Snake Trail - Example -

Hey guys ,

I was working on a game with a guy , and then the guy contacted me that someone else did him the game , So we cancelled the game ...

It's a snake trail , made with less than 5 events using arrays ...

Oh and it's an infinite trail , it's not random invisible object , it's objects that are spawned to the tail on each collision with the crystal ...

Here is the example ...

Link unavailable ...

A-D to rotate

If anyone wants the capx , just re-ply to this post ...

Edit ; The capx is up ... It's actually a 4 events version :3

.Capx

Cheers ...

I like what you have put up. I would be keen on seeing the capx.

Same here.

^--- czar , Semo ---^

Thanks.

I need to start reading up on arrays. I haven't used them yet and while i have a general understanding of how your example works i still have no idea what the array really does <img src="smileys/smiley36.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

cheers. Looks like a good starting point for a fun project.

Kyatric ,

This would be perhaps useful for the FAQ , I suppose ...

I recall doing a snake/Gradius-style option thing in the past. (I've since improved on this version to allow it to things similar to Gradius V like freezing the options and rotating them)

I looked at the example, but I don't see the trail. Is it the circle?

Also, I'm getting a 404 error from the capx link.

Oh sorry , I totally forgot that I rem placed the caps and the example , I'll fix it when I get home

Whiteclaws Thanks for sharing this! <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Great Job Whiteclaws.

Nice movement. I think I remember you being a bit bent out of shape a while back, because you were having trouble with arrays. So it appears as far as arrays go... you have arrived.

— Val , All my old array problems were due to one event ... I just had to set the size of the array in the event sheet , Such a shame , so much nice project scrapped for a such little error :(

There is a bit of magic going on that I don't understand.

Pos.At(MaxArrayW-10*Crystal.SpawnNumber,0)

What does pos.at( do I cannot find any references to it in the manual.

The problem I am having is that on slower computers the snake's body is drawn far apart. I would like it to reposition the same distance regardless of framerate.

dropbox.com/s/z1rdls49vnx2ige/SnakeGameTest.capx

Pos.At(MaxArrayW-(10*CrystalSpawnNumber)*dt,0)

That should do the work ...

Pos is the name of the array

At() is the expression ...

-Manual

At(X, Y, Z)

Retrieve a value at a position in the array. Indices are zero-based. Reading values outside the array returns the number 0. If the Y or Z indices are not provided then 0 is used.

Cheers czar ...

Whiteclaws

POS bugger! why didn't I see that?

unfortuentaly Pos.At(MaxArrayW-(10*Crystal.SpawnNumber)*dt,0) doesn't work at all; all the body parts are underneath the head.

I will see if I can work it out. Thanks for your help.