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[MrStickman]

I'm new, so please don't kill me!
I have a problem with programming.
Actually if you even watched Shaun Spalding's tutorial, you can see, that he made a checkpoint tutorial.
Here comes the problem: When i collide with an enemy, my character instead of respawning just freezes in same place and comes back after few frames. It never dies.
What can I do?

 

[obscene]

Nobody will kill you this time, but when you have a bug in your code realize it's hard for us to point you to the fix without seeing any of it.

 

[zircher]

Also, not need for duplicate posting and your subject line should be meaningful. Something like "Need help with checkpoint logic" rather than a generic plea for help.

Can you post a meaning code fragment so we can base any fixes or questions on actual data?

 

[MrStickman]

Ok, I have to close the topic, because I fund that in the innitialize room the "persistent" option was on, and that messed everything :V. But thanks for help! Now i know that i can find help on this awesome forum!

 

[Landonbay]

I am having huge trouble with my checkpoints as well, when I touch the checkpoint, the player just snags right onto it, and can no longer move. I used the same tutorial as well, and am stumped

 

[DividingByZero]

I am having huge trouble with my checkpoints as well, when I touch the checkpoint, the player just snags right onto it, and can no longer move. I used the same tutorial as well, and am stumped

I too have done this tutorial and it works, assuming you did it right

Share you code related to the player colliding with the checkpoint.

 

[Landonbay]

I too have done this tutorial and it works, assuming you did it right

Share you code related to the player colliding with the checkpoint.

I can,
if (place_meeting(x,y,test))
{
global.checkpoint = id;
global.checkpointx = x;
global.checkpointy = y;
global.checkpointR = room;
}

if (global.checkpoint == room)
{
if (global.checkpoint == id) image_index = 1; else image_index = 0;
}

But all I get is the player ("test" in the code) getting connected and permanently stuck to the object.

 

[lolslayer]

Nobody will kill you this time, but when you have a bug in your code realize it's hard for us to point you to the fix without seeing any of it.

He specifically asked you not to kill him you numnut.

 

[DividingByZero]

You must have something some where that is setting your test.x and test.y to the global.checkpointx and global.checkpointy after the collision occurs.

 

[Landonbay]

You must have something some where that is setting your test.x and test.y to the global.checkpointx and global.checkpointy after the collision occurs.

I see, though I am not sure where. as mentioned, it is basically a similar code to the one in the video, unfortunately, I do not know how to fix this problem. (although knowing my luck, the problem is probably right in front of me.)

 

[DividingByZero]

Share more code then - something is causing your test object to stay at the place of the checkpoint. I am not really sure what it is, though.

 

[Landonbay]

Share more code then - something is causing your test object to stay at the place of the checkpoint. I am not really sure what it is, though.

for my player object, I had this code into the step (as the tutorial had)

if (global.checkpointR == room)
{
x = global.checkpointx;
y = global.checkpointy;
}

I did remove this code from the test object, and it was able to pass through with no problem, howver, it does not interact with the checkpoint anymore

 

[DividingByZero]

All that should happen when you touch the check point is set the x and y coordinates that your player will spawn when you die. And also maybe an animation or something.

 

[Landonbay]

All that should happen when you touch the check point is set the x and y coordinates that your player will spawn when you die. And also maybe an animation or something.

I really am at a loss then, unless there is something wrong with the script code, but it is the same as in the tutorial.
there is no animation upon it ATM, all I know is that the player character becomes attached and frozen up to the checkpoint.

 

[DividingByZero]

My point was when you collide with the checkpoint, nothing much really happens. An x and y variable is stored to indicate where you will spawn when you die. As I was saying, I can't remember specifically how the tutorial goes, but there may have been an animation that occurs to the checkpoint once you collide as well.

if (global.checkpointR == room)
{
x = global.checkpointx;
y = global.checkpointy;
}

The reason this code made you stick is EVERY step of your player, you were resetting your player's x and y values to that of the global.checkpointx and y that you stored on collision. That code should be in your player's create event, so it fires once when the player is added to the room (typically after a room_restart() when you die).