Castle Paradox

carsten · Joined: 17 Aug 2012 Posts: 16

btw, a couple of questions because I'm not 100% proficient with the software,

1. is there a way to make doors activate only by the "use" input (space bar or enter) with out coding the door every time.

2. is there way i can make it so heros walk over ncps. this way i can use a clear pic and have the ncp trigger events/say somthing as if it wern't an ncp? i have tried editing the general map data and saying heros over ncps, and it looks that way in layers page but i am always running into the ncp and never walking over it.

Bob the Hamster · Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: some questions

TMC · Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:17 pm Post subject:

Wow, that fixed it? I don't actually know why the problem would have gone away.

1. I'm interpreting your question differently than James did. I put my answer here: 'Scripts:Activate doors with a use key'
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carsten · Joined: 17 Aug 2012 Posts: 16

so now that i'm working on my game, there is a part where i want really creepy echoing footsteps. i want it so that a ten second footstep sound file will start when you walk any direction and immediately cut out when you stop. I've tried using a 1 second move tile loop and it sounds terrible.

this was my miserable attempt at my coding for it

include, plotscr.hsd

plotscript, footstep, begin
if(get hero speed(me) >> 1) then(
play sound (0, true, true))
if(get hero speed(me) << 0) then(
pause sound(0))
end

anyone know have to code this, or if its even possible?

P.S. i have a macbook now. Happy

Doctor TheGiz · Guest

GetHeroSpeed doesn't work that way. What it's actually referring to is the speed the hero crosses a tile, which by default is 4 (Pixels Per Tick) and is modified with the SetHeroSpeed command. You should try HeroIsWalking instead.

carsten · Joined: 17 Aug 2012 Posts: 16

i see. my hero speed is always 4 weather im walking or not.

this is the changes i made but its not working (just silence)

include, plotscr.hsd

plotscript, footstep, begin
if(hero is walking (me)) then(
play sound (0, true, true))
if(not(hero is walking (me))) then(
pause sound(0))
end

TMC · Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:34 am Post subject:

Heh, you should create a new thread for new questions; I was worried that the Mac port was broken again.

This is actually surprisingly difficult to do for a combination of unfortunate reasons. An on-footstep is only triggered at the end of a step. And "hero is walking" returns false for one tick whenever you complete a step (one tile), so you can't directly use it to start/stop a sound effect for movements larger than one tile.

Here's my solution: a script that loops continuously (eg. newgame) and remembers the previous value of "hero is walking" to smooth over that one tick gap: