Boat help please.

[Lyseth]

I'm trying to make a feature where once you go to the end of a pier and press the action button (space), it then asks if you'd like to board the ship, if you choose yes it then takes you to a world map of sorts with the ship replacing the player character, and vice versa. anyone mind putting together a video or show a series of snapshots displaying what I need to do?

 

[dungeon diver]

You want to make an event at the end of that pier and use the event command "Show Choices". Under the "Yes" branch, transport the player to the world map you make, on top of a boat (right click map, set as starting position, boat), and then add a Get On/Off Vehicle event command.

 

[Lyseth]

I'll try that, one moment please.

 

[Lyseth]

Results: character standing where the boat was intended in the water and the cutscenes I added just loops.

 

[Andar]

The player needs to stand next to the boat and facing it for the get ON/OFF command to work, NOT on the same tile.


As for the looping cutscene: autoruns and parallels automatically loop, they need to be switched off - please work through the basic tutorials to learn how to use switches for that.

 

[Lyseth]

The player needs to stand next to the boat and facing it for the get ON/OFF command to work, NOT on the same tile.As for the looping cutscene: autoruns and parallels automatically loop, they need to be switched off - please work through the basic tutorials to learn how to use switches for that.

Oh right the switches, I knew that but forgot to set that. XD

 

[Lyseth]

Okay I just have trouble getting the boat to show up now, this might be easier on all of us if someone just put up a video tutorial.

 

[Andar]

Monkeywrench, please avoid double posting, as it is against the forum rules. You can review our forum rules here. Thank you.


Or you could post screenshot of what you've made so far, then we could tell you where it went wrong and how to correct it.

 

[Lyseth]

Monkeywrench, please avoid double posting, as it is against the forum rules. You can review our forum rules here. Thank you.Or you could post screenshot of what you've made so far, then we could tell you where it went wrong and how to correct it.

Here's the link:imgur.com/uYkBAj4

I'd show the pic on here but my computer isn't responding with the attaching image stuff.

The red dot is showing which tile the event is on.

 

[Andar]

remove that event completely - the action button automatically gets the player on the ship if the ship is there and the player is facing it.


If you want something else (like automatically getting on the ship) then the commanding event needs to be somewhere else (not blocking the ship) and it needs to check if the player is facing the ship before using the get on/off command

 

[Shaz]

Making a video requires specialized software and a whole lot of time. It's better for you to read some basic tutorials and follow the steps provided, as most people won't have the time to make a video tutorial every time you want to learn how to do something.


You need to have an EVENT, not the ship vehicle, in order to give the "do you want to board" question.


On your map with the pier, have an EVENT with the boat sprite. Set Direction Fix ON and Stepping Animation ON. The trigger will be Action Button.


In the event commands, use Show Choices to ask the player if they want to board the boat. In the YES block, teleport the player to the world map, which is where the ship vehicle really is, make sure they are on the tile beside the ship and facing the ship. Then do the Get On/Off Vehicle command.

 

[Lyseth]

Making a video requires specialized software and a whole lot of time. It's better for you to read some basic tutorials and follow the steps provided, as most people won't have the time to make a video tutorial every time you want to learn how to do something.You need to have an EVENT, not the ship vehicle, in order to give the "do you want to board" question.On your map with the pier, have an EVENT with the boat sprite. Set Direction Fix ON and Stepping Animation ON. The trigger will be Action Button.In the event commands, use Show Choices to ask the player if they want to board the boat. In the YES block, teleport the player to the world map, which is where the ship vehicle really is, make sure they are on the tile beside the ship and facing the ship. Then do the Get On/Off Vehicle command.

Sorry for late reply, and just to clarify what I meant by video, I meant as in a tutorial video on putting together such an event, I'll see if I can get this to work.

 

[Shaz]

I know what you meant. Making a video tutorial requires specialized software and is very time consuming. Giving you steps to follow is not.


If it's not working, post a screenshot of your event(s).

 

[Lyseth]

I know what you meant. Making a video tutorial requires specialized software and is very time consuming. Giving you steps to follow is not.If it's not working, post a screenshot of your event(s).

Here it is. http://m.imgur.com/4Gp5whz

 

[Shaz]

That isn't what I said to do. You CANNOT have a Show Choices activate when you use the ship vehicle. When you press the action button, you are interacting with the ship, not with the event below the player.


Put the ship on the other map.


Put the event with the show choices where you currently have the ship, and set its sprite to the ship.


When the player chooses yes, transfer them to the map with the ship, make them face the ship, then use the Get On/Off Vehicle command.


When you say it's not working, also state what IS happening. I'm assuming you get onto the ship without it giving you the choices, and doesn't transfer you to the new map. But that's just an assumption based on what I'd expect it to do with the way your event/ship are set up. If that's not what's happening, you need to let us know, as there could be another issue.


