RPG Dragon Warrior/Pikachu Follower

Hey guys,

I'm trying to make a follower npc that follows a pc on a grid-based movement system. Think Dragon Warrior II or Pokemon Yellow or HeartGold/SoulSilver

I think I might have to use arrays to get this to work, but I'm not quite sure how to go about that. I think I need to find a way to store directional inputs and then have the follower simulate that input the next time the pc moves.

Thoughts?

It shouldn't be too hard if you want it to simply trace the players footsteps

add global variables, something like "lastGridX" and "lastGridY"

and in the events:

when a condition for moving the player to a new grid space is met,

set LastGridX/Y to it's current position, *before* moving the player to it's new space.

and then set the followers position to the grid space in the LastGridX/Y

There may be a simpler way though, if your game is turn-based for example you can, on the start of a turn just set the followers position to the players position before moving the player to his new spot.

Alright, I'm using the grid movement tutorial found in the How Do I? section to make grid movement via the bullet attribute.

How should I adapt your advice into this method of movement?

EDIT: Here's my Capx dropbox.com/s/d5q3ix4a4mooa2i/Pong%20Coach%20Champ.capx

Rave Radbury

This may help

scirra.com/forum/follow-smoothly_topic47050_post294672.html

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Thank you for the suggestion, but that doesn't fit my needs. I need the follower to move at the same speed as the leader.

Sorry to double post, but I really need help with this. I'm very much out of my depth as to how I should go about solving this problem.