Diagonal Stair Movement with Pixel Movement

[DarkBooDev]

I just wanted to ask if anyone knows about how to program stairs that cause a character to move diagonally downwards when the player inputs a single keyboard command in VX Ace.


For instance, if I had a staircase leading down to the right, I would want to press the right arrow or 'D' key and have the character proceed in a downward right motion, even though I'm only pressing the rightward motion key. I'd also like to know if it's possible to combine these mechanics with a 'pixel movement' system, where the character isn't restricted to grid movement. In short, I'd like a staircase similar to the one from Earthbound pictured below.


Thank you for reading my post, and have a nice day!

 

[DarkBooDev]

I'm bumping this post since it's been more than 72 hours.

 

[HexMozart88]

I don't know about pixel movement, as I have no idea if that is even possible, but for diagonal stairs, try using a player touch trigger and setting the player's move route to "move upper right" as many times as needed. 

 

[DarkBooDev]

Nevermind, I solved this one actually. I can just treat the "staircase" like a diagonal path and have perspective achieve the desired effect. This thread can be closed.