vecx,vecy?
 

what does
vecx,vecy
do??
ive read the definition but i still dont get it, would some redefine it for me?

its just variables for player movement

yay, tables!

you input vecx(playerdir) and it returns stuff as in this table^!

eh
 

i dont get it.... can someone give me an example?

use this

NPC Code:

---

if (playerenters) {

  message #v(vecy(playerdir));

}

---

It was added to make random player movement easier...
you know there are 4 dirs a player can have

0 up
1 left
2 down
3 right

so now u watch the table:

NPC Code:

---

Dir     value for vecx     value for vecy

0               0                        -1

1              -1                         0

2               0                         1

3               1                         0

---

so if you have the player looking up and u want him to move in this direction you need to substract a value from the players y-Position but the players X-Position has to be the same value so you don't have to add or substract something from the value

ok lets say players x pos is 32 and the players y pos is 25 and he is looking up

playerx+=vecx(playerdir); //nothing will happen to the players x-value
playery+=vecy(playerdir); // oh wonder there is 1 substracted from players y-value and he has gone upwards :)

so one simple in-use-example (some Staff-Boots)

NPC Code:

---

if (playertouchsme) toweapons StaffBoots;

// Activating the weapon

if (weaponfired) {

  if (this.active==1) this.active=0;

  else {

    this.active=1;

    timeout=.05;

  }

}



if (timeout) {

  if (this.active==1) {

    //now there comes our movement part

    for (i=0;i<4;i++) {

      if (keydown(i)) {

        playerx+=vecx(i);

        playery+=vecy(i);

      }

    }

    timeout=.05;

  }

}

---

the for loop is just used to get an easier use for a keydow routine wit less code i is always the value of the dir your char is looking at so while pressing a key your charackter gets faster and he can walk over walls...

Ihat is the most i have ever heard anyone ever say about vecx vecy, good work. :p.

thxs
 

thanks
screen_name and TDO2000

Re: thxs
 

yeah thanks everyone i knew about it just wasn't sure :D