I'm creating a game where the player follows a set path upon pressing the up arrow. The map is created in Tiled and implemented using STI.
I'm not sure if it's an issue with how I have implemented the path following (most likely) or the camera movement.
The issue happens when the the up arrow is held down (and so the player automatically follows the set path) and is most obvious when the camera begins to follow the character (so the player's x value is half the width of the screen).
Please help!
This is what it looks like:
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local followPath = function()
-- Set closestObj to the closest path
if xDistance < 0 then
xDistance = -xDistance
end
if yDistance < 0 then
yDistance = -yDistance
end
local xyDistance = xDistance + yDistance
local index = 1
for i = 1, #path do
local xDistance = self.x - path[i].x
if xDistance < 0 then
xDistance = -xDistance
end
local yDistance = self.y - path[i].y
if yDistance < 0 then
yDistance = -yDistance
end
if xDistance + yDistance <= xyDistance and path[i].visited == false then
xyDistance = xDistance + yDistance
closestObj = path[i]
index = i
end
end
-- If we are on the next path square, set it to visited
if self.x >= closestObj.x and self.y >= closestObj.y then
closestObj.visited = true
-- Fixes getting stuck at path[1] issue
if index == 1 then
closestObj = path[index + 1]
end
end
-- Move to next closest path square at speed pathVelocity
local moveAlong = function(closestObject)
-- local startX = self.x
-- local startY = self.y
-- local targetX = closestObject.x
-- local targetY = closestObject.y
-- local distance = (targetX - startX)^2 + (targetY - startY)^2
-- tween = flux.to(self, distance/(self.pathVelocity*10), { x = closestObject.x, y = closestObject.y })
-- dist2 - the distance to the closest object (in a straight line)
local dist2= (closestObject.x - self.x)^2 + (closestObject.y - self.y)^2
local obj_vx, obj_vy = 0,0
local startPosX, startPosY = self.x,self.y
local pv = self.pathVelocity
-- Speed up for when falling - to look more realistic
if closestObject.y > self.y then
pv = self.pathVelocity - self.gravity * 5 * dt
end
if dist2 == 0 then
-- avoid division by 0
obj_vx, obj_vy = 0, 0
else
local dist = math.sqrt(dist2)
obj_vx = (closestObject.x - self.x) / dist * pv
obj_vy = (closestObject.y - self.y) / dist * pv
end
cols = self:movePlayer(self.x + obj_vx * dt, self.y + obj_vy * dt, dt)
--Check collisions
if #cols ~=0 then
for i=1,#cols do
local c = cols[i]
if c.other.name == "enemy1" then
local elayer = map.layers["EnemySprites"]
-- if touch point is at top of enemy
local x,y,w,h = world:getRect(c.other)
for i = 1, #elayer do
local xx,yy = elayer[i].x,elayer[i].y
if x == xx and y == yy then
world:remove(c.other)
table.remove(elayer,i)
break
end
end
end
end
end
-- dist3 - distance from the start position to position now (in a straight line)
local dist3 = (startPosX - self.x)^2 + (startPosY - self.y)^2
if dist3 >= dist2 then
print("3: ".. dist3)
print("2: ".. dist2)
-- Overshot - teleport to target instead.
self.x = closestObject.x
self.y = closestObject.y
obj_vx = 0
obj_vy = 0
end
end
-- print("closestObj: " .. closestObj.x,closestObj.y)
-- print("self: ".. self.x,self.y)
moveAlong(closestObj)
end