First I should mention that I previously edited all of the 4.0 values under this section:
if (PxObj[objectpass].GetProperty("PxPos")==-1){
... to values of 26.0. I wanted to have distant mountains scrolling very, very slowly as the character walks.
However, when walking to the LEFT, the codeblock above makes the mountains scroll from right to left. I needed them to scroll left to right instead. In previous versions of the module, it seemed that if I altered the following lines:
PxObj[objectpass].X=PxObjOriginX[objectpass]+FloatToInt(IntToFloat(viewx)/4.0);
PxObj[objectpass].Y=PxObjOriginY[objectpass]+FloatToInt(IntToFloat(viewy)/4.0);
..and replaced the instances of + with a - this would make the mountains scroll the opposite direction instead. In the latest module version, doing that seems to mess up the smooth scrolling View/Frames, though.
I guess what would be handy, is if you could implement a new PxPos number for distant scrolling objects (like mountains) that scroll left to right, rather than right to left. Either that, or allow the user to somehow specify which direction a distant object should scroll.
Another question:
If I put the following code in the room_Load() function of a screen with parallax scrolling:
function room_Load(){
player.x=20;
player.y=327;
SmoothScroll_PxOn();
}
..if the previous room's background was scrolled to the right, and the player character is then moved into the new room and positioned on the left side, the new room's background will initially be scrolled over the the right too (the inherited position from the previous room). However, after fade-in, the background & parallax objects quickly scroll over to where he's standing on the left.
What's the best way of ensuring that both the scrolling background and any parallax objects are already set into their correct positions, relative to the player's x/y pos, prior to the screen fading in? So that the player doesn't have to watch them scrolling into position every time a new room loads?
Thanks!
