Trail

Ok. It has been a while since I have been able to work on anything game related because I am a SENIOR now! 1 year to go and I will be a hard working, money earning member of society!

I am trying to get a sprite that moves around but leaves a trail that is permanent until recalled. Think of it as a plumber snake. You send it down a hold and then you roll it back up the same path.

How would I go about this? Has anyone ventured in to this area?

Just a thought. You could try the new Pin options. One of them is a rope behaviour. There is an example template in the newer C2 versions.

Is it simple shape or an animated character?

I've produced a great trail effect in the past by having a duplicate image with the fade behaviour spawn every half a second or so at my player object's position (With the conditional of movement), the only hiccup being you have to get creative with layers as the z-order is messed up with the spawned objects.

EDIT// Just read you want it permanent, you could keep the fade but have the conditional for fade start as a key release or boolean flag?

First of all thank you. But what I am trying to accomplish is a little different.

The plumber sends the "snake" down the hole to unclog the drain. As the "TIP" of the plumber snake goes down the hold it leaves behind a trail of snake wire , since it is connected to the PLUMBER above ground.

In addition just to be MORE difficult, the plumber eventually needs to get the snake OUT of the hole.

you could do that with an animation.And when the plumber decides to retrieve the snake you just reverse the animation.

What it if the hold turns left, right, up down, etc? Like an underground sewer maze?