Shifting Sands?
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, August 3 2004 12:51
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Is it possible to randomly change the height of outdoor floors (to create a shifting landscape)? For cosmetic purposes, I wouldn't want to do it to *every* floor tile outdoors, but key ones with autohills on when the outdoor sections initialize might get the right effect... Question: is it possible? Posts: 93 | Registered: Saturday, June 1 2002 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, August 3 2004 12:54
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Depending on exactly what you want to do, set_height and get_ran should be able to accomodate you. EDIT: Whew, I had a moment of doubt. Yes, set_height does work in the outdoors. [ Tuesday, August 03, 2004 12:56: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Tuesday, August 3 2004 12:56
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quote:set_height is futility out-of-doors, son. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, August 3 2004 12:57
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Um, TM, from the docs, emphasis added: quote: -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, August 3 2004 15:41
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Another possible solution would be to make animated terrains to give the effect. But that not get you what you want, so nevermind. -------------------- DEMON PLAY, DEMON OUT! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, August 3 2004 15:48
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Please tell me that the terrain will only shift once, and that the height will stay within a very small limit. Otherwise the effect will be very terrible. And there will be a lot of overhead if you want to change the sand while the player is moving around in the section. I don't think you can check for if a certain hill was made with autohills on. But, you could manually set the coordinates for the rectangles that the shifting will occur in. Whatever you do, I'm pretty sure you'll need to do some terrain checking and rectangle loops. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, August 3 2004 18:29
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All right, here's the deal for all you inquiring minds. I'd like the terrain to shift every time the outdoor section is re-initialized, i.e. when adventurers emerge from a town/dungeon. It would only be certain sections; I want to keep some sections... er... stable, for dungeon entrances, et cetera. This is going to take plenty of experimenting. I'm gearing up for making the overworld of my scenario... besides this terrain business, I'm looking to absorb plenty of information about wandering monsters, and a night/day cycle for my desert setting. Posts: 93 | Registered: Saturday, June 1 2002 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, August 3 2004 19:33
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I should remind you that I don't believe the hill graphic itself will change in observance with the height call, but I'm pretty sure something will happen. [ Tuesday, August 03, 2004 19:34: Message edited by: Keep ] -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Wednesday, August 4 2004 04:51
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And regardless of whether you get it to work, you need to be real careful that it doesn't take too long: If I'm reading you right, that's a lot of data for BoA to be working through every time you move into an outdoor section, and some people have pretty slow computers. -------------------- There are two kinds of game players...those who are newbies, and those who were. Posts: 322 | Registered: Monday, April 12 2004 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Wednesday, August 4 2004 08:16
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You can get away with a lot in an INIT_STATE, though. Loading up new areas feels like it takes a while, so players will sit around for a little bit as it loads if necessary. It doesn't seem that bad if it takes somewhat long to load. START_STATEs are the ones where you have to be careful. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, August 4 2004 12:07
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Modern computers will reach the breaking point of an endless loop in a split second anyway, and there is always a little, noticeable delay when you enter new outdoor sections anyway. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |