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[kingsofrpg]

That's really REALLY hard to explain how to do, it involves a lot of highly complex eventing. I really can't give a tutorial on that. Your options are
1) Script request (probably the simplest)
2) I can attempt to event this for you, though I'll need your project, and a couple days (the more you need done, the longer it'll take me)

[Necromus]

My bad, accidently posted to soon.
Still working

This post has been edited by Necromus: Feb 29 2012, 10:23 AM

[Tsaku]

So your suggestion is to just make a script for it?

[kingsofrpg]

Probably easiest, it's possible to event but I wouldn't recommend it but to a few really good eventers

[Lunarea]

@Tsaku:
Try this thread. I think it should do what you're describing.

@kingsofrpg:
Please stop discouraging people.

The whole point of this thread is to talk about and tackle more complex events or event systems. The solutions aren't always easy or simple to implement, and that's kind of the point. If you can't explain how to do something, don't post - especially not just to say that it's hard to explain. And while it's kind of you to offer to event things for people, it defeats the purpose of this thread. This thread is meant to help people learn how to solve situations they may encounter by themselves and not to recruit someone to do it for them.

If you are having trouble explaining how to do something in words, it's perfectly acceptable to make a demo or post screenshots of the event. You don't need the other person's project for that.

[kingsofrpg]

Well creating a universal system not knowing what the motion paths are is hard to explain to people who aren't too experienced with complex eventing. I'll have to do it in a video if I make a tutorial (which I actually plan on doing) but I can't do that right now. I wasn't trying to discourage him, I was trying to advise him down the route that SHOULD be the quickest and easiest for him

[Lunarea]

Sure, the quickest and easiest route is to have someone else do it, but that's no way to learn or get better at anything.

You don't need to know what specific paths the moving platforms will take. The demo / screenshot / explanation should be general. It will be up to Tsaku to make the specific paths, as long as he understands how the event is set up. Same case for anyone else that comes into the thread with a similar question. It will be up to them to figure out the best application in their project.

[Necromus]

NOTE

Just thought about that quick now, i didnt really have time to test it, so all i can say is, it MIGHT WORK
But yeah really, it probably should work the way u want.

If u can understand what i'm babbling here, then try it and if there are problems just ask.

NOTE


Platform Event - Below Player, Event Touch

Change Switch "move_with_platform" ON
Set Move Route Player



Platform Movement Event 1st Page - Autorun

CODE

Set Variable Hole_start_X to 10
Set Variable Hole_start_Y to 10

Set Variable Hole_width to 14
Set Variable Hole_height to 13

Change Self Switch : Self Switch A ON

Event 2nd Page - runs only with Self Switch A ON - parallel process

CODE

Set Variable Player_X to Player : X Position
Set Variable Player_Y to Player : Y Position
Set Variable Platform_X to Platform : X Position
Set Variable Platform_Y to Platform : Y Position


If Player_X => Hole_start_X
    If Player_Y => Hole_start_Y
        If Player_X <= Hole_width
            If Player_Y <= Hole_height
                If switch "move_with_platform" is on
                
                   If Player_X > Platform_X
                    Set Move Route Player
                       Through ON
                       Direction Fix ON
                       Step Left
                       Through OFF
                       Direction Fix OFF

                    End
                
                    If Player_Y > Platform_Y
                       Set Move Route Player
                       Through ON
                       Direction Fix ON
                       Step up
                       Through OFF
                       Direction Fix OFF

                    End
                    
                    If Player_X < Platform_X
                       Set Move Route Player
                       Through ON
                       Direction Fix ON
                       Step Right
                       Through OFF
                       Direction Fix OFF

                    End

                
                    If Player_Y < Platform_Y
                       Set Move Route Player
                       Through ON
                       Direction Fix ON
                       Step Down
                       Through OFF
                       Direction Fix OFF

                    End
                
                    If Button : Up is pressed
                        Set Variable Player_Y to Player : Y Position
                        
                        If Player_Y > Hole_start_Y
                            Call Common Event "drop down"
                        Else
                            Change Switch "move_with_platform" OFF
                        End
                        
