Override walk action [SOLVED]

[Elessar]

I have set up a situation where my character walks to the edge of a cliff and starts flailing. I want to be able to click the walk icon on a hotspot below the cliff to make the character fall, and above the cliff to prevent the fall. However, I don't know how to override the walking, since "any click on hotspot" doesn't apply to the walk cursor.

[Creator]

I guess you could try:

Code: ags

if ((Mouse.IsButtonDown == true) && (mouse.mode == eModeWalkTo) && (mouse.y > 160) && (mouse.x > 390)) {
//fall off cliff
}

where the co-ords past x and y are where you have to fall off. You could also put mouse.x < and mouse.y > in there as well.

Sorry if this doesn't make sense. I'm in a bit of a hurry.

[Khris]

You could set the mouse.Mode to eModeInteract but change the cursor graphic to the walk mode's.
In the interact hotspot scripts of the two hotspots, check a global variable char_is_flailing you've set when the character reached the edge and react accordingly.

You'll probably have to prevent a right click from changing the mouse mode during that time, too.

After the character fell or got back on safe ground, change the cursor graphic/mode back to the default ones and reset char_is_flailing.

[Elessar]

I guess you could try:

Code: ags

if ((Mouse.IsButtonDown == true) && (mouse.mode == eModeWalkTo) && (mouse.y > 160) && (mouse.x > 390)) {
//fall off cliff
}

where the co-ords past x and y are where you have to fall off. You could also put mouse.x < and mouse.y > in there as well.

Sorry if this doesn't make sense. I'm in a bit of a hurry.

Made sense, and I manged to get it to work, thanks!

You could set the mouse.Mode to eModeInteract but change the cursor graphic to the walk mode's.
In the interact hotspot scripts of the two hotspots, check a global variable char_is_flailing you've set when the character reached the edge and react accordingly.

You'll probably have to prevent a right click from changing the mouse mode during that time, too.

After the character fell or got back on safe ground, change the cursor graphic/mode back to the default ones and reset char_is_flailing.

You're solution is much more elegant (in my opinion), but as it requires more work, I'll have to try it sometime when I'm not in a hurry. Thanks for your help!

[Ashen]

Might be too late, but you could also set up an on_mouse_click function in the room to capture eModeWalkto clicks on those Hotspots, e.g.:

Code: ags

function on_mouse_click(MouseButton button) {
  if (button == eMouseLeft && mouse.Mode == eModeWalkto) {
    Hotspot *H = Hotspot.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y);
    if (H == hTop) {
      //prevent fall
    }
    else if (H = hBottom) {
      // Fall
    }
    if (H == hTop || H = hBottom) ClamEvent(); // Stops normal walkto click running
  }
}

As with KhrisMUC's suggestion, you'll also need to make a check that the player is actually falling first (in fact, I think you'd need to do that with Creator's code as well), as clicking the Hotspots too soon could have weird looking results.

[Elessar]

Might be too late, but you could also set up an on_mouse_click function in the room to capture eModeWalkto clicks on those Hotspots, e.g.:

Code: ags

function on_mouse_click(MouseButton button) {
  if (button == eMouseLeft && mouse.Mode == eModeWalkto) {
    Hotspot *H = Hotspot.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y);
    if (H == hTop) {
      //prevent fall
    }
    else if (H == hBottom) {
      // Fall
    }
    ClaimEvent(); // Stops normal walkto click running
  }
}

As with KhrisMUC's suggestion, you'll also need to make a check that the player is actually flailing first (in fact, I think you'd need to do that with Creator's code as well), as clicking the Hotspots too soon could have weird looking results.

Ah, that's exactly what I was looking for!
(I changed it slightly since I wanted it to claim the walk event no matter where you clicked.)
Thanks for the help!