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like this (link to project), it took me a long time to figure out how to make the sprites costumes and how to make it point to the mouse pointer

SmartIrishKid wrote:

dsdude10 wrote:

like this (link to project), it took me a long time to figure out how to make the sprites costumes and how to make it point to the mouse pointer

I didn't mean something that points to the mouse-pointer.  I'm trying to make it arrow-key-based.

I don't quite see what you want. Are there any game you can name that shows what you want to make? ie, Mario 64, diablo.

Last edited by archmage (2008-11-05 09:39:50)

Dan01 wrote:

Archmage, you now runescape, I think he means like that. Being able to turn the camera so that you can see a character and scenery from different angles.

Just making sure, are the files 100% safe to download. I don't want any viruses    If they are, I would be very interested to look at this.

If he is asking to make a game like runescape or mario 64, that is absolutely impossible.
If he wants to make a 3D isometric game like diabo that would be possible.

Also, the files are just pictures which means no viruses.

archmage wrote:

Dan01 wrote:

Archmage, you now runescape, I think he means like that. Being able to turn the camera so that you can see a character and scenery from different angles.

Just making sure, are the files 100% safe to download. I don't want any viruses    If they are, I would be very interested to look at this.

If he is asking to make a game like runescape or mario 64, that is absolutely impossible.
If he wants to make a 3D isometric game like diabo that would be possible.

It's very hard and the file will probably be larger than 10 mb.

Last edited by jasb (2008-11-05 13:31:09)

archmage wrote:

jasb wrote:

archmage wrote:

If he is asking to make a game like runescape or mario 64, that is absolutely impossible.
If he wants to make a 3D isometric game like diabo that would be possible.

It's very hard and the file will probably be larger than 10 mb.

It shouldn't be that big. Especially after you compress it.

Don't forget about the music. Projects would be boring without the music.

archmage wrote:

SmartIrishKid wrote:

dsdude10 wrote:

like this (link to project), it took me a long time to figure out how to make the sprites costumes and how to make it point to the mouse pointer

I didn't mean something that points to the mouse-pointer.  I'm trying to make it arrow-key-based.

I don't quite see what you want. Are there any game you can name that shows what you want to make? ie, Mario 64, diablo.

Just go to the Web site that I mentioned above.  I have the costumes for Green Archer, and you can look at my project, which is as far as I have gotten.  I was thinking about some kind of top-down scrolling game, but I will worry about the actual game once I know what the rotation scripts are.

archmage wrote:

I don't get why you don't just use the scripts from Mayhem's wondering knight project. It works great. You just need to set it up so that DirectionMod varaible changes when you press the arrow keys.

His are a bit different from what I was looking for.  I was thinking about a scrolling game, using the arrow keys.

So are you saying that you want something like this?
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/archmage/313838

if you want basic rotation search full 3d enviroment it should be the secound result. or check my remake of it called 3d space. if i do the work i think i know how to make 3d objects and maby posably 3d enviroments. good luck looking.

SmartIrishKid wrote:

archmage wrote:

So are you saying that you want something like this?
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/archmage/313838

Yeah, something like that.  I was thinking of something a bit less like a car-race game, but this would work if it had to.

I changed it. I think it is what you want now.

SmartIrishKid wrote:

I'm trying to figure out the best way to rotate "3D" images.  Will someone please help me?  If we create the code, it might cause a revolution of 3D projects in Scratch!

First, download the costumes from here.  Then convert ALL of them to 256-color.  This may take a while, so be prepared!

I think that it's best to arrange these by direction, then by action, as follows:

Directions, in order:
N-NE-E-SE-S-SW-W-NW

Actions, in order:
Stopped
Running/Walking
Attacking/Shooting
Spelling

(I would probably leave out Paused and Talking, as they can be represented well enough by just Stopped.)

I have almost no clue about rotation script, except what I know from this project.
I know it needs certain variables, such as:

DirectionMod
ActionNum
CostumeCycle

DirectionMod is mostly self-explanatory.  It finds the direction (to the nearest 45 degrees) and turns that into a number between 0 and 7.
ActionNum senses what keys are being pressed and turns that into some sort of number.  I'm not quite sure how to use this in the programming.
CostumeCycle is used to scroll through the different costumes within each action.

The formula for determining the costume is something like this:

Code:

switch to costume (DirectionMod * #) + (formula for action) + CostumeCycle

Note: "#" represents the number of costumes in each direction, which will vary.

This is what I have, and if someone could help me here, it would be appreciated.

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Dolfus555/205888
here look at this is this what your talking about?

Okay, so what I was mainly looking for was with the Green Archer sprite (using only Stopped, Walking, and Attack) in the four cardinal directions.  If somebody could please just show me the scripts, I would make the rest of the game by myself.