Implementing Move Queues — Handmade Hero — Episode Guide

0:01Recap and set the stage for the day moving the glove

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0:01Recap and set the stage for the day moving the glove

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0:01Recap and set the stage for the day moving the glove

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0:34Describe our sketched out move patterns and queues, and stats

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0:34Describe our sketched out move patterns and queues, and stats

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0:34Describe our sketched out move patterns and queues, and stats

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5:25Walk through our move queue enqueuing code in ExecuteBrainHero()

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5:25Walk through our move queue enqueuing code in ExecuteBrainHero()

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5:25Walk through our move queue enqueuing code in ExecuteBrainHero()

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7:38Demo the brain-directed movement synchronisation

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7:38Demo the brain-directed movement synchronisation

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7:38Demo the brain-directed movement synchronisation

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8:59Consider move queue-directed movement integrity

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8:59Consider move queue-directed movement integrity

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8:59Consider move queue-directed movement integrity

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11:41Our facing direction is wrong when pressing Up

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11:41Our facing direction is wrong when pressing Up

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11:41Our facing direction is wrong when pressing Up

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11:57Investigate why our facing direction is wrong

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11:57Investigate why our facing direction is wrong

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11:57Investigate why our facing direction is wrong

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12:30Make ExecuteBrainHero() compute the FacingDirection with the ATan2 of the X vector

12:51Our facing direction remains wrong

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12:51Our facing direction remains wrong

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12:51Our facing direction remains wrong

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13:05Investigate why our facing direction is wrong

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13:05Investigate why our facing direction is wrong

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13:05Investigate why our facing direction is wrong

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13:42Make ExecuteBrainHero() compute the FacingDirection with the ATan2 of y / x of the X vector

13:54Our facing direction is now correct

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13:54Our facing direction is now correct

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13:54Our facing direction is now correct

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14:07Consider where the glove should sit

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14:07Consider where the glove should sit

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14:07Consider where the glove should sit

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16:43Determine to put the glove on the hero's tile, and not occupy tiles it passes through

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16:43Determine to put the glove on the hero's tile, and not occupy tiles it passes through

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16:43Determine to put the glove on the hero's tile, and not occupy tiles it passes through

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24:52Make ExecuteBrainHero() move the glove without transactionally occupying tiles

26:29Our glove doesn't move with us

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26:29Our glove doesn't move with us

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26:29Our glove doesn't move with us

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26:55Investigate why the glove doesn't move

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26:55Investigate why the glove doesn't move

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26:55Investigate why the glove doesn't move

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28:00Move without hitting extra keys, and the glove still not following us

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28:00Move without hitting extra keys, and the glove still not following us

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28:00Move without hitting extra keys, and the glove still not following us

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28:11Break into the "glove at rest" branch in ExecuteBrainHero()

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28:11Break into the "glove at rest" branch in ExecuteBrainHero()

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28:11Break into the "glove at rest" branch in ExecuteBrainHero()

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29:58Step through UpdateAnimation()

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29:58Step through UpdateAnimation()

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29:58Step through UpdateAnimation()

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33:03Reacquaint ourselves with UpdateAnimation()

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33:03Reacquaint ourselves with UpdateAnimation()

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33:03Reacquaint ourselves with UpdateAnimation()

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34:23Check that the glove's animation data doesn't get overwritten

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34:23Check that the glove's animation data doesn't get overwritten

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34:23Check that the glove's animation data doesn't get overwritten

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36:46Break into AddPlayer() for the glove's entity ID (10845), then see what UpdateAnimation() does to that entity

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36:46Break into AddPlayer() for the glove's entity ID (10845), then see what UpdateAnimation() does to that entity

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36:46Break into AddPlayer() for the glove's entity ID (10845), then see what UpdateAnimation() does to that entity

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44:38Find that UpdateAndRenderEntities() sets Entity->GroundP

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44:38Find that UpdateAndRenderEntities() sets Entity->GroundP

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44:38Find that UpdateAndRenderEntities() sets Entity->GroundP

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47:23Remove GroundP from entity

49:28Entities are now in different locations

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49:28Entities are now in different locations

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49:28Entities are now in different locations

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49:54Our glove follows us, but does not animate

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49:54Our glove follows us, but does not animate

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49:54Our glove follows us, but does not animate

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51:03Investigate why the glove does not animate

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51:03Investigate why the glove does not animate

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51:03Investigate why the glove does not animate

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52:50Fix ExecuteBrainHero() to set the Glove's tMovement to 0

53:10Our glove follows us, animating smoothly

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53:10Our glove follows us, animating smoothly

