Alright, well I'm making this game where there are containers of Grape Jelly stacked on top of one another. When you hit one container, it is destroyed and all containers above it should fall until they land on another container or collide with the floor. I can get it to work glitch-free for up to 3 containers, but it will not work with any more.
The size of the Jelly is 24 x 55 with hot spot at 12 x 48
The size of the Jelly Mover is 24 x 48 with hot spot at 12 x 48
Here's my code:
"Player" collides with "Jelly"
+Only one action when event loops:
Create "Jelly Mover" at (0,-4 from "Jelly"
"Jelly Mover" is overlapping "Jelly"
+Only one action when event loops:
Create "Jelly Mover" at (0,-4 from "Jelly"
^ Note: These two events effectively create a line of Jelly Movers showing the Jellys to be moved.
"Jelly Mover" is overlapping "Jelly":
Set Y pos of "Jelly" to Y pos of "Jelly" + 2
Add 1 to Alt. Val. A of "Jelly Mover"
Alt. Val. A of "Jelly Mover" = 24
+ "Jelly" is not overlapping "Jelly"
+ "Jelly" is not overlapping "Jelly Mover":
Destroy "Jelly Mover"
^ Note: This event is so that the Jelly does not move if there is a Jelly underneath it. Each Jelly must move 48 pixels for each Jelly that is destroyed underneath it.
"Jelly" is not overlapping "Jelly Mover":
Destroy "Jelly Mover"
If anyone could help me to get this to work with more than 3 containers, your help would be greatly appreciated. I need to have this game finished by Wednesday so I can give it to my friend for her going-away party, so I hope this problem can be solved by then. Thanks in advance for any help!
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Registered 23/09/2002
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10th August, 2003 at 19:37:39 -
mmmmm Jelly.
well, if it works for three boxes, it should work for more than 3. my guess is that you have too many actives (are you using TGF?). i dont see whats with the jelly mover thing; maybe its me being stupid.
can't you just have:
+ Ever x secs
+ Jelly is not overlapping Jelly
+ Jelly is not overlapping Jelly
+ Set Y of Jelly to "Y of Jelly + 2"
or did i miss something? i am jellied. i mean tired.
Well, I tried that approach, but it didn't work. Also, some Jellys are alone, they're not stacked, so they would fall when there is only one Jelly. The Jelly Mover is just a thing that is created above the Jellys so that only the Jellys above it fall; this object is invisible in the game. It's kind of hard to explain, maybe I'll post an open-source when I get back on my computer. Also, the Jellys have a slight overlap with the other Jellys and the background when they are in their stopped position; this makes it a bit more difficult.
I think it might have something to do with the event "Jelly" is overlapping "Jelly". I think it only recognizes it if one jelly is overlapping another. If two jellys are touching another jelly, it won't work right. Somehow it works with 3, though. I'm not sure how to get it to work with more. I've tried many more methods, but nothing's worked.
Oh, and by the way, I am using TGF, but I don't think it has to do with having to many active objects.
First of all, there's a problem with TGF when it comes to handling lots of collisions at once. By looking at your code, if you have a lot of jelly (and subsequently, lots of Jelly Mover objects) then that may be where the problem stems from. In this case, you would only be able to fix it by updating to MMF 1.5.
However, I think you're trying to make the problem more complex than it needs to be. If I was coding what you're describing, I would be more inclined to have it hard coded rather than using a bunch of detectors.
Mike
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Registered 29/07/2002
Points 5686
11th August, 2003 at 05:51:20 -
Yes, that code does seem fine to me. But as SC said, over complicated. You could just make it so if a jelly is not overlapping another jelly, jelly.y + 2 and if a jelly is overlapping another jelly jelly.y - 4. I'm not sure if that would work, because both the jellies could move. If that occurs try adding in + jelly.y < jelly.y
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