Detecting Tiles on a Board

[vahn32]

I know there's things for board[] and stuff, but I don't know how to use them. So to put it simply: Could someone explain to me how to use board[] or any other function to detect if a certain x,y is on a certain tile?

Thanks for your help!

-Spike Spiegal

[-Ramirez-]

board[] is outdated. Use tiles[]. Tiles[x,y] returns the value of the tile on that coordinate. If you want to find out the value of a tile, select it on the level in the editor and click "Export Tiles Array". (It's the button to the immediate right of the sign button.) That will give you the hex value of the tile, which you can use directly in scripts. (You don't have to convert it to decimal.)

[WanDaMan]

I use it for weapons where you have to be on specific tile(s).
It goes like:

if(tiles[playerx,playery] == tileshere||tileshere2){
//stuff
}

Or put all the tile values in a variable to make it easier to add and read.

[VeX_RaT_Boy]

Originally posted by WanDaMan
I use it for weapons where you have to be on specific tile(s).
It goes like:

Or put all the tile values in a variable to make it easier to add and read.

What I usually do with checking if the player is on specific tiles is that i make an array:

NPC Code:

---

beontiles={0x0,0x1,0x10,0x1FF};

---

and this in the checking:

NPC Code:

---

if (tiles[playerx,playery] in beontiles) {

  //Do stuff

}

---

[adam]

That be a good method. Yes indeed.

[WanDaMan]

Argh sorry, not a variable an array.. I need to catch up :o!

[-Ramirez-]

Originally posted by VeX_RaT_Boy

What I usually do with checking if the player is on specific tiles is that i make an array

You probably already know this, but just in case you dont... setting a variable as an array to use in the condition isn't necessary. You can just put {num,num2,num3,etc} directly in the if ().

[Neoreno]

Aye, but it's good practice to set them beforehand, isn't it?

[-Ramirez-]

I don't see how. It's just adding extra space to the script, and adding a variable that isn't necessary.

[adam]

Yes yes it is.

[ZeLpH_MyStiK]

Originally posted by -Ramirez-
I don't see how. It's just adding extra space to the script, and adding a variable that isn't necessary.

What if you need to use it more than once? o.O

[-Ramirez-]

Originally posted by adam
Yes yes it is.

How?

Originally posted by ZeLpH_MyStiK
What if you need to use it more than once? o.O

That wasn't the case here, was it?

[WanDaMan]

Originally posted by -Ramirez-


That wasn't the case here, was it?

He was asking, it could help him and the forum starter to learn it?

[-Ramirez-]

Originally posted by WanDaMan
He was asking, it could help him and the forum starter to learn it?

It's a thread, not a forum.

Sure, it could, and it could also teach him to use variables every time he does something, which isn't always efficient.

[ZeLpH_MyStiK]

Originally posted by -Ramirez-

It's a thread, not a forum.

Sure, it could, and it could also teach him to use variables every time he does something, which isn't always efficient.

What's wrong with using variables? Even if it's used only once, it isn't being inefficient -.- Who agrees with me?