Graals 8 directional movement script...
 

Can Stefan or someone post the 8 dir movement with perfect..everything..on here? I want to redefine movement, but I don't have the mathematical skill to get it perfect....

Someone please post it...thanks.

I'm pretty sure that is done with a 'noob code' you know like;

if (keydown(0)){
playery--;
}
and so on,

but then again, I suppose there is nothing stopping this from producing the same effect;

for (i=0; i<4; i++) {
if (keydown(i)) {
playerx+=vecx(i);
playery+=vecy(i);
}
}

Damnit I don't want any new scripters trying to give me an answer to this, I already made a very advanced movement system. I just need Stefans so I have a bug free version.

He is just helping. you shouldnt get mad at him.

omg forget you dude, you dont even know me

No profanity please.
I have posted the player race movement scripts
some months ago on the forums
(new races forum i think)

I think its the zip here:
http://forums.graal2001.com/forums/s...5&pagenumber=3

Sorry about that, I just hate it when people post things I didn't ask for...anywho thanks alot =) I found it.

lol, Stefan, that was lot of help :rolleyes:

okies. :). i wanted to make a good suggestion to stefan, i am going to post it in the improvements, but i wanted to mention it here. i think that instead of like up, down left, right there were up, up-left, up-right, left, right, down left, down-right. maybe in the new enging, and it could have better body positions and all... i think that could make graal a lot cooler...

Good idea Saga. It would be nice to be able to walk diagonally and swing while walking diagonally in Graal. It would improve gameplay very much. ;D

I think someone said that, about diaganol movements and npc's... He said it wouldn't work, I forget why though =(

Graal is based on a x and y axis, just like a graph. Each individual tile is broken down and only vertical and horizontal movements can be drawn on a x and y axis. Maybe using negatives might work if you catch my drift. Think of a negative graph, if the levels were positions so that the center was 0. That actually might work.:confused: :megaeek:

Well if graal added .x model support then we could easily add 8 directional movement. Hmm, and if wanted, angular movement...

Take a look at it. It may not be math, but its...well it is math...hehe. Its multiplying all these variables in the dirgo, the bush detection,onwall detection...tons of complicated confusing stuff...I hate movement script. AI and movement are the hardest things for me to do >_<

Then again, math is logical, making your statement valid anyway.

Ok, so its not mathematical, its just complicated. I usually would need to spend alot of time to create something like that movement script, and why do that when you could just get a perfected one already made? I don't want to waste hours making something like that anyway, as I said, I hate movement and AI...

Heh, I obviosly need to customize mine, but its very easy to just do that with Stefan's. Heh, then again it would be alot better to know you created the script from scratch and would need to add a credit to Stefan thing at the top (which I think any honorable person would do)...but its not like I'm taking a bomy script or anything. I'm getting the most basic version of movement, its like using a script command as a shortcut from having to script the command...

Well you are using someone else's code simply by using the graal engine. Scripting is using someone elses code, not defining the movement is using someone elses code. Get what I mean? Even if I didn't use a new movement system, I would still be using the one Stefan coded into the EXE...

This does not mean I believe in taking other peoples script, it just means for things like this (things already coded into the exe, things made by Stefan which he gave permission to use) I don't view it as taking code from someone. Same would be, for instance, if I got the built in attack code, or the built in addtiledef for pics1.png...get what I mean?

Heh, same with me, but I like everything I need flawless. Movement is something which would take me a long time to get flawless, and I would rather take a shortcut. This has been, in fact, the only NPC which will be based on something Stefan scripted...plus, its not like anybody will know about it without reading this thread, so it all works. Although...I do plan on having credits at startup...hehe :D

Flawless meaning bug free, gets the job it needs to done without flaw...speed is a whole different story. No matter what ANYONE says, speed can always be enhanced...

Someday graal will have little or no more hard coded material and servers will have to make their own systems which will allow for a lot more creativity