Tower Siege 2

B3D00 · January 18, 2009, 9:50pm

Cool!!!
I love it when you build a wall. That can be a nice way to make separate maps in the game engine!! All models still have to be on the same engine though

mokazon · January 19, 2009, 6:34am

Well, if you are really organized, you should know what percentage of the game is done.

GaretEliot · January 19, 2009, 8:18am

There’s no way to tell… please stop spamming this thread with useless comments.

yournamehere · January 19, 2009, 11:27am

Well, if you are really organized, you should know what percentage of the game is done.

Mokazon, I’m a patient person, but I can’t take this anymore. I click on this thread to see updates, not to see spam. No one cares how much of the game is done in percentages. Game design is not systematic, it’s about problem solving. Please, leave the thread alone. You’ve said more than you need to say.

peace,
-nick

edit: Killer, just put your updates in the first post. please, it would help all of us.

GaretEliot · January 19, 2009, 1:13pm

Yes I will start posting updates in the first post. As i didn’t expect it to get this cluttered up =X

GaretEliot · January 19, 2009, 1:36pm

I have a problem, I’m trying to add both the empty and the siege unit separate and set them both in the dictionary but I get this weird problem, here’s my code:


		if lmb.isPositive() and own.activeObject == "siege" and own.timer &gt;= 1:
			pos = own.getPosition()
			
			addObject.setObject("SiegeUnit1")
			addObject.instantAddObject()
			obj = addObject.getLastCreatedObject()
			objname = obj.getName()
			
			addObject.setObject("Siege")
			addObject.instantAddObject()
			obj1 = addObject.getLastCreatedObject()
			obj1name = obj.getName()
			
			
			obj.setPosition([pos[0],pos[1],0.500])


			
			GameLogic.siegeUnits[obj1] = obj
			GameLogic.selectedUnit = [obj1]

now if I remove this:


			addObject.setObject("Siege")
			addObject.instantAddObject()
			obj1 = addObject.getLastCreatedObject()
			obj1name = obj.getName()

it works fine (but i’m moving an empty so I can’t see the object cause it wasn’t added)

GaretEliot · January 19, 2009, 2:29pm

I fixed it! Ok now for a while I have to announce that I’m done editing the mouse script! (the unit creation/movement script) because that script is fiiiinnnniiiishhhheeedd! I’m now working on making the unit detect collision (so they don’t go through walls.)

My brain is fried now, lol. So i need suggestions. To detect collisions I have 4 ray sensors (on each side) and set to INV so if they’re true he goes forward otherwise he sits still. This works fine EXCEPT when I move it next to a stationary object (say a building of another siege unit) i can no longer move the unit (if it’s next to another unit I can’t move either) any suggestions?

andrew-101 · January 19, 2009, 6:16pm

Because the game is tile based you can detect walls and buildings by having a two dimensional list storing passable values. eg:

width = 10
height = 10

passable = []

for x in range(width):
    passable.append([])
    for y in range(height):
        passable[x].append(1)

To detect units you will need rays.

Also, is this:

if lmb.isPositive() and own.activeObject == "siege" and<b> own.timer &gt;= 1</b>:

There so the objects don’t get constantly added? It can be better done like this:

if lmb.isPositive() and <b>lmb.isTriggered()</b> and own.activeObject == 'siege':

GaretEliot · January 19, 2009, 7:52pm

Here’s a simple mockup for the avatar. I’m no texture artist and I will edit, this is just the style I’m going for.

Edit, for some reason the transparency isn’t showing up right =X

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GaretEliot · January 20, 2009, 10:04pm

Andrew, I know how to detect objects, my problem is if I stop motion when an object is detected it won’t move when you click away from it =/

GaretEliot · January 24, 2009, 12:01pm

Updated first post!

GaretEliot · January 24, 2009, 12:32pm

I figured out how to randomly spawn trees! This is my method:

Trees need to be on the grid (an even number) so I used the random module to get a random number in a range (in this case the grid is 4x11 so I randomed the xy between those values and set the position of the trees to that. Here’s a quick screen of the random trees! (using 10 trees)

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dmills · January 24, 2009, 2:21pm

Fantastic! Simply fantastic!

GaretEliot · January 26, 2009, 8:43am

Here’s a demo with a light bloom shader. Notice the glowing objects, it adds an entirely new level of graphics to it.

EDIT:: And another screenshot

Here’s a high quality:

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MinceMeat · January 26, 2009, 4:12pm

That screen shot looks great, I very much like the glowing words.
Good luck with the rest of the game, you have had excellent progress so far.

MinceMeat

GaretEliot · January 26, 2009, 4:27pm

Thanks! I hope to finish it in the next few weeks, the python part is just about done, I’m now working in gimp to make a GUI, then add in the final touches to AI, and I should be good to go!

mjw · January 26, 2009, 7:29pm

it looks sooo good is it a free game or will you sell it?

GaretEliot · January 26, 2009, 7:47pm

It’ll be free

zymn · January 26, 2009, 7:51pm

excellent bloom, killer. but, for such awesome features, the trees seem… i dunno. “simple”. i think the trees should be like, more detailed or somethin, since everything else is so complex and stuff. know what i mean?

GaretEliot · January 26, 2009, 7:57pm

The trees are temp.