Blocking Water

[callimuc]

Hey there I just got a quick question.

How can I get a script detecting the water as a wall (like on the horse script) so I can´t swim?
I already took a quick look at the scripthelp (typed in water) but couldn´t really find anything.

[xXziroXx]

onwater(x, y)

[callimuc]

Ik but how can I make it that the player can´t go on it like with a horse? With horses the water is treated like walls. Thats what I want to get that the water in treated like a wall for other "fun" stuff to use

[iBeatz]

You could use a timeout to check if water is ahead of the player by using vecx and vecy:

PHP Code:

if( onWater( (player.x+1) + (vecx(player.dir)*3) ) ||
    onWater( (player.y+1.5) + (vecy(player.dir)*3) ) ){ 


And then maybe cancelling out the movement with a backwards movement generated by the timeout:

PHP Code:

player.x -= vecx(player.dir);
player.y -= vecy(player.dir); 


I don't know what the player's walking speed will be, so you might have to find out how much backward movement you'll need to bring the player to a stop.
This is how I would have done it if I didn't have my own custom movement system.

[cbk1994]

I think the only way you'll be able to achieve this and have it look nice is to use a custom movement system. You could do it with blocking NPCs or so, but that would be a huge pain.

[callimuc]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

I think the only way you'll be able to achieve this and have it look nice is to use a custom movement system. You could do it with blocking NPCs or so, but that would be a huge pain.

Jea today I also got the idea while thinking what ziro could have mentioned with the onwater() so ill try making it like the onwall() check

[Unkownsoldier]

It would be tedious, but you could just always take a picture of the level. Isolate the water only in an image, make the background transparent. Then just put the image of the water on top of the actual levels water and make it block like a normal image. Yet that's a sort of last resort.

[callimuc]

A solution which will be too much work than I´d prefer more making the water as blocking tiles in the tileset but thats not what I want ;P

[fowlplay4]

If they go on the water, why not just force them off the object that can't go in the water.

Otherwise your best solution is to develop a custom movement system for it.

[callimuc]

Originally Posted by fowlplay4

why not just force them off the object

What do you mean?

[fowlplay4]

Originally Posted by callimuc

What do you mean?

I.e: If they're on a horse, take them off a horse when they enter the water.

[callimuc]

OHH Ic well now I thought of a Zelda/Atlantis styled thing like drowning when they are on the object