[alpha v8]Wastelands Of Death

[jjmafiae]

moved thread!

[micha]

Nice and already quiet well playable.

The enemy movement is not very well. you should change it, so zombies don't cluster so much.
First, take the distance vector from a zombie to the player:

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dx = player.x - zombie.x
dy = player.y - zombie.x

Then divide this vector by it's length

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length = math.sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy)
dx = dx/length
dy = dy/length

Then move the zombie in this direction, multiplied with it's speed

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zombie.x=zombie.speed*dx*dt
zombie.y=zombie.speed*dy*dt

Now the zombies should walk to the player in straight lines.

[jjmafiae]

Nice and already quiet well playable.

The enemy movement is not very well. you should change it, so zombies don't cluster so much.
First, take the distance vector from a zombie to the player:

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dx = player.x - zombie.x
dy = player.y - zombie.x

Then divide this vector by it's length

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length = math.sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy)
dx = dx/length
dy = dy/length

Then move the zombie in this direction, multiplied with it's speed

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zombie.x=zombie.speed*dx*dt
zombie.y=zombie.speed*dy*dt

Now the zombies should walk to the player in straight lines.

thanks for the tip/help i had ALOT of problem with the zombies

[jjmafiae]

Nice and already quiet well playable.

The enemy movement is not very well. you should change it, so zombies don't cluster so much.
First, take the distance vector from a zombie to the player:

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dx = player.x - zombie.x
dy = player.y - zombie.x

Then divide this vector by it's length

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length = math.sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy)
dx = dx/length
dy = dy/length

Then move the zombie in this direction, multiplied with it's speed

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zombie.x=zombie.speed*dx*dt
zombie.y=zombie.speed*dy*dt

Now the zombies should walk to the player in straight lines.

and nearly forgot about it: print("micha has a nice avatar!")

[jjmafiae]

Nice and already quiet well playable.

The enemy movement is not very well. you should change it, so zombies don't cluster so much.
First, take the distance vector from a zombie to the player:

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dx = player.x - zombie.x
dy = player.y - zombie.x

Then divide this vector by it's length

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length = math.sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy)
dx = dx/length
dy = dy/length

Then move the zombie in this direction, multiplied with it's speed

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zombie.x=zombie.speed*dx*dt
zombie.y=zombie.speed*dy*dt

Now the zombies should walk to the player in straight lines.

i have a problem i cant get it to work:

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function zombie_move(dt)
  for i,c in ipairs(zombies) do
   if c.dead == false then
        dx = player.x - c.x
        dy = player.y - c.y
		
		length = math.sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy)
        dx = dx/length
        dy = dy/length
		
        c.x=zombies.speed*dx*dt
        c.y=zombies.speed*dy*dt
   end
  end
end

[Robin]

i have a problem i cant get it to work

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function zombie_move(dt)
  for i,c in ipairs(zombies) do
   if c.dead == false then
        local dx = player.x - c.x
        local dy = player.y - c.y
		
	local length = math.sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy)
        dx = dx/length
        dy = dy/length
		
        c.x= c.x + zombies.speed*dx*dt
        c.y=c.y + zombies.speed*dy*dt
   end
  end
end

The "local" declarations are not necessary, but they are proper.

[micha]

i have a problem i cant get it to work:

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function zombie_move(dt)
  for i,c in ipairs(zombies) do
   if c.dead == false then
        dx = player.x - c.x
        dy = player.y - c.y
		
		length = math.sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy)
        dx = dx/length
        dy = dy/length
		
        c.x=zombies.speed*dx*dt
        c.y=zombies.speed*dy*dt
   end
  end
end

Can you specify what exactly not works?
I have a wild guess: your variable "zombies" is a table of entities which have the information on all zombies. In the last lines you use zombies.speed. Maybe you mean c.speed? Or to test it you can also just use a global variable speed and set it to any value.

[jjmafiae]

i have a problem i cant get it to work:

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function zombie_move(dt)
  for i,c in ipairs(zombies) do
   if c.dead == false then
        dx = player.x - c.x
        dy = player.y - c.y
		
		length = math.sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy)
        dx = dx/length
        dy = dy/length
		
        c.x=zombies.speed*dx*dt
        c.y=zombies.speed*dy*dt
   end
  end
end

Can you specify what exactly not works?
I have a wild guess: your variable "zombies" is a table of entities which have the information on all zombies. In the last lines you use zombies.speed. Maybe you mean c.speed? Or to test it you can also just use a global variable speed and set it to any value.

the zombie don't move it just stands still!

[jjmafiae]

i have a problem i cant get it to work

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function zombie_move(dt)
  for i,c in ipairs(zombies) do
   if c.dead == false then
        local dx = player.x - c.x
        local dy = player.y - c.y
		
	local length = math.sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy)
        dx = dx/length
        dy = dy/length
		
        c.x= c.x + zombies.speed*dx*dt
        c.y=c.y + zombies.speed*dy*dt
   end
  end
end

The "local" declarations are not necessary, but they are proper.

THANKS ROBIN AND MICHA YOU HAVE BEEN A HUGE HELP (i will put you in special thanks section when the game is ready!)