character stalls in next screen intermittently (SOLVED)

[gypsysnail]

Hi,
Just a simple question to a problem that has been happening for awhile in my game. When I test the game, and I walk the character to the next screen, sometimes the character stalls and cant move so I have to quit the game or restore it. Yes I get the coordinates right though... the type of screen the character enters is from a corner, left bottom corner and I set the coordinates for the character to enter into that room at that point. Often works fine, but sometimes character stalls at entry. Any ideas why this might be happening?

[Candall]

The only thing I know of that could cause a character to get stuck is to enter at a point that isn't a walkable area.  If you're using set coordinates, though, I don't see how this could be a problem sometimes and not a problem other times.

Are you using the room edges to determine whether the character has left?

[Baron]

It's possible if you have a very narrow walkable area for the character to get caught sometimes.  In any event, I recommend a quick bit of code in Player Enters Room After Fade-In:

if (cTheCharacter.PreviousRoom == 16) cTheCharacter.Walk (x, y, eBlock, eAnywhere);

The important bit being the eAnywhere, which will allow the character to walk over non-walkable areas.  It will make the character appear to walk into the room, rather than just appear at its edge.  I often use it when I have a player entering from the bottom of the screen.  I have the characters feet transport to about forty pixels off the bottom of the screen, and then use the code above to walk him up to the walkable area.

Baron

[gypsysnail]

Hey guys thank you!! I got it instantly!! I had made that walkable area so long ago, a year and half ago when I was much more novice then lol! I sure made heaps of mistakes with those areas and the like in those earlier days of my ags journey . Thanks again guys!

[Candall]

No problem!  I'm happy to hear that it worked out!