Visual line of site

Hey follow tinkerers!

I've been working on a visual representation for the line of site mechanic. My take is to create two lines at the same angle as the LOS angle and change the size if the line is/isn't colliding a wall.

Here is the .capx where I have built this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hlulm66qypu3j ... .capx?dl=0

What I'd love to know is if anybody has any ideas for tightening up this system or even a different way of doing it.

This isn't for any planned projects, its just a bit of fun!

Cheers,

Rob

Maybe this link can help you : scirra.com/manual/163/line-of-sight ? Also, i haven't tried this yet, but couldn't it also work with solids? If there's a solid between 2 sprites, they can't "see" eachother?

horoblast You might want to try the capx. I believe you have the wrong end of the stick.

I've made a visual representation of the line of site behavior and I'm looking to improve it.

In essence, I'm attempting to re-create this: https://twitter.com/JoeGribbs/status/701924446429437952

horoblast You might want to try the capx. I believe you have the wrong end of the stick.

I've made a visual representation of the line of site behavior and I'm looking to improve it.

In essence, I'm attempting to re-create this: twitter.com/JoeGribbs/status/701924446429437952

Oh i see, wow, i'd have no idea <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" />. I've only just recently tried using Construct 2 and am not too "skilled" with it yet <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" />. Hopefully someone will know how to do this and can answer, or you could try to tweet the creator?

horoblast No worries, it's not a pressing issue. It's just out of curiosity =]

This may give some ideas:

http://www.redblobgames.com/articles/visibility/

Thanks R0J0hound it looks like ray-casting is the key. A Quick google came up with this tutorial by sqiddster which I think will do the trick: https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/902/li ... raycasting

Granted, I can't make by mind up how performance will be operating with multiple enemies using 2-4 (4 to create a closed gap) of these. It will be fun to play with either way!

— i hope you have found/will find a solution to your problem pretty soon with the raycasting you found !