Dashing & Dashing After Effect

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Jun 23 2016, 1:52 am
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Problem description:
So I have two icons for my dashing and its after effect. Theres the dashing effect its self(like wind blowing back behind the player), and a dash trail.
i've already tried several different codes and etc, but i can't seem to get what i want. basically i want my dashing to be like this

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Can someone please help out with a demo or something?
Jun 23 2016, 1:58 am
Just like this actually, the dash effect and trail is the same icon style.
Jun 23 2016, 9:15 am
This is as simple as tracking distance traveled and generating a trail for every x movements.

Show the code you are working with.
Jun 23 2016, 10:53 pm
No you don't, you want your dashing to look like this:
Jun 23 2016, 11:05 pm
Lol yes, Ishuri. & What he said
Jun 23 2016, 11:06 pm
In response to FKI
 
mob/var
    Dashing = 0

obj/var/Owner

obj/Effect/Dash
    icon = 'effectdash.dmi'
    icon_state = "animate"
    pixel_x = -16
    pixel_y = -24

    New()
        var/obj/Effect/Dash_Circles/C = new(src)

obj/Effect/Dash_Circles
    icon = 'effectdashtrail.dmi'
    icon_state = "animate"
    pixel_x = -40
    pixel_y = -40

    New()
        ..()

mob
    proc
        Dash_Effect(location)
            var/obj/d1 = new/obj/Effect/Dash
            d1.layer = src.layer+1
            d1.Owner = src
            d1.name = "[src] Dashed"
            d1.dir = src.dir
            d1.loc = location
            d1.alpha=100
            spawn(8) del(d1)


mob
    var tmp/dashing = FALSE

    proc/Dash()
        //  I'm not sure if you intended this or not.
        if(dashing)return

        dashing = TRUE
        walk(src,src.dir)
        for(var/i in 1 to 13)
            Dash_Effect(loc)
            spawn(8)
            walk(usr,0)
            sleep world.tick_lag
        dashing = FALSE


mob/var/frozen = 0
mob/Move()
    if(src.dead) return
    if(!src.frozen)
        if(src.movement_run)
            src.icon_state="Sprint"
        else
            src.icon_state = ""
        if(dashing)
            src.icon_state = "Dash"
            var/obj/Effect/Dash_Circles/C = new(src)
        else
            src.icon_state = ""
        ..()
    else
        return


Different methods but not really what i want. I was hoping for a whole new set of codes, or demo or something
Jun 23 2016, 11:09 pm
In response to Mf2
Mf2 wrote:
plz write my code

fixed for you
Jun 24 2016, 12:24 am
Lol basically honestly. There's a certain way i want it and i can't get it. been so long and all so...I do require some help, but i also want to understand the code, not just have it written for me..
Jun 24 2016, 1:14 pm
In response to Mf2
This is a tile-based game? What you want to mimic is pixel-based. You won't achieve the same level of accuracy as they did.

Besides that, there is a lot wrong with your snippet.

For starters, your Dash_Circles objects should be initialized on a turf. As of current, the effects are going into the moving mob's contents list instead of where they are standing.

The way you are using walk() is all types of sloppy; you really should be using step(). Additionally, that spawn(8) does nothing at all. Correct usage would look like:

spawn(10)
    // after 1 second, everything below triggers...
    world << "Code triggered!"


Your Move() proc also returns nothing when it expects to be returned a number -- in your case, 1 for success and 0 for failure. Ignoring this will lead to game-breaking behavior.

These are just a few things that stood out at first glance. But yeah, don't expect pixel-accurate behavior in tile movement mode.
Jun 24 2016, 5:30 pm
Actually I am using a pixel-movement based system, and apologies i did go back and fixed the spawn thing and the walk. But how would you do it?

Also, i didn't use step because with the step, the mob would only move a certain amount of pixels, not very far or fast for that matter.
Jun 24 2016, 8:15 pm
Also, i didn't use step because with the step, the mob would only move a certain amount of pixels, not very far or fast for that matter.

That's why you would use a loop of some sort to continuously move. This is better than what you are doing, which I'd consider bad practice.

An example of my own dashing:

        var/distance_moved = 0
        for(distance; distance > 0; distance -= speed)
            // pre-movement checks...

            if(can_step(src, direction, speed))
                if(distance_moved >= TILE_SIZE)
                    // ...

                custom_step(src, dir, speed, ACTION_DASH)
                distance_moved += speed
            else
                break

            sleep(DASH_TICK_SPEED)


But how would you do it?

As I explained in my first post:

This is as simple as tracking distance traveled and generating a trail for every x movements.

Not much else to it, as seen in my snippet above.