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Posted: 28th May 2008 03:01
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I'm working on a side scrolling shooter [along the lines of Raiden except rotated 90 degrees]. How do I go about putting enemies in waves? As in... enemies in these games usually have certain locations in the waves and patterns that they follow, not just random positioning.

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sin wave?

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You could also have a procedure or function for each pattern which sets the position of each ship based on offsets of the first one.

For example, for a V pattern you would place the first one in the centre then the second row would be calculated as X amount to one side of the first and Y amount back - and so on. This could easily be done with a For..Next loop with very little maths.

As they all move in the same direction and the same speed they would stay in formation.

More complicated formations would as pcRaider says involve a bit of maths.

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