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[siskavard]

Hey guys, I'm trying to get the guy in my platformer to do a Princess Peach from SMB2 style hover-jump. I've got the hover part working (sort of) & now I'm trying to get the hover to STOP after a second or so. My first thought was to use alarm events & I've been trying to understand how to make those work, but I'm curious if anyone has any better ways to do this? I've hit a brick wall on this.

I know it's a bit vague without seeing my code, I just didn't want to splash half a page with it.

Appreciate any help!

[pgil]

an alarm will work.

You could also just set a variable that counts down each step while you're hovering, and if it's under zero, then the hovering stops.

Code:

if (starting jump) {
  hover_time = 20;
}

if (hover_time > 0) {
  //do whatever makes you hover, like set vertical speed
  hover_time -=1;
}

[Paul Eres]

yep, alarms or decrementing variables are the way to do this; those two things are actually identical, it's just that one is done with drag and drop events and the other done with code.

[siskavard]

Awesome. I'm forcefully bashing my brains in with GML, as I know the D&D elements aren't usually optimal.

One of my attempts to get this working was to make a hover variable, but just making variables is new to me, so nothing I was trying was working. I'll give what you suggested a shot tonight, pgil.

More than likely, I'll report back here with more questions. I know that the way Peach jumps is actually a bit complex. Right now I"m just trying to nail down the hover time.

Cheers guys!
 

[siskavard]

So I didn't have much success with the alarms, I did everything correct, but I think there must be something in my code that is interfering. I did however, with tons of gracious help from MattFitz, get the float to work via counting down type variables.


So I figure the next thing I want to tackle is the up and down bobbing motion, while the player is hovering. What do you guys think is the best way to tackle this? I'm already trying some things, but not much success.

Tanks

[John Sandoval]

theres a couple ways to do this but the easiest is to just animate the floating sprite up and down

[siskavard]

theres a couple ways to do this but the easiest is to just animate the floating sprite up and down

oh, I hadnt even thought about that. awesome

[keo]

this could make for a smooth bobbing effect.  I haven't tested it though.

var true_y = self.y - (sin(360/(hover_time-1))*10)
self.y = true_y + (sin(360/hover_time)*10)

true_y is the y position without any bobbing added (which is added by the previous call).

hover_time is the current time of hovering.

to adjust bobbing amount, change 10 to a value between 1-10.