so ive been once again fiddling around with my platformer experiment, and decided to do a sort of primitive ragdoll system whenever my character dies. ive got the platformer character and the ragdoll model finished just about, but now i really dont have any idea on how to implement it and make it work.

i guess it should be something like:

event

-on player death

action

-->create ragdoll on player hotspot

--->destroy player

sounds simple and easy, but the problem is, my ragdoll model consists of several sprites,that are hinged together,and i really have no idea how to create them all at once and at their accurate positions.

i guess what im trying to say is:

is there a way to treat the ragdoll model as a single object that i can create when i want to?

would that be doable with families or? (i must admit i havent looked much into families yet)

any ideas and suggestions are appreciated

heres the .cap if anyones interested:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11157144/ragdoll-test.cap

so i finally got it to work like i wanted, after fighting with it for quite some time. went through a lot of different possibilities, and frankly im still not sure about the logic behind this odd behavior.it left me wondering if my code is at all suitable for any possible future animations.

but anyway,here's the fixed .cap if anyones interested in analyzing the difference and maybe shed some light on what i did wrong in my previous .cap:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11157144/platform-test2.cap

hmm interesting.. so youre saying that i dont need that purple "carrier" anymore and i can just use my sprite? that sounds awesome,now i can spend that extro vram to something else.i knew im gonna eat up some vram doing all those animation frames,but i like my animations smooth and sort of detailed.thats good to know, thanks.

do you have any suggestions or alternative ways on how to make the attack animation?

long story "short". been doing a platformer with the bone movement behavior for my animations, but since it seems to behave rather strangely from time to time,i decided to switch to good old frame animation. i started a new cap to study and learn some basic stuff to use in my actual game,but i encountered something really strange,which prob. is really simple and obvious for someone who is a little more experienced with this.

ive gone through platform tutorials and stuff, but i really didnt find a good,simple guide for attack/hit animations. so i fiddled around in my cap,trying to get it to work by myself, and i did. it behaves as i want it to. problem is, now my jump and fall animations arent working properly.

when i jump or fall, it only shows one,random frame from those specific animations.

i know its prob something really really simple and basic,but i just cant seem to find out what the problem is.

so,i ask you,scirra community, if someone could point out my mistake in my coding,from that little .cap found below, and give me some kind of detailed explanation of what i did wrong and what is the logic behind this strange behavior.more importantly,what are some basic things to keep in mind,when working with constructs logic.

any kind of help is much appreciated, thank you.

CAP:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11157144/platform-test.cap

oh and nevermind about my main character, he's "special"

THANK.YOU. so friggin much

been bangin my head with this thing for too long. got the .cap,so you can delete it.

finally i can start figuring out the next problem,which is car rev sound with gear changes and all that fancy stuff.

but i'll figure it out later. back to study and absorb the knowledge you put in that .cap

again, thanks!

well yeah, im not sure if the cam version is the biggest problem lol. more like ME not being able to figure out the right event and action for this thing. and i do have that magicam also,which if im correct,should be a better version of advancedcam. i guess i could post a new cap with just the magicam plugin, just so ppl dont have to have both.

but yeah, the problem still persists,unfortunately

new .cap:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11157144/RALLYCROSS0.1-test.cap

im trying to make a smooth camera zoom for my rallycross game,but im at a dead end. ive spent 2 days trying to figure this out,but i just cant do it right.

basically, what i m trying to do is:

the faster my car goes,the farther the camera is. so id like to get a camera that is zoomed in,when going slow, and zoomed out when going fast and have the zoom work smoothly without any steps between zoom levels.

heres the .cap file,if anyone is willing to help me with this:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11157144/RALLYCROSS0.1-test.cap

nevermind all that random stuff in there, its just filled with all kinds of experiments.

just a little side project i started a while ago.or more like an experiment of sorts.

if anyone remembers a classic called moonstone. i decided to try and make some sort of a "remake".anyway,heres the screenshot:

to put things in perspective,this is the good ol' classic im trying to remake:

anyone who hasnt played it,i'd strongly recommend to try it,or atleast youtube it. it's still bloody brilliant,and very gory

dont want to make a new topic,since this is kind of connected to my first issue, but i was wondering if anyone have any good tips for collision. i really dont like the way my car is bumping off to reverse from every solid object. is there a way to adjust collision between my car sprite and those 3D objects?

ugh i feel stupid once again for not looking hard enough. construct can be rather punishing sometimes for noobs lol. but eh, my memo is filling up nicely, got a good list to troubleshoot when probs arise. thank god there are people willing to help here too.

but anyway,thank you,it worked.

hi guys.

i got a (hopefully) small problem. i started experimenting with 3D objects. thought i'd make a driving section for my game. was thinking of using 3D onject to make buildings and stuff. (well actually just buildings).

but theres a weird issue, the textures on a 3D object are somehow messed up. at least when i put a "roof" texture,it shows at the bottom of the 3D object,and the inside of the building is visible when the roof should be covering it.

sorry if i sound complicated. anyway,heres a cap, if someone wants to help poor old me.

thanks in advance.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11157144/drivingbuildingtest.cap

awesome, i got it to work just the way i wanted! thank you so much for helping me out.