| 04-05-2008, 04:14 AM | #1 |
How would I go about using a "draw" method and detecting if a pentacle has been drawn? The "draw" method is assuming a unit activates an ability and moves, leaving a trail of units or things of some sort to make the markings. I was thinking distance relative to another one, but that could be abused via pentagon or circle... though I did have the idea of the distance in relative to it and the previous one, but that could be abused by a line being followed up and down a few times. In any advent this helps, think Trauma Center's Healing Touch. |
| 04-05-2008, 04:21 AM | #2 |
That sounds extremely complicated. What the hell do you need this for? |
| 04-05-2008, 04:23 AM | #3 |
Well my map ideas usually come from what I've seen recently or things I thought really cool. At the moment, I have an addiction to Trauma Center. The "Healing Touch" is activated by drawing a star, it does several things but the most common one is increasing concentration to a point where time appears slows down (in some cases, stop.) |
| 04-05-2008, 04:29 AM | #4 |
Well, you'd probably have some sort of periodic script that periodically checked the position of said unit in relation to the vertex he is moving from to where he is going to; I imagine some sort of angle comparison to make sure the line doesn't wander too far. This would be looping for the 5 lines of the pentagram, then it would continue on to the following: periodically checking to make sure the unit is moving outside a certain circle and inside another (of larger radius) until it reaches half-way around the circle. Then it would do the same checks, but for the next half of the circle. |
| 04-05-2008, 04:36 AM | #5 |
Hm... I had a super special awesome idea, but I forgot what it was. Though I have a simpler idea now that could be easier to manage. Instead of using one flowing ability to draw it, maybe a multi-cast ability that's used five times and then the points are linked. I guess that'd require angle-between-point comparisons and it could be a whole lot more simple... possibly less lagged up, too. For that one, I'd be checking for the angles... (assuming X is the current point) - Angle between X and X+1 - Angle between X and X-1 - Angle between the first and last point Correct? |