Backward walk

[guo]

Quick question :

How do I make an NPC or Hero walk backwards? eg facing upwards while walking 1 step down.

Regards.

[Foxley]

Write a simple script to change the hero's walkabout picture set to a copy of their normal one, with the frames facing in opposite directions.

If it's something like facing up while going down a ladder, just have an NPC at the top of the ladder trigger that script, then have another NPC set your hero picture back to normal when you're not on the ladder anymore.

EDIT:
An example might be handy too, now that I think of it.

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## Assuming walkabout set 1 is the hero climbing,
## and set 0 is the regular one.

plotscript, climb ladder, status, begin
	if (status) then (
	set hero picture (me, 1)
	)
	else (reset hero picture(me))
end

Just give the NPC(s) that turns on the climbing graphic a script argument 1, and the NPC(s) that sets it back to normal a script argument 0.

[Pepsi Ranger]

Real easy:

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script,Moonwalk,begin
walk hero (who,direction,distance)
set hero direction (who,opposite direction)
wait for hero (who)
end

Basically, just set the direction after you send the hero (or NPC) in motion.

[guo]

Thanks guys! I just wanted the hero to back away from a threat rather than walk backwards and turn around. If I wanted to move back more than 1 space I guess I'd need to do something like:

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script,Moonwalk,begin 
  walk hero (bigsteve,down,1) 
  set hero direction (bigsteve,up) 
  wait for hero (bigsteve) 
  walk hero (bigsteve,down,1) 
  set hero direction (bigsteve,up) 
  wait for hero (bigsteve) 
  walk hero (bigsteve,down,1) 
  set hero direction (bigsteve,up) 
  wait for hero (bigsteve) 
  walk hero (bigsteve,down,1) 
  set hero direction (bigsteve,up) 
  wait for hero (bigsteve) 
end

right?

[FnrrfYgmSchnish]

I don't think you'll have to use a new set of "walk hero"/"set hero direction" commands for every step unless you want each step to have a slight pause before the next one. If I'm remembering right, all you need to do to make a hero walk down several steps while still facing up is to use a single "walk hero" for however many steps you need, then a single "set hero direction" immediately afterward. The game won't try to change the direction again until after that "walk hero" command is finished.

[guo]

Muchas gracias.

[pjbebi]

this is what I did

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variable (d)
d:= hero direction (me)
walk hero (me,d,-1)
wait for hero (me)

[Bob the Hamster]

Haha! Cool! I did not even realize that a negative walk distance would work like that.

I have added a note about it to the documentation, and added tests for it, so now it is officially supported behavior :)

[FyreWulff]

Reminds me of back in the day where if you talked to an NPC that walked in any game, they could walk backwards or sideways from you if you talked to them just at the right time for one more tile. I swear that got fixed at some point?

[Bob the Hamster]

Reminds me of back in the day where if you talked to an NPC that walked in any game, they could walk backwards or sideways from you if you talked to them just at the right time for one more tile. I swear that got fixed at some point?

I remember that one! I seem to remember that talking to an enemy would not cancel their move, so it happened all the time.

That was fixed a long time ago, so now talking to them causes them to snap back if they are stepping away

[TMC]

Haha! Cool! I did not even realize that a negative walk distance would work like that.

Funny, you too? I said the same thing when pjbebi mentioned it a couple weeks ago.

[SwordPlay]

I'm pretty sure it's always been written in the plotscripting dictionary.
http://hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/doc ... ut-walknpc

EDIT: Is that recently added? I seem to remember reading it somewhere, at least.

[Bob the Hamster]

Yep, I added that on the 15th :)