Movement Speed and control

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Dec 9 2008, 2:52 pm
Ok I know this has been discussed (a lot) before. But I was searching through the forums and all information is really old and theres a lot of different answers all with little pros and cons to each.

So I figured I get a topic to see what everyone thought was the best way to control movement speed and also have the best animation with it.

The two main ways i have seen are modifying either client/Move() or mob/Move() and then either using a time delay or a variable to check for movement. Like below
client//or mob
    Move()
        if(world.time < mob.move_time)
            return
        mob.move_time = world.time + mob.move_delay
        return ..() 
        Move()
                if(mob.moving)
                    return
                mob.moving=1
                spawn(2) mob.moving=0
                return..()

So Ive noticed a couple things with this. With client move if your delay is more than 2 or 3 your key gets registered as being released and you go in and out of movement state for your movement. As for using mob/Move you have delays with all movement and not just user input.

Are there any other ideas for movement and what is the best one in your opinion.

Sorry if this seems like a old topic but with the release of 4.0 (and not seeing much addressed in it since '06) I figured with all the interface features and macros and updates maybe there was something better out there that no one has shared with the rest of us.
Dec 9 2008, 2:59 pm
You can use a list containing all the directions pressed, and move using that list. I actually just wrote one for someone:
mob/var
    tmp/moving = 0
    rundelay = 3    //Set this to different settings to control how slow the mob walks.
client/var/list/movequeue
client/Move(NewLoc,dir)
    if(!movequeue||!movequeue.len)movequeue=list()
    movequeue+=dir
    if(!mob.moving)
        mob.moving=1
        while(movequeue.len)
            mob.Move(get_step(mob,movequeue[1]))
            movequeue-=movequeue[1]
            var/d=mob.rundelay
            if(movequeue.len>d){mob.icon_state="run";d-=2}   //"run" = Running icon state, 2 is how much delay is taken off when running
            else mob.icon_state=""  //normal icon state the mob has
            sleep(max(1,d))
    if(!movequeue.len)
         movequeue=null
         mob.moving=0
Dec 9 2008, 3:30 pm
In response to Kaiochao
oh thats pretty cool and you even have it to where it will turn to a run if held down.
Dec 11 2008, 4:18 pm
In response to Kaiochao
This is very cool, helped me out. Small question, would it be possible to set it so you can only "run" if you have the skill? IE(" if(run == 1) ") Or somthing ?
Dec 12 2008, 11:18 am
In response to Carnia
...Yes. Just put the if() above the part where it checks for running.