The first module is:Face Right2
FaceRight2.zip (http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/4/202394/Modules/FaceRight2.zip)
Requirements:- AGS 2.70 +
This idea was taken from one of the demo games, which I no longer have.
So I am unable to remember who the author was.
This module allows you to turn characters so they face a certain direction without using coordinates.
Examples:-
Face(cEgo, Left);
Face(cEgo, Up);
Face(cEgo, Right);
Face(cEgo, Down);
Face(cRoger, Left);
Face(cRoger, Up);
Face(cRoger, Right);
Face(cRoger, Down);
The second module is :Fading Objects & Characters
Superseded by the FadingThings module (http://americangirlscouts.org/bbc.com/yabb/index.php?topic=28850).
The third module is: Teleport
Teleport.zip (http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/4/202394/Modules/Teleport.zip)
This zip comes with two versions
The first version uses the characters script name and object number ie.
TeleportCharacter(EGO,100,110);
TeleportObject(1,100,110);
The second version uses the character script o-name ie.
TeleportCharacter(cEgo,100,150);
TeleportObject(oWax,100,115);
Teleport Characters or Objects anywhere within same room.
Requirements:-Ã, AGS 2.70 +
This module allows you to instantly move characters and objects around the screen as if being teleported.
The first function uses the character script '0' name, X and Y are the co-ordinates to
teleport the character too. see example below
TeleportCharacter(cJoe,100,60);
TeleportCharacter(Script name, X position, Y postion);
The second function uses the object script '0' name, X and Y are the co-ordinates to
teleport the object too. see example below
TeleportObject(oWax,100,60);
TeleportObject(Script o-name, X position, Y postion);
Sounds really usefull, i'll have to add them all onto my site. Great work.
Oddly enough, I've been using a FaceDirection (character ch, FaceDir dir) over 2 years ago... I hadn't even thought about turning that into a module...
And now he gets the credit for something I had done over 2 years ago, and just recently changed to 2.72 code...
:P
These are useful modules, but I wonder about some of these "simple" modules (don't get me wrong, CharFonts is a simple module as well, what I mean by simple is it's a simple thing to script out without a module, but convenient that someone else has done that for you.) if these things get so big, how will anyone learn enough about the base scripting language to know how to do these easy little tricks...
Anyway sorry for the OT...
Some of these things might be simple to you but to us newbs they can be quite complicated, so it helps us out by making things simple. Oh and incase anybody asks I do still consider myself a newb, i've made no games or modules I just made a website for modules.
I have to agree with Alynn to a point.
I don't see the benefit of the Teleport module in particular. What's wrong with
cEgo.x = 100;
cEgo.y = 150;
and
oWax.X = 100;
oWax.Y = 150;
?
Thats a good point, I didnt think of it in that way. I know practically nothing about coding as i've only played around with it so far.
I was REALLY curious how the Face Right module would work, since it uses the built-in Character.FaceLocation command.
I found this:
#define Face_RightÃ, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, player.x+10,player.y
#define Face_LeftÃ, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, player.x-10,player.y
#define Face_UpÃ, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, player.x,player.y-10
#define Face_DownÃ, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, player.x,player.y+10
Easy enough, and it will turn the player allright, since player.FaceLocation(Face_Right); will become player.FaceLocation(player.x+10,player.y); at compile-time.
However, this obviously works for the player character only.
It would be way more useful to use something like this:
eNum Direction { eDirRight, eDirLeft, eDirUp, eDirDown };
function FaceDir(Character*c, Direction dir) {
Ã, if (dir==eDirRight) c.FaceLocation(player.x+10,player.y);
Ã, ...
}
FaceDir(cEgo, eDirRight);
As strazer has already pointed out, the teleport thingie is pretty much obsolete.
The Fade module sounds useful, however.
Quote from: KhrisMUC on Thu 07/09/2006 13:45:15However, this obviously works for the player character only.
It would be way more useful to use something like this:
eNum Direction { eDirRight, eDirLeft, eDirUp, eDirDown };
function FaceDir(Character*c, Direction dir) {
if (dir==eDirRight) c.FaceLocation(player.x+10,player.y);
...
