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[Mero]

Really? wat  does the frame argument in DrawCombo do?

DrawCombo(int layer, int x, int y, int combo, int w, int h, int cset, int xscale, int yscale, int rx, int ry, int rangle, int frame, int flip, bool transparency, int opacity);

[Saffith]

Nothing. It's never even read.

[Avaro]

The ghost.zh main file appears to have no line breaks for me. Yet, it does compile fine, so the editor still distinguishes between comments and actual script.

[anikom15]

That's because there are line breaks, but they are UNIX-style and so don't show up right in certain editors like Notepad.

[Mero]

Copy and paste into word. Copy and paste from word back into notepad. Problem solved.

[Saffith]

Sorry about that. My IDE lost the line break setting somehow. It should be fixed now.
I fixed a couple of bugs, too:
- AutoGhost no longer runs when ghost.zh is suspended
- Large enemies should no longer try to walk into walls when using four-way walking functions
- FindUnusedFFC is aware of GH_INVISIBLE_COMBO now
- The exploding death animation should no longer cause errors if the enemy fails to stay alive for the duration of the animation
- And it no longer stops the enemy from dropping an item

[MoscowModder]

What do you mean by ghost.zh being suspended?

[Saffith]

After you call SuspendGhostZHScripts(), I mean.

[Moosh]

So wait, you can suspend ghost? Does SuspendGhostZHScripts() suspend all scripts using ghost.zh, just the ghost.zh functions, or just the stuff in the global?

[Mero]

I love it when you update this Saffith.

YOU THE MAN NOW DAWG!

[Saffith]

So wait, you can suspend ghost? Does SuspendGhostZHScripts() suspend all scripts using ghost.zh, just the ghost.zh functions, or just the stuff in the global?

Everything but drawing, effectively. Global functions won't do anything and Ghost_Waitframe functions won't return. It's meant to be used when you freeze the screen; I don't think it's useful for much else.

[Mero]

Is that how the GhostClock function works then.

[Mero]

I have a swarm of eyeballs and need to movethem around with ghost movement functions. Can this be done somehow?

Also the main enemy is larger.

[Saffith]

Is that how the GhostClock function works then.

Yep. Functions that handle freezing don't return until it wears off.
 

I have a swarm of eyeballs and need to movethem around with ghost movement functions. Can this be done somehow?
Also the main enemy is larger.

If giving them their own scripts isn't an option, you could run a single instance of a script that would do nothing but move them. Something like this:

ffc script EyeMover
{
    void run()
    {
        npc eye;
        npc invalidNPC; // Never set
        
        // Use a temporary npc for Ghost_Init
        eye=Screen->CreateNPC(NPC_EYE);
        Ghost_Init(this, eye);
        eye->X=1024;
        
        while(this->Misc[0]==0)
        {
            for(int i=1; i<=Screen->NumNPCs(); i++)
            {
                eye=Screen->LoadNPC(i);
                if(eye->ID!=NPC_EYE)
                    continue;
                Ghost_X=eye->X;
                Ghost_Y=eye->Y;
                // Movement commands stored in npc->Misc
                Ghost_Move(eye->Misc[0], eye->Misc[1], 0);
                eye->X=Ghost_X;
                eye->Y=Ghost_Y;
            }
            
            // Ghost_WaitframeLight does not require a valid npc
            Ghost_WaitframeLight(this, invalidNPC);
        }
    }
}

[Mero]

Hey Saffith, any chance you could change the way EWI_X and EWI_Y work. In theory a weapon cannot move offscreen without dying anyways. So you simply store them in the same index. Just a thought.

Edited by Zecora, 28 March 2014 - 11:34 AM.