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53:10Our glove follows us, animating smoothly

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53:46Determine to offset the glove's location relative to the player

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53:46Determine to offset the glove's location relative to the player

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53:46Determine to offset the glove's location relative to the player

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54:40Try making AddPlayer() offset the glove in X

55:13Our glove is offset in X

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55:13Our glove is offset in X

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55:13Our glove is offset in X

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55:26Try making AddPlayer() offset the glove in Z

55:56Our glove is offset in Z

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55:56Our glove is offset in Z

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55:56Our glove is offset in Z

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56:10Increase the glove's X offset from 0.25 to 0.5 in AddPlayer()

56:18Our glove offsetting doesn't respect its parent entity's facing direction

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56:18Our glove offsetting doesn't respect its parent entity's facing direction

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56:18Our glove offsetting doesn't respect its parent entity's facing direction

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59:47Traverse the dungeon admiring the lighting

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59:47Traverse the dungeon admiring the lighting

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59:47Traverse the dungeon admiring the lighting

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1:01:28mallesbixie With a fixed offset from the actual position, animating would get hard, I guess

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1:01:28mallesbixie With a fixed offset from the actual position, animating would get hard, I guess

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1:01:28mallesbixie With a fixed offset from the actual position, animating would get hard, I guess

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1:02:19Determine to dequeue moves off the move queue

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1:02:19Determine to dequeue moves off the move queue

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1:02:19Determine to dequeue moves off the move queue

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1:03:42Enable UpdateAndRenderEntities() to dequeue moves off the move queue, augmenting entity with a MoveQueueIndex

1:08:31The game still runs

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1:08:31The game still runs

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1:08:31The game still runs

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1:08:43Make UpdateAndRenderEntities() draw move queues

1:10:52See no move queue drawings

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1:10:52See no move queue drawings

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1:10:52See no move queue drawings

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1:11:02Make UpdateAndRenderEntities() elevate the move queue drawing above the ground

1:11:28Still see no move queue drawings

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1:11:28Still see no move queue drawings

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1:11:28Still see no move queue drawings

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1:11:30Make AddPlayer() set the Glove->Stats.MaxMoveGroupCount to 1, and ExecuteBrainHero() reset Glove->MoveQueueIndex to 0 when with the body

1:13:41Still see no move queue drawings

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1:13:41Still see no move queue drawings

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1:13:41Still see no move queue drawings

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1:13:50Scour ExecuteBrainHero() for bugs

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1:13:50Scour ExecuteBrainHero() for bugs

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1:13:50Scour ExecuteBrainHero() for bugs

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1:14:23Break in to ExecuteBrainHero() to find the glove's stats are not set

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1:14:23Break in to ExecuteBrainHero() to find the glove's stats are not set

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1:14:23Break in to ExecuteBrainHero() to find the glove's stats are not set

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1:15:07Change AddPlayer() to set the Glove->BaseStats.MaxMoveGroupCount to 1

1:15:35Break in to ExecuteBrainHero() to find the glove's stats remain not set

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1:15:35Break in to ExecuteBrainHero() to find the glove's stats remain not set

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1:15:35Break in to ExecuteBrainHero() to find the glove's stats remain not set

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1:15:51accumulate entity stats

1:16:20Love insobot, and feel like insofaras needs to use GPT-3 and have insobot do everything

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1:16:20Love insobot, and feel like insofaras needs to use GPT-3 and have insobot do everything

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1:16:20Love insobot, and feel like insofaras needs to use GPT-3 and have insobot do everything

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1:17:05Make AdvanceEntityStats() acquire the Entity->BaseStats

1:17:31Break in to ExecuteBrainHero() to find the glove's stats are now set, and move queue boxes are drawn

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1:17:31Break in to ExecuteBrainHero() to find the glove's stats are now set, and move queue boxes are drawn

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1:17:31Break in to ExecuteBrainHero() to find the glove's stats are now set, and move queue boxes are drawn

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1:18:11Make ExecuteBrainHero() locate the move queue drawings relative to its entity's occupying position

1:19:35Our move queue drawings work pretty well

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1:19:35Our move queue drawings work pretty well

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1:19:35Our move queue drawings work pretty well

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1:19:44Determine to make the glove return to the body after punching

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1:19:44Determine to make the glove return to the body after punching

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1:19:44Determine to make the glove return to the body after punching

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1:21:14technicbeam People always wonder when insobot is going to become sentient

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1:21:14technicbeam People always wonder when insobot is going to become sentient

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1:21:14technicbeam People always wonder when insobot is going to become sentient

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1:21:48Our move pattern rotates properly

