Inheritance. This tutorial covers the basics of inheritance in Game Maker. I've got a problem where the player object gets 'stuck' on obstacles in the game. I *suspect* this is because a collision causes some small amount of overlap, and ends up locking the player object in place. If I apply move_bounce_solid(true) to the player object, this applies a good bounce effect, but this 'automatic' bounce doesn't reduce speed, so a fast moving player starts to bounce like a pinball. Not the behavior i'm looking for. So I need to write my own collision handling code. This is a good opportunity to learn about inheritance. The practical purpose is to put my player collision code in a parent object, so all player objects inherit the same collision properties. I also augmented the YoYo Games Recommend Controller Implementation to create additional player spawn pads in a vertical row, preventing new players from spawning atop one another. obj_spawn_pad is a non-solid starting line whose purpose is to posess x,y coordinates where a player should spawn. if !(instance_exists(player[pad])) // Check to see if an instance is associated with this pad index { //Create a new spawn pad, located on top of starting spawn pad instance_create(obj_spawn_pad.x, obj_spawn_pad.y, obj_spawn_pad) //Identify instance number of new spawn pad player_pad_instance = instance_find(obj_spawn_pad, pad) //move spawn_pad down, according to player number player_pad_instance.y = player_pad_instance.y - 80*pad // Create a player object, spawn it on the new spawn pad, and assign it a gamepad number player[pad] = instance_create(player_pad_instance.x, player_pad_instance.y, object_player); with (player[pad]) { image_index = pad; pad_num = pad; } } |
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