                    End
                    
                    If Button : Down is pressed
                        Set Variable Player_Y to Player : Y Position
                        
                        If Player_Y < Hole_height
                            Call Common Event "drop down"
                        Else
                            Change Switch "move_with_platform" OFF
                        End
                        
                    End
                    
                    If Button : Left is pressed
                        Set Variable Player_X to Player : X Position
                        
                        If Player_X > Hole_start_X
                            Call Common Event "drop down"
                        Else
                            Change Switch "move_with_platform" OFF
                        End
                        
                    End
                    
                    If Button : Right is pressed
                        Set Variable Player_X to Player : X Position
                        
                        If Player_X < Hole_width
                            Call Common Event "drop down"
                        Else
                            Change Switch "move_with_platform" OFF
                        End
                        
                    End
                    
                    Wait 1
                
                Else
                
                    Call Common Event "drop down"
                
                End
            End
        End
    End
End

Common "Event drop down" - no start condition, just runs with a call

CODE

Show Bubble Animation : Sweat, on Player

Wait 40 frames

Set Move Route Player
    Opacity 200
    Wait 5
    Opacity 150
    Wait 5
    Opacity 100
    Wait 5
    Opacity 50
    Wait 5
    Direction Fix ON
    Through ON
    Step Down
    Through OFF
    Direction Fix OFF
    Opacity 0

Fade Out Screen

Teleport Player: remain Direction

Set Move Route Player
    Opacity 255
Chaneg Switch "move_with_platform" OFF
Fade In Screen

So basicly u have a certain space of "nothing" - a hole basicly, where u can fall into.

I would do it like that:

U need to know the coordinates of the hole's start and end.
Imma just asume u want to to do a rectangle shaped hole, else it gets a lot more complicated.

U put your Player's coordinates in variables
Player_X and Player_Y for example and set them to the players position with the set variable command.
Now u need to compare the Player's position with the hole's coordinates.

So lets say the hole would be 4 x 3 tiles big and starts at 10, 10 on your map ( u can see that in the editor, hope u know what i mean).

So we need more variables for that hole, to set the upper left corner of it.

Hole_start_X
Hole_start_Y
In our case, both would be 10.

Then we need Hole_width and Hole_height
The hole is 4 x 3 tiles big, so we need to add 4 to Hole_start_X to get Hole_width and 3 to Hole_start_Y to get Hole_height.

Hole_start_X =10
Hole_start_Y = 10
Hole_width = 14
Hole_height =13
So now u need to check that with a conditional branch, actually more than one, u need 4.

CODE

If Player_X => Hole_start_X
   If Player_Y => Hole_start_Y
      If Player_X <= Hole_width
         If Player_Y <= Hole_height


         End
      End
   End
End

Inside the last branch u put what u want to happen, cause aslong all those are true, the Player has stepped right into the boundaries of the hole.

All of that should happen inside a parallel process event.

So we have to things that should happen:

1) Player drops down
2) Player moves with platform

I'd say we want the drop down to happen normally and the moving with a switch.

So lets do the platform.
It should be
-below Player
-on Event touch

Simple set movement route to travel along the border of the hole (just for this expamle)
So lets say u place the platform in the top left corner of the hole, so the route would be:

down
down
right
right
right
up
up
left
left
left

Now when u step on the platform, a switch gets activated, lets name it "move_with_platform"

So now we need our parallel event again, just with another branch about that switch.

CODE

If Player_X => Hole_start_X
   If Player_Y => Hole_start_Y
      If Player_X <= Hole_width
         If Player_Y <= Hole_height
            If switch "move_with_platform" is on
               "Move with platform"
            Else
               "drop down"
            End
         End
      End
   End
End

Now for "drop down", u could do what i did for something similar.
Use a common event for that, with no trigger, just on call.
Name it "drop down"

I used the "sweat" bubble on the hero, gradually lowered the opacity of the player and then one step down.

