Warp to Co-ordinates on another map

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Jan 19 2006, 10:12 am
I have my game split up into like 7 different map files. Normally on my games I only have one map with several 'z' levels, so entering the coords to warp to is easy, but how would I do it in this case?


        Coords(varX as num, varY as num, varZ as num)
            set name = "Coords"
            set category = "GM"
            set desc = "X,Y,Z"
            if(varX > world.maxx) // if the number they put in is higher than the map's highest point make it go as close as it can, that way they dont go off map and have to relog
                src.x = world.maxx
            else
                if(varX < 1) // if its less than one go to one since you cant have negative map points
                    src.x = 1
            if(varY > world.maxy)
                src.y = world.maxy
            else
                if(varY < 1)
                    src.y = 1
            if(varZ > world.maxz)
                src.z = world.maxz
            else
                if(varZ < 1)
                    src.z = 1
            src.loc = locate(varX,varY,varZ)


Thats my Co-Ordinates code, now say I am on map A, and I want to teleport to the coords 5,5,1 on on B. How would I do this?


.::Dice::.
Jan 19 2006, 12:36 pm
Well, since I have the time I think I will try to help you.


Say you have Map A with 3 z levels and Map B with 2 z levels, and let's assume these are in ascending order by the character after map.


If you wanted to teleport to coordinates (1,1,3) it would go to the last z level of Map A. But let's say you wanted to go to Map B, the second z level. Well you would use (1,1,5). Now for the explanation. (It is ruff, as I have never described this or looked into it, but I remember reading it awhile back for problems with world.maxx and world.maxy.)

At runtime, all map files are compressed together. That means that your maps will be pushed together, and forced to take the highest x and highest y of the biggest map. Therefore you will have SOME troubles if your maps are of different sizes. To prevent this, you could use a simple if check, instead of all that mumble jumble you have there.

Example:

if(src.Move(locate(varX,varY,varZ)))  //This checks if the move is successful to the location specified.


That is a mere example, and could be added in with more programming to make it efficient. I suggest a loop.


Any questions, feel free to ask.


-XxDohxX
Jan 19 2006, 12:45 pm
In response to XxDohxX
Yeah I get what you are saying, Im not on my original computer at the moment so I will try that out tomorrow and see if it works.

Thanks a bunch.


.::Dice::.