Castle Paradox

Master K · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:38 pm Post subject: Walk with me

Ok, so heres the summary on my problems.
These scripts are not working, and they involve walking party members.

NeoSpade · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:51 am Post subject: Re: Walk with me

Right let's try this, it all looks pretty alright, but you need more wait for hero commands in the first script there, and you forgot to add a textbox ID and a ) to one of the lines.

Master K · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:15 pm Post subject:

Nope, they're not working. Heres the scripts again.

NeoSpade · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:21 am Post subject:

Is caterpillar party on? I think you have to set it to on for this to work.
Try this:

Master K · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:46 am Post subject:

*Nudge Nudge*

It still doesn't work. She shows up, but...she appears in the wrong place. She doesn't appear where I want her too. Also, in Canus Inn, the movement seems...flawed...for some reason. The hero goes diagonally. I find that...irregular.

NeoSpade · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:50 am Post subject:

At which point does the hero go diagonally? At the start or later on? You migh want to just use a walk hero(me,direction,amount), is it possible to activate the inn from more than 1 location?

When you say "she" do you refer to an NPC in the second script? If that's the case then check the co-ords in custom in the map viewer and then the script.

Bob the Hamster · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:45 am Post subject:

This is how to make a hero walk diagonally on purpose (in the hopes that it might help you understand why it would happen accidentally)

mswguest · Guest

I see lots of potential problems here.

First, we need to know more about what should be happening onscreen before, during, and by the end of, the Canus Inn script. Most importantly:

A) before this script is run, how should the party look? Should all of the heroes in the party be visible following the leader, or should only the leader be visible? If the other heroes are 'invisible', where onscreen should they appear? Behind the leader? On the same tile as the leader?

B) at what point in the script should the heroes 'split up'? As in, should they be following the leader (or invisible) up to a certain point in the script, and then start splitting off? Or should they behave independantly from the very beginning of the script?

Also, the script will certainly cause diagonal walking if the party is not full, because there are places where you use "wait for hero (3)" to wait for the heroes to reach their destinations. Since you have, in theory, no way of knowing which slots will be occupied, you should use:

Master K · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:51 pm Post subject:

A) Caterpillar party is off in this game. They should spawn from the same tile.

B) I walk the hero to a certain X Y. When he arrives, he shall go up, and from the X Y he was walked to before, the heroes shall emerge from there, going their respective directions.

mswguest · Guest

I have to go to work in a few minutes, but here's some quick guidelines to try.

You should not turn caterpillar mode on, nor should you suspend caterpillar, until the main hero has already arrived at the spot you want all four heroes to 'spawn' from.

Once the hero has arrived at the spawning point, your script should look like:
[pseudocode]
turn on caterpillar
suspend caterpillar
set all hero positions to match the main hero
wait(1) (do not wait before this)
move all four heroes in their designated directions
wait for all heroes
continue on with the rest of script
...
at the end of the script, resume caterpillar, then turn it off
[/pseudocode]

PS: you may also need a suspend obstruction command, so the various heroes do not block each other from moving. I don't think this will be necessary, but I don't know[/code]