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Programming Questions / Re: AI Question

« on: December 18, 2016, 03:12:46 PM »

You could use the built in gravity_direction to have the desired behaviour.

Set the gravity in the create event, and in the step event have the line:

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with(objPlayer)
  other.gravity_direction=point_direction(other.x,other.y,x,y);

So that the acceleration of your object is always pointing towards the player.
If you don't want said object to get too far away from the player I suggest also putting a cap on its speed.

This worked surprisingly well! Thanks! 

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Programming Questions / AI Question

« on: December 18, 2016, 02:21:09 PM »

Okay, before i begin, i wanna say that i understand a fair amount of programming, when it comes to game maker: studio, with around 332 hours in the program, but I have no idea how i would get this to work.

Basically, i want to make an object that moves towards the player, but instead of instantly changing it's direction to always move towards the player, i want the object to overshoot if the player dodges, and turn around to try again, like sonic from IWBTB, or this example i found:


As I said, I have no idea where to start with something like this, so any help will be appreciated.

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Programming Questions / Area name display (Like I Dun wanna be anything 2)

« on: July 10, 2016, 03:55:17 AM »

In "I Dun Wanna Be Anything 2" whenever you move from one area to a different area, the area's name is displayed on screen in a nice effect (like this):


how would i recreate this effect and get it to activate when moving from one room to another (but not when dying) ??

(Note: I am using the Gm:S version of the KS engine