Slowing players while animate_movement is off

ID:314956
 
Feb 17 2012, 10:04 pm
(See the best response by Kaiochao.)
Title states it all. Any idea how to slow players down?

I tried a library that had something along the lines of:

mob/var
    delay = 0
mob
    Move()
        sleep(delay)
        ..()

But, that gave me some weird bug that caused the player to seemingly teleport from tile to tile in an odd fashion.

e.g.: to a tile one space to the west, and 2 spaces north, while moving north before returning to the right spot.
Feb 17 2012, 10:15 pm
Best response
1. Use pixel movement.
mob
    // Lower = Slower.
    step_size = 4


2. What you're more likely looking for is something to prevent movement until a timer has finished:
mob
    var last_move_time

    // Higher = Slower.
    var move_delay = 5
    Move()
        // if enough time has passed
        if(world.time > last_move_time + move_delay)
            // attempt the move
            . = ..()
            if(.)
                // reset the delay if the move is successful
                last_move_time = world.time
Feb 17 2012, 10:20 pm
In response to Kaiochao
Well, my little project was specifically designed to not use pixel movement, so option 1 was a no go, haha. However, option 2 did the trick.

Thanks for the help~