I've looked at/run all the Lite-C tutorials - they make sense - and I can build levels - no problem - but I can't get the darn wizard to walk! I'm impressed with Gamestudio (A8) but it's making me feel like an idiot! I've built simple level, added Lite-C script, run the script, cut/pasted options for player_walk, tried with Wizard in the level and out of the level. Script examples don't appear to be adding the wizard, so I've placed him in the level, but all he does is run through animation frames. Is there a step-by-step instruction anywhere? This isn't rocket science and I'm, presumably, not a complete idiot after years of engineering and modeling.

Hi,

To connect a script to a level, you must first open the level's properties and assign the script through the dialog box you see on the first tab. Then, you must open your entity's properties and assign your action to the wizard under the behavior panel.

Hope that helps.

Okay, thanks, although I tried that, I will try it again. So its okay, I guess, to place the player in the level in WED first. Here goes. . .

I just tried that but I get a black screen with a "engine not responding" message.

Make sure to place a wait(1); instruction in your action's while() loop, otherwise it will prevent the engine from "breathing": updating the video, receiving input, etc.

Good point - I remember that's important - I'll check. Your help is much appreciated! Logging out for awhile.

Also remember that if you run a level with a script attached, it actually doesn't run the level at all: it runs the script, which is then given the responsibility to load the level. Thus you must use a level_load() statement in your function main() to load the level when you run the script through the level editor.

It's confusing, I know.

My Wizard walks around now! What a relief. Now, how do I make his footsteps make noise. I think I've seen a few examples, but not in Lite-C. Also, how can I add a toggle to switch from 3rd person camera to 1st person, where all I see are maybe my arm when extended? I know, us newbies are incorrigible. . .

To make footsteps, you need to use ent_playsound() to play a sound effect at the entity's location. To have the sound effect play only during certain parts of the wizard's animation, you will have to use some tricky conditional statements that check his current state of animation and play a sound effect. There's no one way to do this, so I'll leave it up to you to figure out; but if you need further help, I can write you an example.

To create a first person camera, you'll need to modify the position and rotation vectors of the "camera" object. An easy way to do this would be:

But a simpler way to write that would be:


Both blocks of code will place the camera at the entity's origin. Of course, you can move the camera up or down by simply adding or subtracting to the Z parameter of the camera object.

This is very cool - much appreciated! I'll start experimenting. I apologize for my lack of savy but am an isolated user. If I get overly frustrated I may need further assistance, but will do my best. . .