Moving over an unleveled terrain

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JORGEMAL

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Posted: 17th Oct 2013 22:35

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How can I move a character over an unleveled terrain?
My game will have an unleveled terrain with small hills so a character must walk following the non-uniform terrain moving accordingly.

We thought about using 2 sprites (the character and the terrain) and detect collision between them, but we are sure there must be a better solution.

Please see attached sample image.

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Jorge Maldonado

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Markus

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Posted: 17th Oct 2013 23:04 Edited at: 17th Oct 2013 23:08

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you can make a array for y values.
dim height[screenwidth]
h=height[player.x]

and the sprite offset y for player at feet.

i would move the player at first manual and put the values in this
array and save it.
then you can load the array and use the values.

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easter bunny

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Posted: 18th Oct 2013 01:25

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You could also use the physics system.

Place Static Physics Sprites to outline the map and make them invisible
Then make the character a dynamic physics sprite and use SetSpritePhysicsCanRotate(spriteID,0)

Use SetSpritePhysicsImpulse() to move the player, you'll need to set it's restitution very low (so it doesn't bounce) and that sort of thing.