negative values and setfocus

Dach · #1 10-07-2002, 08:34 AM

It just won't work. Works fine for values over 64, of course you can only see one level away with regular map but ohwell. I don't know if it works for gmaps, but that doesn't make much difference since not everybody uses them.

Graal2001_NAT · #2 10-07-2002, 08:56 AM

I wouldn't consider it a bug, I would consider the fact that you can go above 64 a bug

Kaimetsu · #3 10-07-2002, 09:05 AM

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Originally posted by Graal2001_NAT
I wouldn't consider it a bug, I would consider the fact that you can go above 64 a bug

Not at all. The client doesn't have all the data for everything around the player. It can't look that far away because it doesn't know what's there.

Dach · #4 10-07-2002, 09:38 AM

Maybe I should be more specific, when you have a map and some sort of script that allows the player to see what's going on ahead, or wherever, of them, it messes up when you try to use negative values.

I first noticed this when I was trying to make stands for my baseball field, then remembered when I was playing with the bowling ball on classic.

I'm not suggesting that we need to be able to see more than a level away either. It would be fun for a spy camera maybe, but not that usefull.

Graal2001_NAT · #5 10-07-2002, 09:47 AM

use a gmap

R0b1n-NPC · #6 10-08-2002, 01:35 AM

gmaps are fun... espesically when using terrain <3

Dach · #7 10-08-2002, 04:28 AM

...cept that I don't want to have to use them for this

R0bin · #8 10-08-2002, 06:21 AM

Then ya canne do it capn!!! YOU CANNE PUSH HERRR OVER THE EDGE!!!!!

Com013 · #9 10-08-2002, 11:25 PM

You should be able to look into the next levels using it. They are loaded anyway for the maps. And when you are warping the player to -30 it would work anyway. Can't see why it shouldn't work for setfocus, too. I already made a thread about this here.

Kaimetsu · #10 10-09-2002, 04:41 AM

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Originally posted by Com013
You should be able to look into the next levels using it. They are loaded anyway for the maps. And when you are warping the player to -30 it would work anyway. Can't see why it shouldn't work for setfocus, too. I already made a thread about this here.

Yeah, the adjacent levels. But not all of them. And they wouldn't have the decorative NPCs.

Dach · #11 10-09-2002, 07:44 AM

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Originally posted by Com013
I already made a thread about this here.

oops, I must've missed it or forgotten...

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Originally posted by Kaimetsu
And they wouldn't have the decorative NPCs.

Yeah, that's the main reason I scrapped the stadium idea for the baseball. No ball, no game to watch.

Loriel · #12 10-09-2002, 09:20 PM

*thinks of setfocus2 level,x,y;*

Com013 · #13 10-10-2002, 12:30 AM

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Originally posted by Loriel
*thinks of setfocus2 level,x,y;*

Yes, this would be usefull if you wanted to look out of a house or so...
But I'd be satisfied if the normal setfocus would work...

Kaimetsu · #14 10-10-2002, 12:40 AM

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Originally posted by Loriel
*thinks of setfocus2 level,x,y;*

Wouldn't be worth it. The stadium thing is easy if you have a gmap anyway, and there's no point for Stefan to waste time developing old technology. If Classic doesn't want to upgrade then it has to live with the implied problems.

Com013 · #15 10-10-2002, 12:54 AM

Doesn't want to?!
Hey, even when I made the simple converter, it would only convert scripts like

NPC Code:



if (playerenters) {

  setbackpal uwpal.png;

}

and similiar stuff...there are still thousands of other scripts which need to be converted manually.