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1:21:48Our move pattern rotates properly

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1:21:48Our move pattern rotates properly

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1:21:55Investigate why the glove doesn't return to the body after punching

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1:21:55Investigate why the glove doesn't return to the body after punching

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1:21:55Investigate why the glove doesn't return to the body after punching

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1:22:18Fix the glove reset condition in ExecuteBrainHero()

1:22:34Our glove now returns after punching

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1:22:34Our glove now returns after punching

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1:22:34Our glove now returns after punching

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1:22:55Increase Glove->BaseStats.MaxMoveGroupCount from 1 to 2 in AddPlayer()

1:23:11We can chain punches, but the pattern direction is off

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1:23:11We can chain punches, but the pattern direction is off

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1:23:11We can chain punches, but the pattern direction is off

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1:23:30Investigate why the second punch's direction is off

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1:23:30Investigate why the second punch's direction is off

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1:23:30Investigate why the second punch's direction is off

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1:25:03technicbeam Have fun reading it, if you can find a copy. It's gotta be, what, 40 years old at least by now?

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1:25:03technicbeam Have fun reading it, if you can find a copy. It's gotta be, what, 40 years old at least by now?

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1:25:03technicbeam Have fun reading it, if you can find a copy. It's gotta be, what, 40 years old at least by now?

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1:25:12Gain insight into the chained punching direction

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1:25:12Gain insight into the chained punching direction

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1:25:12Gain insight into the chained punching direction

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1:25:32Try using a WentDown input event in ExecuteBrainHero()

1:26:16technicbeam The Adolescence of P-1¹

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1:26:16technicbeam The Adolescence of P-1¹

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1:26:16technicbeam The Adolescence of P-1¹

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1:26:29We have HalfTransitionCount but not WentDown in game_button_state

1:27:20Make ExecuteBrainHero() also factor in the HalfTransitionCount to its attack checks

1:27:55We can chain punches in the correct directions

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1:27:55We can chain punches in the correct directions

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1:27:55We can chain punches in the correct directions

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1:29:15Consider the definition of collision

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1:29:15Consider the definition of collision

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1:29:15Consider the definition of collision

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1:30:31Change ExecuteBrainHero() to give the glove a 1-step attack pattern

1:30:53Try our simple punch

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1:30:53Try our simple punch

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1:30:53Try our simple punch

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1:31:07Introduce SetAnimation() for the ExecuteBrain*() functions to call, augmenting entity with a dtMovement

1:36:50That all looks fine

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1:36:50That all looks fine

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1:36:50That all looks fine

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1:37:04Switch UpdateAndRenderEntities() to use the new Entity->dtMovement

1:37:26Our glove doesn't move

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1:37:26Our glove doesn't move

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1:37:26Our glove doesn't move

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1:37:40Consider where and how to set the glove's dtMovement

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1:37:40Consider where and how to set the glove's dtMovement

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1:37:40Consider where and how to set the glove's dtMovement

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1:40:58Let UpdateAndRenderEntities() also move entities if their dtMovement is 0

1:41:23Our glove now moves

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1:41:23Our glove now moves

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1:41:23Our glove now moves

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1:41:33Increase the glove's animation speed from 4 to 8 in ExecuteBrainHero()

1:41:53Our glove punches faster

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1:41:53Our glove punches faster

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1:41:53Our glove punches faster

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1:42:44mallesbixie Would the attack pattern define the speed?

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1:42:44mallesbixie Would the attack pattern define the speed?

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1:42:44mallesbixie Would the attack pattern define the speed?

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1:43:23Make UpdateAndRenderEntities() set the Entity->dtMovement, and AddPlayer() the glove's BaseStats.Speed

1:45:13Our glove still punches faster

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1:45:13Our glove still punches faster

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1:45:13Our glove still punches faster

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1:45:16Toggle to the 3-step attack pattern in ExecuteBrainHero()

1:45:43Try out our fast-slow-fast punch

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1:45:43Try out our fast-slow-fast punch

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1:45:43Try out our fast-slow-fast punch

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1:46:24spacenaming There is a function to determine if the button was pressed this frame (named WasPressed)

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1:46:24spacenaming There is a function to determine if the button was pressed this frame (named WasPressed)

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1:46:24spacenaming There is a function to determine if the button was pressed this frame (named WasPressed)

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1:46:29Call it for today with a glimpse into the future doing damage and collapsing down to grid

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1:46:29Call it for today with a glimpse into the future doing damage and collapsing down to grid

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1:46:29Call it for today with a glimpse into the future doing damage and collapsing down to grid

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