Also - "screenshots" using an actual camera - very bad. This might help you:


How to take a Screenshot:


You've heard people say to take a screenshot, but how does one take a screenshot of their game? Simple, while the game is running, hit the Prt Scr button on your keyboard, which is located right next to your F12 key. If you're using a laptop, you might have to use the Fn key in combination with the Prt Scr key to get it to work.

Now that you've pressed the button, it's time to paste this screenshot into an image editing software. If you don't have anything fancy such as Adobe Photoshop, GIMP or Paint.NET, no worries; you can use MS Paint instead. Open up your image editing software, create a new file, and then hit ctrl+v on your keyboard, or simply right click on the screen and select paste. This should instantly paste the screenshot into your image editing software. You can go ahead and crop the image to suit your needs, or if you don't even know what that means, you can just upload it as it is.

Save the image as a PNG, or if you really need to, as a high quality JPG.


How to upload the image to the forums


Now that you have you have an image on your computer you'd like to show us, how can you get it to show up on the forums? Firstly, you need to find an image hosting site, photobucket.com or imageshack.us are popular ones. If you have another image uploading website, great - use that one! Either way, upload it to the site, and then get the direct link. Don't get the resized link, or the thumbnail link, but the direct URL. You'll know you have the direct URL if the URL ends with the file extension you saved your image in (which will hopefully be .png).



Once you have this direct URL to your image, simply use the IMG tags in your forum post and paste the URL in between them. If this image is big, please leave the image in spoiler tags.

IMG tags:

 

[Lyseth]

That isn't what I said to do. You CANNOT have a Show Choices activate when you use the ship vehicle. When you press the action button, you are interacting with the ship, not with the event below the player.Put the ship on the other map.Put the event with the show choices where you currently have the ship, and set its sprite to the ship.When the player chooses yes, transfer them to the map with the ship, make them face the ship, then use the Get On/Off Vehicle command.When you say it's not working, also state what IS happening. I'm assuming you get onto the ship without it giving you the choices, and doesn't transfer you to the new map. But that's just an assumption based on what I'd expect it to do with the way your event/ship are set up. If that's not what's happening, you need to let us know, as there could be another issue.Also - "screenshots" using an actual camera - very bad. This might help you:How to take a Screenshot:


You've heard people say to take a screenshot, but how does one take a screenshot of their game? Simple, while the game is running, hit the Prt Scr button on your keyboard, which is located right next to your F12 key. If you're using a laptop, you might have to use the Fn key in combination with the Prt Scr key to get it to work.

Now that you've pressed the button, it's time to paste this screenshot into an image editing software. If you don't have anything fancy such as Adobe Photoshop, GIMP or Paint.NET, no worries; you can use MS Paint instead. Open up your image editing software, create a new file, and then hit ctrl+v on your keyboard, or simply right click on the screen and select paste. This should instantly paste the screenshot into your image editing software. You can go ahead and crop the image to suit your needs, or if you don't even know what that means, you can just upload it as it is.

Save the image as a PNG, or if you really need to, as a high quality JPG.How to upload the image to the forums


Now that you have you have an image on your computer you'd like to show us, how can you get it to show up on the forums? Firstly, you need to find an image hosting site, photobucket.com or imageshack.us are popular ones. If you have another image uploading website, great - use that one! Either way, upload it to the site, and then get the direct link. Don't get the resized link, or the thumbnail link, but the direct URL. You'll know you have the direct URL if the URL ends with the file extension you saved your image in (which will hopefully be .png).



Once you have this direct URL to your image, simply use the IMG tags in your forum post and paste the URL in between them. If this image is big, please leave the image in spoiler tags.

IMG tags:

I know how to take screenshots, my computer just had Internet issues at the time it was taken, and I'm not getting it still, this issue is honestly getting to be quite frustrating, if not a video tutorial can someone show a screenshot of what it should look like?

 

[Shaz]

I don't have the engine with me. I don't see what you're not understanding about "put the ship vehicle onto the other map".

 

[Lyseth]

I don't have the engine with me. I don't see what you're not understanding about "put the ship vehicle onto the other map".

I tried that, but my character just stands in the middle of the water on the other map.

 

[Andar]

where did you put the ship on the other map, to which position did you transfer the player (they can't be the same if you want to use the ship) and where was the player standing and facing when you used the "get on/off vehicle" command?

 

[Shaz]

You need to transfer your character to a spot they can actually walk on. Grass/dirt/sand with the sea (and ship) beside it, or a jetty with the ship beside it.


They need to be able to step forward "into" the ship. If you transfer them to an impassable tile, they won't be able to do that. So move your ship so it's next to a spot the player could walk on.