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Posted: 14th Oct 2008 07:41

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Ok so i was wondering if anyone had an example of how you would switch between characters like in ghost recon or any other squad based game. Like you could switch through your npc squad team members and play as one of them, its a feature i have wanted for my game from day one.

Please and thank you for your help.

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Posted: 14th Oct 2008 19:47 Edited at: 14th Oct 2008 20:05

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This code shows an example how to use the same function (Move_Object()) for different objects (the red ball and the yellow block). You can switch the moving object with a mouseclick. Your function to move a object will probably be more complicated.

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backdrop on
autocam off
hide mouse
set text size 14
set text font "Verdana"
set text to bold
cls
sync on

make object sphere 1,2
color object 1, rgb(255,0,0)
position object 1,0,0,0

make object cube 2,2
color object 2, rgb(255,255,0)
position object 2,5,0,0

position camera 0,5,-8
point camera 0,2,10

ObjNumber=1
EndIt=0
disable escapekey

while EndIt=0
   if inkey$()=chr$(27) then EndIt=1
   Move_Object(ObjNumber)
   if mouseclick()
      if ObjNumber=1
         ObjNumber=2
      else
         ObjNumber=1
      endif
      while mouseclick():sync:endwhile
   endif
   text 1,10, "Use mouseclick to switch objects, <esc> to exit"
   sync
endwhile

end

function Move_Object(n)
   x#=object position x(n)
   y#=object position y(n)
   z#=object position z(n)
   z#=z#+.2
   position object n, x#,y#,z#
endfunction

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Posted: 14th Oct 2008 20:04

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thank you, this should help.

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Posted: 28th Oct 2008 08:43 Edited at: 28th Oct 2008 08:46

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Also, if you want to do squad mates like in Ghost Recon, check out user-created Types.

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TYPE Soldier
    CallSign AS STRING
    Health AS INTEGER
    Accuracy AS INTEGER
    Weapon AS INTEGER
ENDTYPE

This will really simplify having several people with similar but different aspects. After that, you just have to assign an array:

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DIM Player(10) AS Soldier

And then you switch which player in your array you are controlling.

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