Cat and Dog

[Ursa Koda]

RPG Maker MV:


Hei, how to make a cat(event) move if a dog(event) is next tile to it?


how make event 1 move or react or make some other action when event 2 is close, next to it?


And how to make some event happen if 3 events is next to eachother in line?


like pushing boulders or objects, and when the 3 is horisontally in line for example, something happens?


Like it dissappears or you get point? get my point? 

 

[Andar]

events cannot trigger other events, so you need to place that code into a master event that checks the position of each event after a move.


How that is done depends a lot on what triggers the event moves - if possible at all that should also check the results of the move.


A disadvantageous solution would be to use a parallel process event for checking positions - only do this if there is no other way to trigger the position check as it will create lag on your game.

 

[Kes]

This forum is for discussing the design of game mechanics.  Your query is more a "How to...?" and so belongs in the Support forum for the particular engine you are using.  


Based on the information under your avatar, I am, therefore, moving this to MV Support.

 

[Ursa Koda]

Thank you very much,both of you


I was thinking get event location, x and y, for the randomly moving dog for instance, and then make the cat move accordingly with variable based on the dogs location.


Move +1 away from dog or something.


But i guess that is maybe too much different type of game mechanics than what rpg maker is for, allthough it surprises me,


because it seems like a simple problem. Newbie or not, maybe only newbie at this forum

 

[Andar]

But i guess that is maybe too much different type of game mechanics than what rpg maker is for, allthough it surprises me,


because it seems like a simple problem. Newbie or not, maybe only newbie at this forum

People do something like this a lot of times in RM games - it's just that it is not simple for the computer, but needs a more complex check.


Computers aren't intelligent, they need to be told whatevery they do by logic sequences, and that can require a lot of programming...

 

[Ursa Koda]

Haha yes, just like children does. If homework <1 then gametime =0.


I am way too lazy to program, I like easy and automatic for easy things


I work on logic too; less time for programming, gives me more time for other types of creative work.


My strength is not programming, so i focus on what i can do good, instead of wasting time doing mediocre work

 

[Internetomancer]

You're getting there!  The script for telling the cat to move away from the dog is:


$gameMap._events[1].moveAwayFromCharacter($gameMap._events[2])


But replace 1 with the event ID of the cat, and 2 with the event ID of the dog.


(IDs are at the top of the window when you go to edit an event).


So.. now you just need a way of telling when they're near each other, (eg. getting the x and y positions and doing a little math...)


And running that somehow in the background...


I go back and forth on how worthwhile it is to try to figure things out like this.  Typically, I say "Well this shouldn't be too hard... all I have to do is..." and then 5 hours later, I figure out the magic words I actually have to type to make it happen, and it's really depressing to think how many hours I just wasted trying to write that one line.  On the other hand, I'm slowly getting better at programming, which is a bit like slowly getting better at being a wizard.