LOL. NowI remember why my work with BGT has been so sporadic. Then again as
someone whose worst subject in school was anything Math related I probably
shouldn't be surprised I had suc difficulty with coding.
Focus your powers and prepare for buttle.
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From: Gavin Grundlingh
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 8:30 AM
To: [email protected] ; Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Making a Character Jump In BGT
Hi Philip,
Thanks so much. I can take this example and port it to a 2D scenario
using vectors and the like. This is exactly what I've been looking for.
Thank you.
On 1/6/2016 17:16, Philip Bennefall wrote:
Hi Gavin,
Assuming that you don't intend to let the user move in two dimensions
(e.g. your map is only a 1d grid with left/right movement), you can
implement jumping in a hacky way with a flag and a timer. BGT:ish
pseudocode follows:
const int jump_limit_ms=200; // The amount of time the character must wait
after landing before they can jump again.
const int jump_time_ms=800; // How long the character should stay in the
air.
timer jumptimer;
bool jumping=false;;
if(key_pressed(KEY_J) and jumping==false and
jumptimer.elapsed>=jump_limit_ms)
{
play jump sound;
jumping=true;
jumptimer.restart();
}
if(jumping and jumptimer.elapsed>=jump_time_ms)
{
play landing sound;
jumping=false;
jumptimer.restart();
}
Of course, you'll want to wrap this into a more modular player class. This
is just a very basic starting point from which you can build further.
Remember that with this setup it is perfectly fine for the player to move
in the air; you just have to check the jumping flag to see if anything
special should happen if the player moves onto a particular tile while
jumping.
Note that if you do want your character to be able to travel in 2 or 3
dimensions (e.g. proper movement), the procedure is more involved. You
will then need to move the character on the x and y and possibly z axis
depending on how high and how far they jump.
Good luck!
Kind regards,
Philip Bennefall
On 1/6/2016 4:07 PM, Gavin Grundlingh wrote:
Thanks for the code snippet, John. The problem is that wait pauses
execution of the entire script, so while I'm in the air, I wouldn't be
able to move, shoot, or anything else.
On 1/6/2016 17:04, john wrote:
Note that in the below, wait means execute your timer.
if(key_pressed(KEY_J))
{
height=1;//in the air
play(jump);
wait(700);
height=0;//on the ground
play(land);
}
And now whenever it matters if the player is jumped, just check the
height
variable.
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From: "Gavin Grundlingh" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 9:54
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Making a Character Jump In BGT
Hi John,
Yes, I want to put the character back on the ground after the 700
milliseconds, but I don't know how to make that bit of code wait until
the jump timer is finished without using a second while loop, which will
break execution of the rest of my script.
On 1/6/2016 16:13, john wrote:
Are you putting the character back on the ground?
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From: "Gavin Grundlingh" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 4:33
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Subject: [Audyssey] Making a Character Jump In BGT
Hi all,
I'm trying to make a character jump in BGT. I managed to make it stay
in
the air for the specified amount of time, but I can't figure out how to
make it land after that time has elapsed. I'll paste a code fragment
below:
if (key_pressed (KEY_J))
{
if (Jumper.elapsed >= 700)
{
Jumper.restart ();
JumpSound.play ();
}
LandSound.play ();
}
I have a suspicion that I'm missing something stupidly logical to make
it work. Any feedback is appreciated.
Regards,
Gavin
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