Castle Paradox

[Onlyoneinall]

I'm pretty sure I saw this before somewhere, but I've searched and can't seem to find the answer.

How would I work a script so that when a hero and NPC are within certain # of tiles near each other, something different happens? I'm not even sure how I would have to word it to get it to work.
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[jabbercat]

you'd need to check the location of every tile within a certain radius of the hero. take the hero's x&y and offset it according to the number of tiles you want to check, you'll have to work out how to do diagonals too though.
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[Bob the Hamster]

Try this: http://moogle1.castleparadox.com/npcrange.php

[Onlyoneinall]

Thanks!

But, could you explain to me how to use it? I tried but it doesn't seem to be working successfully. I want it so that a moving NPC will change speed once you are within say, 5 tiles of it. How would I do this?

[Calehay]

What's happening when you try it?

I know what it is. "difference>=range*-5" is not the amount of tiles, it's just a statment used to make the "range" variable negative so that you can find out if the "difference" value is reporting a negative instead of a positive.

So what you need to do is change all of the fives back to negative ones. You'll notice in James' Paige's script that range is set up in this line:

[Bob the Hamster]

[Moogle1]

[Bob the Hamster]

[Onlyoneinall]

Thanks. Do I set the endless loop script as an Autorun Script?

Also, the NPC gets stuck in between tiles. I tried to do add if(NPC is walking), but for some reason it freezes the game from moving. What should I do to make it so the NPC doesn't get stuck if the script activates while it's moving?
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[Moogle1]

Those are both good questions. I would recommend setting it as a map autorun script and changing this line

[Onlyoneinall]

Thanks for the help! The script works perfectly now.

As my way of saying thanks, let me show you the creature I intend the script for.



(That's the walkabout pic, battle pic, and backdrop pic from left to right)

Plus extra image:

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[msw188]

Beware of script overload when trying to use loops in map autorun scripts. If you have doors that go from this map to itself (stairs are the first example that springs to mind for me), then you will re-call the autorun script every time you use one of these doors. But since you never left the current map, the loop never stopped, so you have a new loop on top of the old one, and if you do this several times, you will have several such loops sitting on each other. It can also cause a problem if your map is set to remember its state upon leaving, because you will call the script and all of your commands will be run from where the NPC is currently standing.

The easiest solution I can think of (if this is even an issue for you; it was for me) is to have a tag that is turned on when the loop is running, and turned off if it is completed. The following is untested, I'm afraid:

[Onlyoneinall]

Thanks. Fortunately, this current map doesn't have any doors except out of the map itself, so the loops shouldn't be a problem. However, I am planning to use the script again in maps that will have doors leading around such most likely, so your input is appreciated and I will let you know whether or not it works in the near future.
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[Moogle1]

Actually, this will be a problem if you go from one map that uses the script to another that uses a looping autorun script. The script msw posted will keep you from having any problems with stack overflow.

If you want to use that script on multiple maps, you can do something like this: