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The DogCow Registered 07/07/2003 Points 83	27th July, 2003 at 19:14:27 - I'm attempting a perfect Megaman engine, but I need help with this. In real Megaman games, you can not shoot rapid fire (except in the early NES ones). I'm not talking about the 3 bullet on the screen at a time limit, I've got that done. I'm talking about pressing shoot really quickly 3 times and getting very close together shots. Later Megaman games don't let you do that. The major problem is that I'm basing the engine on Daniel[Crazy_Productions]'s Megaman X engine. The way it handles the charge effect gives me some crazy results if I set the shoot events to only occur after a certain time passes (i tried sounds, animations, and counters to calculate time). Much thanks in advance to anyone who even tries to help me out. --------------------------- Visit Khazm Games at www.khazm.tk ---------------------------
Kramy Registered 08/06/2002 Points 1888	27th July, 2003 at 21:58:24 - Hmm....try using a wait counter If wait counter = 3 shooting events check out(button pressed, etc.) then... shoot and set wait counter to 0 Then add this event: Every #### seconds add 1 to wait counter I usually set it to 0.20 seconds, but for shooting you might want to raise or lower it, depending on your weapon. --------------------------- If you have different weapon types, add a weapon counter..... when your character picks a weapon, set the weapon counter to a corresponding value then add these events... Weapon counter = 1 Every #### seconds Add 1 to wait counter -----Example----- Weapon counter = 1 Every 0.50 seconds Add 1 to wait counter Weapon counter = 2 Every 0.25 seconds Add 1 to wait counter Which would make the second weapon more rapid fire. Kramy
ShadowCaster Possibly Insane Registered 02/01/2002 Points 2203	28th July, 2003 at 06:10:59 - An easier way, I think, would be to use an internal flag of the main character. Then you dont need to count to three, you can just go: + Internal Flag 1 of Character is On + Every 01''00 - Set Internal Flag 1 of Character to Off That may cause problems with the timer (i.e. if your at 3 seconds when you click, then it'll reset almost instantly)... but that can be fixed easy if your using MMF 1.5. Mike "Now I guess we're... 'Path-E-Tech Management'" -Dilbert
The DogCow Registered 07/07/2003 Points 83	28th July, 2003 at 17:10:29 - Already tried that method (as I stated in my post). It would work if not for the way the engine handles charging a weapon. Thanks for the attempt. Know any other ways? I have a half-assed way right now that might or might not be affected by how fast your computer is. Gonna try it on my other PC. --------------------------- Visit Khazm Games at www.khazm.tk ---------------------------
mrEkli Registered 02/07/2002 Points 169	28th July, 2003 at 23:49:03 - Just disable shoot if Bullets >= 3. Just as simple as that. Put that into the shoot event. [ACT Workz] http://azure.xn-1.com [NeWKleaR Studios] http://newklear.com
Assault Andy Administrator I make other people create vaporware Registered 29/07/2002 Points 5686	29th July, 2003 at 01:37:52 - aZuRe - He said he didn't want that style. .....I'm not talking about the 3 bullet on the screen at a time limit, I've got that done..... The DogCow - Maybe you should make your own engine from scratch, then you could customize it to your own will. -Andy Creator of Faerie Solitaire: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7792 Also creator of ZDay20 and Dungeon Dash. http://www.Jigxor.com http://twitter.com/JigxorAndy
mrEkli Registered 02/07/2002 Points 169	29th July, 2003 at 03:05:54 - Sorry... My bad. Read too fast. [ACT Workz] http://azure.xn-1.com [NeWKleaR Studios] http://newklear.com
The DogCow Registered 07/07/2003 Points 83	30th July, 2003 at 21:19:08 - I redid the way uncharged shots are handled (the new way is better than the original engine) and I got the timing to work now! Yippie! Oh, and I'd love to do my own engine, but this is my first TGF project. I need to look at what someone who knows what they're doing did in order to learn. If I hadn't started using this engine, I would have never learned of the magic of the Fastloop Object. --------------------------- Visit Khazm Games at www.khazm.tk ---------------------------

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