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[Savick]

So I tried the game maker forums and got like, 1 useless reply. What I'm trying to do is this:
In game maker. (but with, you know, nicer graphics, a story, etc.) I know that I shouldn't use solids, but I can't figure out how to incorporate place_meeting() into the code without breaking the functions. I can make my little guy walk around the planet, but he gets stuck on any platform he jumps into. I hope you guys can be more helpful. Thanks.

[Polly]

If you want to use Game Maker's build-in collision functions, i'd recommend creating / using your maps as regular rooms. So, your map still looks like this ( just a regular ordinary room ) ..



.. but use your own rendering script, so it ends up looking something like this ..



Use shaders if you can, or otherwise generate the map mesh using the d3d functions.

+ Or ditch Game Maker altogether

[Whiteclaws]

If you want to use Game Maker's build-in collision functions, i'd recommend creating / using your maps as regular rooms. So, your map still looks like this ( just a regular ordinary room ) ..

.. but use your own rendering script, so it ends up looking something like this ..



Use shaders if you can, or otherwise generate the map mesh using the d3d functions.

+ Or ditch Game Maker altogether

Oh , I would love to see how that could be implemented using shaders

[Thomas Hiatt]

You can use the x coordinate as the angle and the y coordinate as the distance from the center. You would divide the x coordinate by whatever the maximum x coordinate could be and then multiply that by 2 pi to get it as a radian value. Then the new x and y coordinates would be the sin and cos of that radian value multiplied by the original y value.

[Savick]

While those are some interesting suggestions, they're far beyond my current understanding to use. I got slopes to work at least a little better by using some script I found for more dynamic slopes. I tried a couple more times to remove solids, but no luck. Thanks for the input so far.