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Wow. it's been like 7 years since the last post. I haven't touched GM for the same amount of time. Just got back into it now that I have time for myself (COVID-19).

It's nice to see this website still active. How have you been doing Xot ? Funny enough, I am still working on Isometric Engines. Here's a picture. Got around with the depth sorting. Can now use blocks of different dimensions.

I was thinking about making a lighting/shadow casting engine for it too. It is however a bit complex for me as I don't know how to make a shader work. I am also not sure about the best way to fake 3D shadows in an isometric world.

Any ideas ?

Here's an example of what I thought about doing when first defining your robots parts :

Script : robot_define_head( type )

Expandswitch( argument0 ) {
    case HEAD_LIGHT:
        head_attach_points = 2; //Two attach points available on a light head
        head_attach_point_x[0] = 10;
        head_attach_point_y[0] = 10;
        ...
    break;
    ...
}

For movements :

Script : robot_move( forward )

Expandvar newPosX = x + lengthdir_x( robot_speed, robot_direction ) * (argument0 - !argument0);
var newPosY = y + lengthdir_y( robot_speed, robot_direction ) * (argument0 - !argument0);
if ( !place_meeting( newPosX, newPosY, par_solid ) ) {
    x = newPosX;
    y = newPosY;
}

And so on... I really want to put the emphasis on the diverse solution to create an AI that will compete with yours. That means you would need to anticipate and so on. The set of scripts would be there to act as an API as you said so the entrant can follow rules easily.

I don't think that letting the user use built-in auto-generated paths functions would be a problem. Imo it wouldn't even be that good at all.

EDIT : Although I like the line sensor idea where it would force the users to make their robots move around to search for the other robots. As if he was scanning the map but once the scan reaches a wall, it can't see beyond it.

Well I've done it before with Zuwaka and it is not TOO hard. I tried the built-in physics from studio and found myself stuck where it could not offer a few things I need. Also, it seems very unstable. Sometimes, the physics collision mask would reset (don't know why yet) or the gravity would change for no reason...

That is so true! Never thought about that! I'll give it a try

The site shouldn't require you to download an installer but I'll check it out to make sure.

As for the solution, it is dead-simple indeed. Funny, I tried doing just that but I was only replacing the ball instead of checking the collision on the edge of itself...

Thanks for the heads up though.

I just added a grapnel system to the engine and it is working very well, I will post it later tonight.

EDIT : icuurd12b42, you probably clicked the wrong download button. I must say, it is not very clear though. Any uploading site suggestions?

Got it. Thanks. Not as useful for the kind of game I am making atm but certainly will in the future.

For me it worked pretty well, did you try it recently?

Indeed, I am not sure to fully understand