}
FaceDir(cEgo, eDirRight);
/me points to his early post about his FaceDirection (character ch, FaceDir dir);
Although since then it has been updated to 2.72 standards...
And that's basically the code right there. I created it as a shortcut, since I have a bunch of facing commands (as the characters break the 4th wall constantly, and they face the camera when doing so, and so on and so forth).
I just never bothered to release it as a module because to me, it's learning to do things like that that helps new people learn the language... Soon you will have people saying, "I used the face direction module to make my guy look around, but how do I make him look at a certain point no matter where he is?"
On the flip side, perhaps these easy modules will help some if they bother to look at the code to figure out how the author did it.
Quote from: KhrisMUC on Thu 07/09/2006 13:45:15
eNum Direction { eDirRight, eDirLeft, eDirUp, eDirDown };
function FaceDir(Character*c, Direction dir) {
if (dir==eDirRight) c.FaceLocation(player.x+10,player.y);
...
}
FaceDir(cEgo, eDirRight);
I think you mean:
eNum Direction { eDirRight, eDirLeft, eDirUp, eDirDown };
function FaceDir(Character*c, Direction dir) {
if (dir==eDirRight) c.FaceLocation(c.x+10,c.y); // c, NOT player!
...
}
FaceDir(cEgo, eDirRight);But, I need to change the facing direction of the player much more often, so perhaps using both methods would be best?
I've now found the right zip as this one allows any character using the script o-name to face different directions
FaceRight2.zip (http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/4/202394/AGS%20Modules/FaceRight2.zip)
Face(cEgo, Left);
Face(cEgo, Up);
Face(cEgo, Right);
Face(cEgo, Down);
Quote from: Alynn on Wed 06/09/2006 13:15:06
These are useful modules, but I wonder about some of these "simple" modules (don't get me wrong, CharFonts is a simple module as well, what I mean by simple is it's a simple thing to script out without a module, but convenient that someone else has done that for you.) if these things get so big, how will anyone learn enough about the base scripting language to know how to do these easy little tricks...
So no one saw anything like this coming?
I have to disagree. This works like any other script function.
It is just easier.
Excellent Module. And teleport too. It is coming in handy for my Dumbledore and
Grindelwald game. Lots of teleporting during magic battles.
You do realize that this thread is five years old, do you? Also, the direction facing thing is obsolete and the teleport function is a three-liner you could easily script yourself.
How is the direction facing obsolete, apart from that these days you'd probably write it as an extender function? AGS still doesn't have it built in.
Well deprecated or not, Lazarus never indicated that the issue with the coordinates of the Face function was ever actually fixed.
As a side note, I find it rather interesting that the name of the module is "FaceRight" to indicate "FaceDirection".
Here's the code I use to do FaceDirection stuff, written as an extender function, if anyone's interested.
Add at the top of the Globalscript.asc:
function FaceDirection(this Character*, String dir) {
if (dir=="Down") this.FaceLocation(this.x, this.y+10, eBlock);
else if (dir=="Left") this.FaceLocation(this.x-10, this.y, eBlock);
else if (dir=="Right") this.FaceLocation(this.x+10, this.y, eBlock);
else if (dir=="Up") this.FaceLocation(this.x, this.y-10, eBlock);
else if (dir=="DownRight") this.FaceLocation(this.x+10, this.y+10, eBlock);
else if (dir=="UpRight") this.FaceLocation(this.x+10, this.y-10, eBlock);
else if (dir=="DownLeft") this.FaceLocation(this.x-10, this.y+10, eBlock);
else if (dir=="UpLeft") this.FaceLocation(this.x-10, this.y-10, eBlock);
}
Add at the bottom of the Globalscript.ash:
import function FaceDirection(this Character*, String dir);
Use by calling cName.FaceDirection("DownRight"); for example.
Feel free to absorb it into a module if no recent one exists.
Edit: As multiple people have pointed out, you're much better off using an enum for the direction parameter.
I still use a version of Lazarus code, that I've modified to my needs.