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[MoscowModder]

I added this code to my copy of ghost.zh:

CODE

//Extend-only mod: negative script number sets extend
        if(enemy->Attributes[11] < 0 ){
            enemy->Extend = enemy->Attributes[11]*-1;
            enemy->Misc[__GHI_IN_USE] = 1;
            continue;
        }

I made a new enemy with the appropriate attribute set to -2 (extend=2). However, its animation is messed up. The first sprite looks perfectly fine, but the second sprite shifts only one tile over so it includes part of the first as well.

The tiles are set up like this (and I selected the highlighted tile):
But while the first frame looks right, the second frame looks like this:

The animation is set to 2-frame (walking enemy). What is going wrong?

[Cukeman]

I would also like to make 2x2 enemies.
But there'd have to be a way to set their hitbox in case their sprite is less than 32x32 pixels.

[tox_von]

i couldnt get extend to work either thats why i use ffcs for my enemies you can do it that way if you need to.

[Orithan]

From what I've read in the documentation, Extend needs to be set to at least 3 in order for it to work properly.

[MoscowModder]

Then I have to set the height and width manually?

[Mero]

Unfortunately, your best bet is to extend it to 3 with a ffc script, and then set the tileblock size and position as well as the hitbox size and position.

[MoscowModder]

Well, that's fine. I can just edit my ghost.zh addon. Thanks for letting me know!

CODE

// Already in use?
        if(enemy->Misc[__GHI_IN_USE]!=0)
            continue;
//PLACE BELOW THIS SECTION OF THE AUTOGHOST() FUNCTION

//Extend-only mod: negative script number sets extend
        if(enemy->Attributes[11] < 0 ){
            enemy->Extend = 3;
            enemy->TileWidth = enemy->Attributes[10]*-1; //Attribute 11 = -width
            enemy->TileHeight = enemy->Attributes[11]*-1; //Attribute 12 = -height
            enemy->HitWidth = enemy->Attributes[10]*-16;
            enemy->HitHeight = enemy->Attributes[11]*-16;
            enemy->Misc[__GHI_IN_USE] = 1;
            continue;
        }

Edited by MoscowModder, 26 June 2012 - 10:58 AM.

[Saffith]

Pretty sure it ought to work. What enemy type is that?

[MoscowModder]

It's a walking enemy and I can confirm that it works.

[Cukeman]

Can you please teach me to use that? I already have the ghost.zh file, but I haven't done anything with it.

[MoscowModder]

Teach you to do what exactly?

[Cukeman]

to be able to make 2x2 enemies and set their hitbox

[MoscowModder]

If you want to use my ghost.zh mod, just put the new section under the section copy/pasted above, then set its width in negative tiles in Misc. Attrib. 11 and its height, also in negative tiles, in Attrib 12. Unlike big Link tiles, you choose the top-left of a block of tiles for the sprite.

[Cukeman]

What if I have a second enemy with a different sized hitbox?

Also, is this script loaded into a slot in the enemy editor, or...?

Edited by Cukeman, 26 June 2012 - 09:16 PM.

[MoscowModder]

This script is global. You can have different sizes for each enemy

set its (the enemy's) width in negative tiles in Misc. Attrib. 11 and its height, also in negative tiles, in Attrib 12. Unlike big Link tiles, you choose the top-left of a block of tiles for the sprite.