Object moves only if chatacter is blocked

[AnasAbdin]

frustrated...
I only want to move an object around the room (a cloud)... it works great as long as it's eBlock :S I tried eNoBlock but it just stood still...

I tried setting a timer and move the cloud pixel by pixel according to the timer... still...

here's my code:

Code: ags

function room_RepExec()
{
  SetTimer(1, 20);
  while ( object[0].X > 10 && IsTimerExpired(1))
  {
    object[0].X--;
    if ( object[0].X == 10 )
    {
      object[0].X = 420;
    }
  }
}

I wanted this from the first place:

Code: ags

function room_RepExec()
{
  if ( object[0].X < 420 )
  {
    object[0].Move(18, 90, 10, eNoBlock, eAnywhere);
       if ( object[0].X == 18 )
         {
           object[0].X = 421;
         }
  }
}

it works only when I use eBlock....

[Khris]

That function is executed 40 times per second so you're starting the timer over and over again.

Something like this should work:

Code: ags

function room_RepExec() {

  if (IsTimerExpired(1)) {
    oCloud.X--;
    if (oCloud.X <= 10) oCloud.X = 420;
    SetTimer(1, 20);
  }
}

Now put another "SetTimer(1, 20);" in the room's before or after fadein.

Another way:

Code: ags

function room_RepExec() {

  if (oCloud.X == 420) {
    oCloud.X = 419;
    oCloud.Move(18, 90, 10, eNoBlock, eAnywhere);
  }
  else if (oCloud.X == 18) oCloud.X = 420;
}

I used oCloud instead of object[0]; in room scripts, you can use an object's script name.

[AnasAbdin]

thanx man, the trick was here

Code: ags

 oCloud.X = 419;

however, the clouds move fast even that the object speed is 1... which is the slowest but not slow enough... I'd like the speed to be much much less than that....

[Gilbert]

Since AGS V2.72 you can use negative numbers for move speeds (applies to characters and I think it applies to objects as well).
For example, -2 means 1/2 speed (every 2 frames), -3 means 1/3 speed, etc.

[Khris]

I assume you've used the second way. If you use the Timer instead, you can adjust the speed even more precisely.

[AnasAbdin]

I assume you've used the second way. If you use the Timer instead, you can adjust the speed even more precisely.

Yes, and yes.
I wanted them to move just slowly.. no need for nano precision here 

[AnasAbdin]

I didn't wanna start another topic for this since it is the same deal...

trying to move an object but I keep getting an error that AGS cannot set the object position while it's moving...

Code: ags

function room_RepExec()
{
if (object[0].X == 250) 
{
  object[0].X = 251;
  object[0].Move(660, 220, -2, eNoBlock, eAnywhere);
}
}

now what's going on? I used the same code in another room ( but moving the object to the other direction) and it worked:

Code: ags

function room_RepExec()
{
if (object[0].X == 250) 
{
  object[0].X = 249;
  object[0].Move(-10, 220, -2, eNoBlock, eAnywhere);
}
}

[Khris]

Try 252 instead of 251.

251 might get "rounded down" to 250 (because the object is placed at 251/2 internally, which is the same as 250/2 = 125), so the first line is called again when the object is already moving.

In the other room it works because 249/2 is 124 and thus not 250/2.

The problem is the way AGS handles the coordinates in your game; recent versions of AGS started supporting native, pixel-perfect coordinates throughout the game, but highres games used to use lowres coords internally so e.g. an Object could only be placed at even coordinates.

[AnasAbdin]

worked like a charm
Khris... Sie sind DER Mann...