Hello! I'm making a game, and have decided to start making an enemy. I don't know how to do this, but that's fine, due to the SquidGod tutorial about enemy AI. I've used it for multiple other projects, and it's always worked fine. But for some reason, this time it's been kinda funky. I don't know what it is, but the enemy just won't move. Does anybody have any ideas why this might be, or have an alternate enemy ai? Thanks so much!
Hard to tell without the code in question - do you have the code that's supposed to fire their movement? Does everything else work as expected?
Oh, okay, wait. Sorry, I pretty much just figured it out. Sorry to bother you!
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No worries! I have a habit of asking things in public and then figuring them out straight after 
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Thanks! Actually, I ran into a new problem. I modified the original enemy code from the SquidGod video, so that the player takes damage when the enemy is on a tile NEXT TO the player, instead of in the same tile, and therefore it makes it confusing when the enemies are able to still go into the same position as the player. How might I be able to keep the enemies from going into the same tile as the player, but still chase the player?
If you are using squidgod's code, you can do something like this where you swap the enemy tile:
if NewEnemyX != player.px then
if NewEnemyY != player.py then
tell NewEnemyX,NewEnemyY to
swap "{enemy_tile}"
end
end
end
What this essentially does is, checking if the new place the enemy tries to go to is where the player is. if it isn't, the enemy can move to the new location. Hope this helps!
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This almost works for me, but if the enemy is in the same X or Y as the player, it disappears, and I'm not entirely sure how to fix this. The game is turn based, so every time you move twice, the enemies go. You can see below that on an enemy's turn, if the enemy goes into the same x or y as the player, it disappears. How might I be able to fix this?
Ohhh I know what's happening. Ok so- the way that the code works (if I remember correctly), is that it first erases the monster tile then puts it back in the new location. You'd want to put the "check" after the game changes the x/y location, undoing the change if it happens to be the player tile. I fear my explanation isn't clear enough, so here's how I imagined it:
newEnemyX = event.x
newEnemyY = event.y
if event.px<newEnemyX then
newEnemyX--
//now we check the location
if newEnemyX == event.px then
if newEnemyY == event.py then
//its the same as the player coordinates, so we change it back
newEnemyX++
end
end
elseif event.px>newEnemyX then
newEnemyX++
//now we check the location
if newEnemyX == event.px then
if newEnemyY == event.py then
//its the same as the player coordinates, so we change it back
newEnemyX--
end
end
end
tileAtNewPos = solid newEnemyX,newEnemyY
tileAtNewPos = name newEnemyX,newEnemyY
if tileAtNewPos!="white" then
newEnemyX = event.x
end
if event.py<newEnemyY then
newEnemyY--
//now we check the location
if newEnemyX == event.px then
if newEnemyY == event.py then
//its the same as the player coordinates, so we change it back
newEnemyY++
end
end
elseif event.py>newEnemyY then
newEnemyY++
//now we check the location
if newEnemyX == event.px then
if newEnemyY == event.py then
//its the same as the player coordinates, so we change it back
newEnemyY--
end
end
tileAtNewPos = solid newEnemyX,newEnemyY
tileAtNewPos = name newEnemyX,newEnemyY
if tileAtNewPos!="white" then
newEnemyY = event.y
end
swap "white"
tell newEnemyX,newEnemyY to
swap "enemy"
end
Its be a bit tedious, so better suggestions are welcome. I hope this fixes it, and sorry for the previous mistake! The game looks super cool btw
So sorry to keep bugging you, but I've found one more thing I haven't been able to fix! This works, but strangely, the enemy only moves if the player is below it, and will therefore only move downwards. Do you know how I might be able to fix this?
Uhhhh I'm not really sure. Can you maybe send the code, so I could take a look?
Yes, here it is for the enemy:
on enemyMoveUpdate do
newEnemyX = event.x
newEnemyY = event.y
if event.px<newEnemyX then
newEnemyX--
// now we check the location
if newEnemyX==event.px then
if newEnemyY==event.py then
// its the same as the player coordinates, so we change it back
newEnemyX++
end
end
elseif event.px>newEnemyX then
newEnemyX++
// now we check the location
if newEnemyX==event.px then
if newEnemyY==event.py then
// its the same as the player coordinates, so we change it back
newEnemyX--
end
end
end
tileAtNewPos = solid newEnemyX,newEnemyY
tileAtNewPos = name newEnemyX,newEnemyY
if tileAtNewPos!="floor" then
newEnemyX = event.x
end
if event.py<newEnemyY then
newEnemyY--
// now we check the location
if newEnemyX==event.px then
if newEnemyY==event.py then
// its the same as the player coordinates, so we change it back
newEnemyY++
end
end
elseif event.py>newEnemyY then
newEnemyY++
// now we check the location
if newEnemyX==event.px then
if newEnemyY==event.py then
// its the same as the player coordinates, so we change it back
newEnemyY--
end
end
tileAtNewPos = solid newEnemyX,newEnemyY
tileAtNewPos = name newEnemyX,newEnemyY
if tileAtNewPos!="floor" then
newEnemyY = event.y
end
swap "floor"
tell newEnemyX,newEnemyY to
swap "enemy"
end
end
end
I'm pretty sure that this is the same as the code that you came up with before?
And enemyMoveUpdate is called every second player movement.
Thanks for all of the help!
Took some testing, but this should work (there was a misplaced end there on my part)-
on enemyMoveUpdate do
newEnemyX = event.x
newEnemyY = event.y
if event.px<newEnemyX then
newEnemyX--
// now we check the location
if newEnemyX==event.px then
if newEnemyY==event.py then
// its the same as the player coordinates, so we change it back
newEnemyX = event.x
end
end
end
if event.px>newEnemyX then
newEnemyX++
// now we check the location
if newEnemyX==event.px then
if newEnemyY==event.py then
// its the same as the player coordinates, so we change it back
newEnemyX = event.x
end
end
end
tileAtNewPos = solid newEnemyX,newEnemyY
tileAtNewPos = name newEnemyX,newEnemyY
if tileAtNewPos!="floor" then
newEnemyX = event.x
end
if event.py<newEnemyY then
newEnemyY--
// now we check the location
if newEnemyX==event.px then
if newEnemyY==event.py then
// its the same as the player coordinates, so we change it back
newEnemyY = event.y
end
end
end
if event.py>newEnemyY then
newEnemyY++
// now we check the location
if newEnemyX==event.px then
if newEnemyY==event.py then
// its the same as the player coordinates, so we change it back
newEnemyY = event.y
end
end
end
tileAtNewPos = solid newEnemyX,newEnemyY
tileAtNewPos = name newEnemyX,newEnemyY
if tileAtNewPos!="floor" then
newEnemyY = event.y
end
swap "floor"
tell newEnemyX,newEnemyY to
swap "enemy"
end
end
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Thank you so much for all of your help! This works perfectly. Thank you so much!
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