Setting Movement

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Nov 22 2004, 7:57 pm
Theres one thing i want to know about. How do you make a mob go a certain path but if he bumps into something it will still remember the path? In Castle, Abra coded it and I have no idea how he did it. Any ideas gurus?
Nov 23 2004, 12:16 am
Tazor07 wrote:
Theres one thing i want to know about. How do you make a mob go a certain path but if he bumps into something it will still remember the path? In Castle, Abra coded it and I have no idea how he did it. Any ideas gurus?

Not exactly sure what you mean here. A computer controlled mob following a pre-determined path, is that what you want? And if an obstacle gets in the way, find a way to the next turn in the path?


/Gazoot
Nov 23 2004, 2:27 am
I'm not positive that Abra did it this way, but for his Castle game, I would have made the mobs continually move forward 1 step at a time, then have certain turfs along the way change the direction of the mob. Very simple to make, and map designers can easily make new (though predictable) movement patterns.

turf/turning
    icon = 'arrow.dmi' // so you can see it in the map maker
    New()
        ..()
        // reset icon to normal, so the arrows are not visible in the game
        icon = 'defaultgroundicon.dmi'
    Entered(atom/O)
        if(istype(O, /mob/critter))
            O.dir = src.dir // turn mob to turf's direction

Just generate instances from directions in the map editor, and you can paint the turning turfs easily on the map.