I know how to use Viewpoint to center Player1 via object origin, but I don't want it to center it when Player1 is near the play field edge. In a nutshell, I want the field edge never to show near the center of the screen.
Lastly, I have a question about Strings. Are Strings similar to Values except it uses letters instead of numbers? I planed to use Strings for a shield ON/OFF effect, but didn't get any results.
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While player's X position is greater than whatever amount of pixels (Something a little higher than half your screen width. Default would be 320) and less than the width of the level minus the same number, AND the same thing for vertical (But use half the vertical length.), center on character. That wasn't too clear... but I was in a hurry to post first.
I don't know exactly what you're trying to accomplish, but I'm guessing, educatedly, that strings are not going to be what you want.
Strings are kind of like Values only you can use Letters as well as numbers. So long as you know how to use the string parser quite well you can use them to store data however you see fit.
Indeed. Strings are handy for a number of things, and if you intend to do something like having multiple shields with names, and combine the process of identifying the shield currently on for programming purposes with displaying the name onscreen, it'd be perfect... but I'd bet values would be a better bet for this. Of course, I don't know what setup you have. Was my viewpoint explanation clear enough?
Well you can add to a string by doing Current Alterable String + "New Text", where you have saved the string you want to add to in the alterable string. For substracting String Parser can be used I guess, but I don't know how exactly.
Originally Posted by OldManClayton Do:
While player's X position is greater than whatever amount of pixels (Something a little higher than half your screen width. Default would be 320) and less than the width of the level minus the same number, AND the same thing for vertical (But use half the vertical length.), center on character. That wasn't too clear... but I was in a hurry to post first.
I did what you told me (please see the image). It works ok; however, it's still not perfect. The reason is that if Player1 is beyond Y coordinates but not X coordinates, View point will stop executing the "centering" command. So basically if Player one is at the bottom of the screen, it will lose centering. Because of this, I think there must be an alternative method of centering.
My game settings are 800x600, Viewpoint is set to 400x300
Oops, guess I wasn't clear enough. You should split the events. Do X separately from Y. Have it center the X during the X conditions' trueness, and center the Y during the Y conditions' trueness.
EDIT: I sure did a bang-up job of giving confusing explanations on this thread, didn't I? While the said X conditions are true, set X position of camera to X position of player. In a separate set of conditions: While Y conditions are true, set the Y of the camera to the Y of the player. I should have said that before.
Originally Posted by OldManClayton Oops, guess I wasn't clear enough. You should split the events. Do X separately from Y. Have it center the X during the X conditions' trueness, and center the Y during the Y conditions' trueness.
I have to enter both the X and Y coordinates when using Viewpoint's Centering command. Let's say I only want to center X(Player1), what can I possibly put in the Y part?
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That wasn't too clear... but I was in a hurry to post first. 
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