So basicly :

Sweat Bubble

Wait 40 (so the bubble is shown fully, just seems to look better, atleast for me)

----movement-----
opacity down to 200
wait 5
down to 150
wait 5
down to 100
wait 5
down to 50
wait 5

Direction fix ON (looks better, u need to imagine he falls straight in to the direction he stepped after all, not towards the screen in any case)
Through ON
Move down <- the player (might need Through ON here if u are directly above solid ground, else u get stuck in the wall, so just use it in case)
Through OFF
Direction fix OFF
----movement-----



The teleport the player where u want to, and set the Opacity back to 255

Looks pretty nice imo, however its just an example.

For "move with platform" we need to move the player along with the platform (evented) and to check if he is on solid ground or should drop after you move the player(by yourself, not through the event).

CODE

If Player_X > Platform_X
     Set Move Route Player
                 Direction Fix ON
     Through ON
     Step Left
                 Direction Fix OFF
     Through OFF
End

If Player_Y > Platform_Y
    Set Move Route Player
    Through ON
                Direction Fix ON
    Step up
                Direction Fix OFF
    Through OFF
End

If Player_X < Platform_X
    Set Move Route Player
    Through ON
                Direction Fix ON
    Step Right
                Direction Fix OFF
    Through OFF
End

If Player_Y < Platform_Y
    Set Move Route Player
    Through ON
                Direction Fix ON
    Step Down
                Direction Fix OFF

    Through OFF
End

Whenever the platform is to the left of the player, he moves left, if its towards the right, he moves right and so on.
Through might not be needed here but im not sure, can't hurt anyways. Direction Fix so u keep the facing in which u stepped on the platform, looks kinda weird otherwise imo.

Now we need to check if moved on your own and if u are on solid ground or need to drop.

CODE

If Button : Up is pressed
    Set Variable Player_Y to Player : Y Position
    
    If Player_Y > Hole_start_Y
        Call Common Event "drop down"
    Else
        Change Switch "move_with_platform" OFF
    End
    
End

If Button : Down is pressed
    Set Variable Player_Y to Player : Y Position
    
    If Player_Y < Hole_height
        Call Common Event "drop down"
    Else
        Change Switch "move_with_platform" OFF
    End
    
End

If Button : Left is pressed
    Set Variable Player_X to Player : X Position
    
    If Player_X > Hole_start_X
        Call Common Event "drop down"
    Else
        Change Switch "move_with_platform" OFF
    End
    
End

If Button : Right is pressed
    Set Variable Player_X to Player : X Position
    
    If Player_X < Hole_width
        Call Common Event "drop down"
    Else
        Change Switch "move_with_platform" OFF
    End
    
End

Whenever u press a directional key, it checks if you're still inside the hole area or not.
If u are, we call the Common Event to make u drop, else we change the switch to move with the platform off, so u move normal again.

This post has been edited by Necromus: Mar 1 2012, 10:11 AM

[Tsaku]

@Lunarea Thank you for showing the tutorial thread, but I nw realize I was a bit unclear. I need a platform system where I can move freely on the platform, and walk from one platform to another, and if I walk off too soon, I fall in the pit.

[kingsofrpg]

Can the platform be 1x1? So you can't move around on the platform but are free to move from platform to platform

[Necromus]

Can the platform be 1x1? So you can't move around on the platform but are free to move from platform to platform

Didn't sound like it.
If that would be the case u could simply use what i described above and simply add a position check for additional platforms.
Tho i think my stuff would also work with a bigger platform where u can move around, just would need to do some changes.

So Tasku, think about the ->exact<- scenario u want, the realization wouldn't really be a problem i'd say.

[Tsaku]

If you look at this page, starting at four minutes in, I want my system to be like this, except I want all of the platform to already be there.

This post has been edited by Tsaku: Mar 2 2012, 02:29 PM

[Faalhaasje]

You can do that with one tile sized platforms. just do what necromus said.

[kingsofrpg]

If you want to do it with a 3x3 platform, you'll have to record the platform and your location x and y as variables. Then subtract your variable x - platform variable x and check if the product is greater than or equal to negative one, and less than or equal to positive one. Repeat the process for Y axis. This will check if you're "on" the platform, or at least within a tile of the center. However, you can only have this process running once you've stepped on the platform and off solid ground. That's where the process gets tricky. You'll need a separate switch for every platform ON THE MAP (not every platform in the game) Under all the above conditions true (the event should be on parallel process btw) you'll need to put in a condition for if (for example) switch [Platform 1] is on, and if it IS turn all other platform switches off and exit event processing. Under the ELSE condition, turn the switch on. Now under the else conditions for the conditional branches for the X and Y variable conditions, wait 60 frames (to wait for other platforms to check if you're on top of them instead) then you'll have to do a condition for if the switch is on. If it is, do the falling events where you fall into the gap. If it isn't, exit event processing.

If you do the same for all the different platforms, I THINK this process should work. However it won't be able to check if you simply walk into the gap off solid ground

[Necromus]

So what's the status on the platform issue now Tsaku, tried something?

[Tsaku]

If you want to do it with a 3x3 platform, you'll have to record the platform and your location x and y as variables. Then subtract your variable x - platform variable x and check if the product is greater than or equal to negative one, and less than or equal to positive one. Repeat the process for Y axis. This will check if you're "on" the platform, or at least within a tile of the center. However, you can only have this process running once you've stepped on the platform and off solid ground. That's where the process gets tricky. You'll need a separate switch for every platform ON THE MAP (not every platform in the game) Under all the above conditions true (the event should be on parallel process btw) you'll need to put in a condition for if (for example) switch [Platform 1] is on, and if it IS turn all other platform switches off and exit event processing. Under the ELSE condition, turn the switch on. Now under the else conditions for the conditional branches for the X and Y variable conditions, wait 60 frames (to wait for other platforms to check if you're on top of them instead) then you'll have to do a condition for if the switch is on. If it is, do the falling events where you fall into the gap. If it isn't, exit event processing.

If you do the same for all the different platforms, I THINK this process should work. However it won't be able to check if you simply walk into the gap off solid ground

Okay, I have been taking care of my sick son the last couple of days, and now I can try this. It sounds good, and I will post on here yay or nay if it works. Also, regarding this(However it won't be able to check if you simply walk into the gap off solid ground), I can EASILY set that as a separate event, as it will be the easiest event system my game will have.


So, whether or not this works, thank you.


Okay, I am a little stuck. I will be attaching pictures here so you can see what I have so far.

This post has been edited by Tsaku: Mar 6 2012, 03:00 PM

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[Necromus]

The problem here isn't really how to check if your on the platform, or whereever, it's how to actually create a 3x3 moving platform
If u do that with 9 single events, then they will move awkward, they wont move as a whole.
Like, the "back" 3 tiles of the platform will have issues with their movement, so they will will wait till the events infront of them have moved out of the way, basicly tearing the platform apart.

[kingsofrpg]

Sorry if I forgot to mention this, or perhaps it was overlooked.

After you set the character's x and platform's x (and also Y of course) you have to subtract the character's x or platform's x from the other (I know it's odd, but it doesn't matter what the operand is. The newly affected variable is what we'll be working with from now on, I'll just refer to it as our primary variable) now check if the primary variable is greater than -1 or equal to it, and less than/equal to 1. This will check if your X coordinate is within 1 tile of the center of the platform, or the platform is within 1 of your character, depending on the operand. Repeat this for Y, and you will be able to check if you're within 1 tile of the center of the platform VERTICALLY speaking. It seems you achieved this for the most part, however this needs to all be done in one event, so it keeps the variables the same while you're affecting them/using conditional branches with them.

Another error I just realized is you won't follow the platform automatically, you'll have to walk in the same direction it's going or you'll slide off... Considering you can't make a character move a certain direction AND allow the player to move him freely. I can event this for you (it'll be pretty tricky, but I think it can be done) but it won't run too smoothly

[MrBoring]

Hello. i hopt this is in correct topic.
i would like to know is it possible to eventing Score Board?
i was fascinated by this video SNail Bob Score Board

i would like to learn how to do this.
please teach me. i got a bit Photoshop skills.