altval no (current weapon) > 0
>>> sub 1 from altvalno (current weapon)

specific events:

presses fire 1
+altvalno (current weapon)=31
>>> shoot energy ball

There's no actual need for weapon removal, although ammo collection may decide weather a weapon could be fired (I.e. collecting missiles). There will be a save system. It's probably going to be multi-frame game, I want it to be explorable. I thought my best course of action would be to first get the main systems figured out before I do any real level design or enemy ai. I haven't tried lists yet.

OK,
I see that being new using alterable values can be a little downsetting,
actually there is a number of ways you can do this,
maybe using a "list object" could be the easier..

You want the user to be able to:
-collect weapons and add to inventory
-cycle through weapons
-remove weapons from inventory

other needs?

If you need more, maybe you can think of alt values or even array (more complex)

I.e.,
with a list,
once you collect a weapon (player collides with weapon)
add an entry in the list (>>> add line "weapon_name")

in this simple way you'll populate the inventory,
then selecting a weapon would mean setting list object "current line"

so thar player fires + current line="flamethrower"
>>> crate flame etc etc

To switch weapon you just change current line
(this can be done "behind the scene" with hotkeys, mouse roll, whatever..)

Also, I would consider:

is it single-frame or multi-frame game?
does it involve a save system or a password system or none?

Here's a link to what you wrote:
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You wrote out a fairly detailed example using alterable values, and to be honest, I'm so new I got lost fairly quickly anyway basically I am making a "metroid" style game, and I will need to pick up a few weapons and be able to swap to them as needed. I've tried looking at some other examples, but none of them are close enough for me to understand.

Hello,
I'm sorry I don't have such example
I maybe remember the thread you're talking about, involving perhaps dynamic indices of alterable values?

If you can describe what you're after, maybe I can give you some hints or prepare a small example

Hello, I have been trying to follow a post you wrote in regards to weapon switching, but having a difficult time following it. Would you happen to have a mfa example I could take a look at?