Thanks again for taking the time to help. I really appreciate it. This is exactly what I was I looking for. <img src="smileys/smiley4.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Sorry one last thing...

I noticed the object created to support the player was set to a position specific to top of that one ladder.

Is it possible to create the 'supporting' object relative to the players co-ordinates so I can have multiple instances of the same ladder. At the minute, if I create a second ladder, the position of the object created it set to appear only at the top of ladder number one.

I hope this makes sense. I know what I want to ask, I just hope I put it into words clear enough.

Perfect! Thank you both for your help. I would never have been able to work that one out for myself lol.

It's great to find a forum with quick, worth-while support.

Thanks alspal, that's perfect. It would be nice if when the player reached the top of the ladder he could sit at the top rather than dropping down. Is there another event I can add to make this happen?

And thanks for your input too Sully.

Hi

Quick question. How do I make my character climb a ladder?

I think I know roughly the basics of how it would work??? I'm thinking when player overlaps object ladder and Up Arrow key is pressed, "Set Y to Player.Y-3".

But this moves the player up by -3. He then drops down. I want it so for as long as the key is held down and he is overlapping the ladder, he will climb. I also want it so when the key is released he won't fall back down.

I'm sure you have all seen it before, it's the behaviour you'll find in most platformers we have all ever played.

Thanks in advance for your help.

I've searched everywhere (I think) and couldn't find any info on the topic so thought I'd sign up and ask.

But basically, I'm wanting to map simple movement controls for use with the D-Pad on my Xperia Play and also to map one button as the jump control. My game works using the arrow keys and shift key on my computer, I was hoping to change these for use on my Play.

Is this at all possible? And if so does anybody know how?

Thanks in advance for your help.