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Averaging Movement – Mene-Mene

Mene-Mene

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From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Registered: 10-23-2006
 		I'm attempting a game inwhich I'll choose the strategy, and AI of the opponents, then they'll fight each other. I'm not sure though how to average movement.

I know that 45 means exactly half-way between right, and up so:

Ex.

facing = 45

speed = 4

If facing = 45 then

Movementspeed = speed / 2

px = px + movementspeed
py = py + movementspeed

endif

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Realm Master

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Registered: 05-15-2005
 		Well, its been a year since i leared this but...

can't you use Cos and Sin(e)?

Its really vague in my mind but it goes something like tihs 

direction = 45
speed = 4
vecx = Cos(direction) * speed
vecy = Sin(direction) * speed
px = px + vecx
py = py + vecy

althought x might need SIn and y might need Cos... i dunno, i've forgotten.

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Mene-Mene

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Registered: 10-23-2006
 		RM: Thank you, You're so great and Powerful... I didn't know that they could be used for that, I don't really have a good understanding of what they do, just that they can do what I want them to do in "" instances. I'll be able to take it from here.

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MM out-
Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto
Lava
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quote:
Originally posted by Mene-Mene:
RM: Thank you, You're so great and Powerful...

LOL!

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Mene-Mene

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Registered: 10-23-2006
 		Lava: I said that because he's always rolling about how inexperienced he is, and how I've got less than he does.

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MM out-
Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto
Lava
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 		Haha, I know, there was nothing wrong with what you said, I just thought it was hilarious

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 		*WARNING: THAT COMMENT MAY CAUSE EGO INFLATION*

lol.

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Mene-Mene

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From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Registered: 10-23-2006
 		RM: Yay! I think this might be how it goes.


Function Move(facing,thing,speed,direction)
	If direction = 1 Then ;Left
	
		movex = Cos(facing - 90) * speed
		movey = Sin(facing - 90) * speed
	ElseIf direction = 2 Then ;Up
	
		movex = Cos(facing) * speed
		movey = Sin(facing) * speed
		
	ElseIf direction = 3 Then ;Right
	
		movex = Cos(facing + 90) * speed
		movey = Sin(facing + 90) * speed
		
	ElseIf direction = 4 Then ;Back
	
		movex = Cos(facing + 180) * speed
		movey = Sin(facing + 180) * speed
		
	EndIf
	
	If thing = "Player" Then
	
		Player\x = Player\x + movex
		Player\y = Player\y + movey
		
	ElseIf thing = "Enemy" Then
	
		Enemy\x = Enemy\x + movex
		Enemy\y = Enemy\y + movey
		
	EndIf
	
End Function

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MM out-
Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto

[This message has been edited by Mene-Mene (edited December 02, 2006).]
Mene-Mene

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Posts: 1398
From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Registered: 10-23-2006
 		Oops, just remembered Sin, and CoSine are calculated facing the east.

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MM out-
Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto
Lazarus

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 		I could recommend something for memory loss - just bought my M.D degree online.
Mene-Mene

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 		I don't get you.

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MM out-
Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto
Lazarus

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 		There's this scandal about how you can actually buy fake college degrees over the Internet - like there was a cat that had a degree in dentistry and a cow that had a degree in being a veterinarian.

Mene-Mene

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From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Registered: 10-23-2006
 		Oh...

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MM out-
Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto