Dynamic Stairs question

Welcome Rob,

When I first started I downloaded all the help files from

https://www.yolkfolk.com/dizzyage/books/gs9/page00.html

https://www.yolkfolk.com/dizzyage/books/editor/page00.html

https://www.yolkfolk.com/dizzyage/books/dizzyage/page00_toc.html

which are a great resource, as well of course this forum

For your first problem there is
https://www.yolkfolk.com/dizzyage/books/dizzyage/page07_action.html
to get you started

Secondly
PlayerSetPos( x, y ) IN x horizontal coordinate in world IN int y vertical coordinate in world Set player's position

Hope this points you in the right direction

Alex

“
OutRoom_RX_RY() – called by HandlerRoomOut when player wants to exit room RX,RY (can reposition player here) (non-latent)
“

this is automatically called by the game engine when Dizzy exits a room (if you've added that code). It's similar to CloseRoom, except CloseRoom works just after you exit, whereas OutRoom works just before you exit. The idea is that if you don't want the player to exit just yet, you can stop him before he does.

Using PlayerSetPos works beautifully. If its not to much trouble, I was wondering how to set a delay on the action? if I can do it by frames or seconds? use WaitTime(T); (where T is the time in seconds) or WaitFrames(F); (where F is the time in frames - there's approx 36/37 frames per second). Bear in mind however that you won't be able to do anything while you're waiting.

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I was also going to start a thread and post working code segments with comment so that other people can use them. Best place?

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hmmm there isn't a place really. What tends to happen is that people will look at the code in your game once it's released if they're curious about how you've done something. Failing that, they'll ask on the forums how to do something.

You can create a thread in the 'DizzyAGE Help' forum for it all, but I'm unsure of how much use it will be to others. It's rather rare that a section of code can be used for exactly the same thing in more than one game (especially someone elses, as they'll usually have a different way of coding), unless you've specifically wrote the code to be flexible in that way. *shrugs*

Sorry, I should have been more specific,

The problem isnt that it doesnt work, its when the final step gets to its y pos the bit of roof doesnt just sink down it appears at it's y location. Here is what I have done.

// Last step
func step4() {
	idx = ObjFind(4103);
	if(!IsUpdate(ObjGet(idx,O_DELAY))) return;

	y = ObjGet(idx,O_Y);
	if(ObjGet(idx,O_STATUS)==1)
	{
		y -= 1;
		if(y<=1269)
		{
			y=1269;
			ObjSet(idx,O_STATUS,0);			
		}
		if(ObjGet(idx,O_STATUS)==0)
		{
			idx = ObjFind(4104); // id of roof bit
			ObjSet(idx,O_STATUS,1);
		}
	}
	ObjSet(idx,O_Y,y);
}

Right, one reason it may not be working is because you also define idx as the 'roof bit' (obj 4104), and then go on to change the y position of obj idx using ObjSet(idx,O_Y,y); - hence the code is changing the wrong object when the Status is changed to 1.

in the code below, the blue highlighted section changes the variable used (from idx to roof) to fix the confusion. Also, I've highlighted in Red code that isn't needed (you just changed the status of that object, so if you keep the code within the same if statement, you don't then need to check that it's been changed)

Also, I've added the line highlighted in green. This will ensure that if the object is offscreen before it is moved, it is drawn in the current screen (if it's moved to the current screen). Without that line, it can be hit-and-miss whether it is or not.

// Last step
func step4()
{
	idx = ObjFind(4103);
	if(!IsUpdate(ObjGet(idx,O_DELAY))) return;

	y = ObjGet(idx,O_Y);
	if(ObjGet(idx,O_STATUS)==1)
	{
		y -= 1;
		if(y<=1269)
		{
			y=1269;
			ObjSet(idx,O_STATUS,0);[color="Red"]			
		}
		if(ObjGet(idx,O_STATUS)==0)
		{
			[color="DeepSkyBlue"]roof = ObjFind(4104); // id of roof bit
			ObjSet([color="#00bfff"]roof,O_STATUS,1);
		}
	}
	ObjSet(idx,O_Y,y);
	[color="SeaGreen"]ObjPresent(idx);
}

I hope that solves things for you! :smile: