Just a simple question about falling damage

Hi!

To make it simple, I'm simply trying to understand how this works. So far I got this working, but I would like to understand the reason for this.

Platform behavior for Character

max Fall Speed is set at 960

global variable maxFallHeight set at 0

So if PlayerDetect.Platform.VectorY > maxFallHeight ------> Set maxFallHeight to PlayerDetect.Platform.VectorY

So onLanded and if maxFallHeight > 704, Player receives damage.

Now, that's the part I would like to understand since I would like to have the control over it to set it at a distance in pixels. For now it doesn't seems to match the actual height (distance) in pixels.

Thanks in advance!

Rename maxFallHeight to maxFallSpeed and it might make more sense. VectorY is the speed the player is moving vertically - ie. the speed they're falling at. maxFallHeight keeps track of the highest speed that the player reaches and if that is > 704 then when they land they take damage. Of course you'd want to then set it back to zero before the next fall.

Yes, it's set back to zero. Like I mentionned in my post, it works fine. My question was how can I set it so it's a distance based in pixels, and not pixels per second

Sorry I thought you asking how that works. To get the fall height in pixels you can store the players y position when they begin falling and then subtract that from the y position when they've landed.

Thanks! Thats's exactly what I needed.

In my current project I need to have a better control over the distance fall and the only way was knowing the height in pixels.

Thanks again

Cheers

Ok, I'm going to be annoying again

I can presently see the falling distance in pixels, and at a certain height I can have my player receiving damage. But when using Player.Platform.VectorY it works but if I change it to instead detect the Player Y position in pixels, it no longer works.

I tried different options but its not working as I need it.

To be precise, I need to set up my falling distance in pixels so after x amount of pixels Player loses x amount of energy and so on. With Vector position it becoems a little more difficult to set up based on the levels layout.

Thanks in advance!

Just add a health variable subtract the value of damage from the health variable, your free to add a damage variable if you want.

Thanks but that's not what I'm asking.

I'll try to explain it better. When I use Player.Platform.VectorY I have to set up a number like 700, so if the height is higher is 676 then Player receives damage.

But, this is equivalent (aproximately) to 192-3 pixels.

Now, what I would like to do is actually say that if my fall is higher than 192 pixels there's damage.

When I use Player.Y instead of Player.Platform.VectorY it simply doesn't work.

My problem is having to use a number like 676 instead of 192 specially since I need some degree of precision for my project.

Thanks, I found a proper solution for this