Quite a few changes here. Added breaking bricks, a lot of level design and started on enemies. Right now you can't damage enemies and vice versa but soon enough. Also worked on the camera a little, as it will pan and focus on the bottom of the currently levely you are in(for example, you start out on the bottom level of the gmap, if you travel up to the second level it will focus there instead of on the player, like when you go too hight). Fixed a few bugs again, like not being able to run across small gaps(D and getting stuck in jump-through platforms when approaching them horizontally. I should also mention player height has already been scripted a while ago, to support variously heighted Mario's, like when he powers up or ducks.
I wish offline supported join npc.txt; to join a text file to an NPC, and putnpc2 Right now I have to sit and edit each NPC that shares the same script each time. It really is a pain!
I wish offline supported join npc.txt; to join a text file to an NPC, and putnpc2 Right now I have to sit and edit each NPC that shares the same script each time. It really is a pain!
Been working a lot on AI. What I've done is created a system that controls the physics of globally. This means I don't have to worry about scripting each NPC to walk on slopes or fall when they walk off a cliff. It's still fairly buggy, however. Some NPCs will consider a slope a wall, or will maybe miss a wall.
Also worked a lot more on NPC interaction. Turtles can be jumped on and such. I'm not entirely happy with it though. Right now I'm doing hit checks from the player's movement, which means I have to communicate to the NPC that it was hit. This means it's always going to be a frame behind, which really feels off(you'll see my player goes about half-way through the NPC before it reacts, this isn't bad detection). I might just rescript and add collision detection to the NPC's themselves, which would mean they'd act instantly, and I can alter player status(like his velocity) instantly just as well since it's all global.
Also, changed the music for now so I can introduce... DANCING TURTLES. I've scripted dancing much like enemies in New Super Mario Bros. I can easily make any NPC I want dance with the song. The reason I change songs was because the Super Mario World tune didn't really have anything in it that I thought would seem right to the turtles dancing to.
02-01-2010, 05:01 PM
and getting stuck in jump-through platforms when approaching them horizontally. I should also mention player height has already been scripted a while ago, to support variously heighted Mario's, like when he powers up or ducks.
Right now I have to sit and edit each NPC that shares the same script each time. It really is a pain!
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